IBS Attack - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Message Board

shelley354 · 11-13-2009, 09:54 AM

Hi all

I have been viewing the forum for awhile and this is my first posting.

I am 50 and have suffered from IBS for years but I have noticed lately that the attacks are much worse.

e.g. my stomach blew up last evening-looked like I was 9 months pregnant, severe collicky type pain-could'nt lay down, had a bit of sleep sitting up in bed. Then about 7 times in the night I went to the bathroom-ate mushrooms the day before and not being crude- thats what came out of me. Today I am still very bloated and in pain-what can I take to ease the pain? Tylenol?

brownh · 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

I gave up eating bread and the symptoms stopped. Give it a try.

danjo3 · 11-13-2009, 01:44 PM

I was just recently diagnosed with IBS and my attacks were horrible when I got them. I was prescribed a medicine that helped greatly as well as started taking probiotics (Digestive Advantage: IBS AWESOME PRODUCT!!) I take one in the morning and one at night that has helped but for your attack now, try some peppermint tea, diet ginger ale, and tums/pepto like there's no tomorrow. Otherwise I would have to kind of ride them out until they went away, Oh! also a nice hot shower, lie down and put a hot compress on your belly sometimes that would help too. GOOD LUCK!!

shelley354 · 11-14-2009, 02:24 PM

Thank you- yes I am going to give the mushrooms a miss for a while!

I do drink peppermint tea and today bought some Danone Activa yoghurt.

I felt so rough yesterday that I just wanted to die!

care_berry · 11-15-2009, 02:10 AM

Hi there shelley and others! I think you got some very good advice so far here! Just like Brownh said about the bread especially. What you said about the huge bloating to looking nine months pregnant sounds like classic celiac symptoms. Have you been tested for celiac disease? Even if you have and it turned out negative, i wouldn't be surprised if you were gluten sensitive. I would read up on the subject unless you know a lot about it already. Wow, I can't imagine a symptom like that! That must've been very scary. Hopefully this was helpful!