Hi Everyone,
Just curious though what sort of strategies does everyone use to improve IBS conditions, ie I always have a bowel movement after meals, when stressed I tend to go toilet more often.
I have seen GP several times but none of the methods really worked, my grandparents are having these conditions as well, they stay near the toilet the whole day.
Any tips would be appreciated. I hope this is not a duplicate post :)
Thank you
Have you tried a FODMAP diet? Has worked for some people I know
Thanks, I will give a try see if it does work.
you mean avoid/reduce/low FODMAP diet
This as worked well for me. If anything it's a good starting point to work through the list of foods that might be triggers.
Go see a specialist
It's a long process of working out what irritates your stomach & then obviously avoiding it. Things like beer, onions, sweet chilli, too much caffeine are some things that trigger mine
Research research research.
Are you IBSC or IBSD? Or a mix of both?
I've found probiotics to be a great help and also learning to avoid what your 'trigger foods' are. For me it's Saki for some reason and other spirits to a lesser extent. I believe you CAN heal from the issue but it takes time. Nuts used to play up for me but over the last 12 months or so I've noticed that they don't.
Also try Aloe Vera, it's great, a couple of tablespoons a day in some water (or more to start off with). I buy good quality Aussie stuff that isn't too expensive.
https://www.aloeveraaustralia.com.au/product/aloe-vera-juice…
Probiotics are a trial and error proposition where you need to figure out which works for you, with food or without, morning, daytime, before bed as each of us are different. I've had good results with Hyperbiotics Pro-15 and/or Dr Ohiras both from iHerb.
I've found this guy to be quite knowledgable.
https://www.drjohnbergman.com/the-guide-to-healing-your-gut/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wznU3CMYbfw
And give it time. We are conditioned to pop a pill and expect some kind of overnight relief but I don't think real healing works like that. I've working on my gut issues for about 6 years now and apart from the odd issue with strong spirits I'm pretty good and almost symptom free. Prior to figuring things out myself I tried GP's and naturopaths without much success. The naturopaths had more idea than the GP's but in the end I had to research the web and experiment for myself. Good luck and as long as the GP has confirmed IBS and not something else (unlikely )then trust your intuitions, as you are researching you'll get a feel for whether something is right for you at a particular time or not.. (IANAD)
I went through a long period of IBT symptoms and the pain was so constant they were sending me for internal ultrasound. I was taking the peppermint oil to try to fix it etc. Then I stopped eating multigrain bread on a daily basis and it went away completely. It's amazing how one thing can trigger such agony, I legitimately thought I was dying.
For sure it's learning your triggers.
One for me used to be not having breakfast, and stretching it out till lunch or even a late breakfast. That was a disaster lol
3 stable meals/day, and working out your trigger foods
Give the anti-inflmatory paleo (AIP) diet a go. Removes irritants from diet, then slowly re introduce foods to test what you are ok with.
Low Fodmap diet and taking iberogast (available at most pharmacies(.
Of course go to a specialist, medical professionals etc.
Also check out 'leaky gut syndrome' - Steven Gundry (specialist physician). Many ppl have written about leaky gut syndrome.
Dont loose hope, lots of info out there and we are all very different.
Theres never one solution for all! You might need to try many things before you come to a solution - bt you’ll get there!
Hey OP, sorry you are gong through this. I'm not going to re-invent the wheel. +1 to everything above posters already said, but here is my experience. My opinions only, YMMV…
IBS is definitely hereditary, particularly through the male line, I have 2 adult sons, they both have/had it, but daughters do not
Diet can definitely help, my oldest son I think has got a gastroenerologist-level of expertise in it by now :) he knows all the food you should / should't eat, etc… like a diet full of broccoli, brussel sprouts, etc, etc… he tried to explain it to me but it went over my head.
One diet which worked for me was the 'white diet'. Anyone who has prepared for a gastoscopy/colonoscopy will know what I mean. BLAND Fods which basically look WHITE. White bread, any milk product, mashed potato, only white not yellow cheese, egg whites, vegetables like cauliflower, only bananas as fruit, etc, etc, Warning, it is very low fibre diet. You probably would not want to be on it for long, but a few weeks for a reprieve from symptoms is ok. Who knows, it may even work as a circuit breaker and reduce symptoms after rsumng a normal diet.
Other things mentioned above helped too, peppermint oil, probiotics, etc. just give them a go. What works for some may not work for others.
IBS is definitely exacerbated (or even triggered by) STRESS. I know bc I spent over 15 yrs in a stressful job, the whole time with IBS symptoms. It wasn't the job that was stressful, rather the d***s I was surrounded by.
One thing cured my IBS for good:
I WAS RETRENCHED FROM MY JOB!!! No more job, no more IBS!!!
I'm not sayng quit your job, just saying that is what happened for me.
Good luck with it.
Given a large portion of the human body is bacteria, the urban myth being 90%, the truth being about 50%, do you think the heredity might also be the bacterial strains present in the gut and passed from mother to child?
Hmmm, possible
Not a nice subject but it reminded me of a documentary… (mods please put a stop to this if you think it is too gross for our pristene audience)
When a baby is born naturally it has a stronger gut immune system from the start because it swallows (yes SWALLOWS) the mother's excrement on the way out, and that makes the base for its own gut health. OTOH when a baby is born by ceaser section it is born in a sterile environment, so has no GUT bacteria to start with. Of course, in the latter example the child then builds its own gut health from environmental sources (licking the floor on which the dog has walked recently, etc). Thus they catch up eventually, but the naturally born babies have an advantage from the start.
Some xperts say that the instinct of babies to put everything in its mouth is designed to build its gut immunity.
Just another thing, I would probably think long and hard before trying any any extreme so-called cures, like colonic irrigation (yikes!) or poo-transplants (say no more!). You may introduce more problems than you solve. Just sayin'
I get this to a lesser degree, by the sounds of it, I think the best bet, as has already veen said is to just try and work out what’s upsetting the tum, and try and avoid that if you can.
It truly sucks though, so I hope you can get back onto a more solid, and unpredictable more predictable rhythm :)
I had undiagnosed IBS related symptoms for years. I found eliminating virtually everything but meat and eggs helped a lot. It was really difficult to isolate exactly what foods triggered the pain but by doing an elimination diet starting simply with beef or chicken, then slowly adding one food at a time before you find the culprit should help you out. Get anything refined or processed out of your diet anyway.. all wheats, rice, cereals, dairy and sugars.. even fruit. Just start with meat, and go from there.
doing an elimination diet starting…slowly adding one food at a time before you find the culprit
This should work IMO . Assuming it is a food source that is causing it.
Eliminate all animal products and just eat mother natures fresh fruit. Can't go wrong.
Ummmm you can go wrong by eating just fruit
Drs and nutricionists have told my elderly mother for years and years to LIMIT the amount of fruit due to high sugar content. And eat fruit mostly when it is not ripe yet, e.g. green bananas, pears etc. the more rioe the higher the suger content.
My dr has since said something similar to me, max of 2 pcs fruit a day
Thank you for all the advice, I will give all these methods a try!
you need a better GP