would this be IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Message Board

driftinggoddess · 12-17-2008, 04:49 AM

I cant take what ever my problem is anymore, i hope i can get answers or help. here goes
when i eat 2-6 hours later (sopmetimes shorter) i get very bad gas pains and need to use the bathroom about 10 times in about 4-5 hours straight. it starts out constipating goes type 6 on the bristol scale (one step away fromt he runs(fluffy stuff) it will be like that a couple times then go to type 5 on the scale (small fluffy "solidish" pieces".
When i get this i get they worst gas pains in the world, and i dont always have gas. this is so irritable.

I had this stupid problem sat from 6am-3pm, and now its wed, i ate something other then just snacking on crackers and im getting it back again. i have been like this since mayish, i have been to the doc. twice a week since july, and they for some reason skip tests on IBS, they have been giving me bulk laxatives, send me to a dietition, blood work, and non for IBS they said i was lactos befor even trying.

Today i finally get to go to the GI specialist. i hope there is some hope there.

anyone relate to this or know what it could be, IBS does run in the family, my grandma does have it.

vh90453 · 12-18-2008, 04:09 AM

Sorry about your toilet problems. There are no specific tests for IBS, it is a diagnosis of exclusion. That is they rule out anything else it could be. The only way to do that with complete certainty is by doing a colonoscopy. I have IBS and share some of the same symptoms, it certainly could be IBS. I believe it does tend to run in families. You are doing the right thing by seeing a GI. All the best.