Dont be sad it rules mine too. I hate it hate it hate it!

yes me to ibs is my life defo i cant eat do anythink i like wear what i want wish i can cut tummy of consaption shit

It rules mine too. Even though i try to ignor it. Sometimes when i go somewhere i have to turn around and go back home. I think that brain-gut or gut brain thing is true.

I think "that brain/gut" connection can start in the gut but affect your brain/mood eg brain fog or depression etc. so you may need that head to work out a solution to settle the gut. The solution seems to be different for each person eg food intolorances, candida, over active gut muscles. I feel like i need to be a professor or dr to sort out my gut problems!!!! Its really hard to test things and identify reactions when you are feeling sick and have brain fog!!!. I wish us all luck in trying to get better. Hugggsss

so in a nut shell we had better get used to it as this is the way its gonna be... lol if i couldnt see the funni side to things about ibs then i think i would snap!

There are many theories about the relation to the brain/gut.

I'm sure you have heard of the saying 'it was a gut feeling, or gut response'.

I think it's related as my IBS started at the same time as my anxiety attacks.

Remember tho' that it's just a theory as they can't yet work out whay causes it or how to effectively treat it...IBS sucks!

It hasn't ruined my life just yet...but the anxiety is really pi**ing me off.

IBS just annoys me that I have to plan every journey around public toilets, which here in the UK are not the most healthy of places to be.

I even sent off for a key service that do in the UK. Basicaly, we have laods of public loos for the disabled people. They are a lot cleaner and private and not used very often, but they are all locked be default to stop drug users and pervs using them.

You just write to them, saying you have a disabilty and send 3 and they send you this big key that opens every disabled public loo in the whole of the UK.

Yes, it rules my life. I find myself sitting on toilet right up until the time I leave the house.
I resent it

I used to let it rule my life, but not anymore...i decided that no matter what ibs does, i won't stop my life for it...it might hault some things, but for the most part, i just do what i want when i want...and just deal with it. It sucks sometimes, but i'm not letting it rule my life anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't let it rule you. I let mine rule me for a while and I finally took matters into my own hands. Prescriptions made me feel worse, usually gave me diarrhea. Horrible! I use a green drink called Supergreens and I cleaned up my diet. I eat tons of veggies. I don't crave the sugars anymore and my bowel movements are regular with no debilitating cramps. You don't have to live with IBS!!!

It rules my life too. My GI told me the serotonin receptors that are in your brain are also in your gut. That's why anti-depressants can sometimes help IBS.

hi all hope ur all well. I have to ask wots supergreen drink and where can i get it?. I'll try anything..

It feels like its ruining my life, it never goes away. I hate it sooo much.. No many people understand it.. I am not the person i used to be, thats for sure.. its such a mission just to get out of the house everyday!! I wish there was a cure..

Supergreen is a liquidised drink made from green vegetables. It is supposed to balance the digestive system and help keep the immune system healthy. It was all the rage a few years back but i've heard it can give you the runs...which is something I really can do without.

If you have IBS-D ('the squirts'), I swear by Imodium instants. They let me live a fairly 'normal' life. Just taking 2 seem to last for 2-3 days, but it's a fine balance between being on the loo 10 times a day to being clogged up for a couple of days. It's a skill learning how much to take and when....but at least i'm learning a new skill out of all this...lol

i kniw how you feel im sick every day or every other day im lucky when i do feel ok to do things i want to do im on pills for it all it helps is the pain.im so sick of it.