I understand. I have IBS too and I am ill every day, I take Domperidone and try to stay away from Dairy but I was told by doctors that this is one of the areas of the body least researched and IBS is an umberalla term to cover all those things going wrong down there that they dont have a name for.

You are not alone and yes its awful but If you need someone to talk to I will gladly lend an ear.

Oh I should add that if yours is flaring up recently it may be stress related, treat yourself, relax and try to stay healthy with plenty exercise.

yeah, something crawled up my butt and died today. i'm bloated as all hell. i totally understand you girl. it's debilitating, it's embarrassing and it's unexplainable.

Can I relate to all of you!

Hi Chick, The treatments and drugs the doctors suggest don't work on IBS because they fail to treat the digestive system as a system. Instead they treat the symptoms of the disease and they often cause the disease by prescribing antibiotics indiscriminately.

The solution for me was to eliminate the items from my diet that made my IBS worse, and take Chinese herbal tea prescriptions over a period of 5 - 6 months. Chinese herbalists treat IBS at the cause instead of just treating the symptoms. I encourage everyone with IBS to give it a try.

I had problems real bad for years until I found acupunture. I have never in my life remember going to the bathroom so easy, it is chinese acupunture and they are treating the system so it is in sync with the rest of my body. Wonders here, highly recommend

I had accupuncture also and it worked very well for me. Even got rid of the pain I felt in my ribcage area. However I had to quit because my husbands job closed down. I haven't been able to afford it since and it justs seems logical we should be able to get a fix on this with diet somehow.

Hey...I completely know how you feel...I've had this since I was about 14, and I've always been shocked by the lack of support or help you can really get. It seems to be that you either just have to try and test everything to see what works for you-and also use these kind of forums just to see what other ibs sufferers use. Like someone has already said-docs seem to know so little about ibs, so we can't seem to rely on them for help(well in my experience anyway).
Yes, this can be a horrible, lonely thing to live with, all those days that I missed school, work-and its hard for people to understand why-I don't think they can accept that I do actually get ill THAT often, and yes it is the same thing...if there was a magic pill that could fix this-I would take it in a heartbeat-untill then, you just have to enjoy the good days, and get through the bad....

I can honestly say I feel your pain. I have been dealing with this probally really bad over the past 4yrs. What makes is worse I have been a Guiney Pig for just about every kind of mes out there. I have even had a few colonoscopy's dones. (not to much fun). I also suffer from biopiolar. I work as a dancer and it does suck when my IBS is acting up because sometimes is prevents me from being able to work because of being so bloated. Tonight I could not go to work because of this. I do understand and I know it can be upsetting to deal with IBS. Please know you are not alone.