Re: Marilyn? - HelpForIBS.com Message Boards

Cyndy - I will reply within your post:

>>So just to make this clear, you don't have to follow any special diet, restrict any foods, or take any supplements, including a soluble fiber supplement? <<

Yes, that is correct. I no longer restrict my foods, (and can now eat foods that in the past were triggers for me) I do not follow any restrictive diet, I do not take any supplements for IBS, and I do not take any fiber in any shape or form at all.

If I get a normal "non-IBS" tummy ache, as all people do from time to time, I use Heather's fennil seeds (I chew them) or her peppermint tea - but not for IBS at all, I was IBS - D and pain, cramps...

>>And you are stable with just the hypnosis? <<

The hypnotherapy works automatically for me. Now if I do get a twinge, an indistinct thought comes, sort of like, "I dont want this, go away..." to any rumblings, and within a few seconds - a minute or two at the most, it's gone. This is not to say I am cured - from time to time I will have some mild IBS if I am under great stress, but not like I did before. I am very stable, with IBS on average, only a fleeting thing as described above, a few times a month - so less than 10 minutes a month, unless very stressed - then I might have a short-lived episode. This is down from severe IBS - D lasting up to 4 hours several days a week for over 17 years. I first started the IBS Audio Program in 2000, so 5 years feeling better.

>>If so, that's powerful...life saving....hope for the hopeless. I honestly pray to God to take me home so that I won't be in this misery anymore. Yes, it's that bad. <<

Yes, the hypno program is very powerful. Read the success thread, Mike has had people write letters to him that were on their last hope. I have spoken to suicidal persons - and I was one of them - Mike's work has been recognized by Prince Charles' Committee on Integrated Medicine. It is a breakthrough treatment - not a cure - but it has helped the majority of people who use it. We have had one fellow who had severe IBS for 35 years, and he has walked away from IBS. We have others who have not been helped, and still others who are helped to a certain degree - all combinations - but the majority have a great symptom reduction. Most of those folks have eliminated IBS thoughts from their lives and no longer need to frequent these BBs!

>>And Mayo couldn't help you either? what did they tell you? Did they confirm you had IBS? What treatment did they recommend? <<

I was at Mayo Clinic in 1993 - before a lot of the current treatments were used. In fact, I spoke to my physician that I had at Mayo at DDW this spring - she no longer is at Mayo, and when I told her what she gave me, she said they no longer prescribe it, so not necessary to give you that info. I have had the IBS DX from 3 gastros and several internal medicine physicians - 4 colonoscopies - and was asked to be put on the Lotronex trials at Mayo - but refused because I was too incapacitated to travel.

My first IBS confirmation was in 1988 with symptoms beginning in 1983 - Mayo was a last resort at that time because I could not believe that I was feeling that bad from "only" IBS - I had to have something severely wrong with me I thought - but the dx was yet again, IBS.

If you are not totally bored by now, you can read more here:

http://www.helpforibs.com/messageboards/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=hypnotherapy&Number=224850&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=

And read the success stories too. Mike has been working with IBS patients since 1991, and has had this program available since 1998 - if it didn't help people, the BBs would have denounced him and the program - but there are way more people helped - it does seem incredulous that listening to CDs would do anything - I felt the same way - and that is why I am here to help others, because I would never have believed it either.

Hope that addresses your concerns!

Oh, and one more thing - I too felt like I wanted the Lord to take me, the pain was awful - and no one understood. When I listened to the IBS Companion (it is a cd included in the program) it validated everything I was feeling, and I burst into tears at the thought that all those years I was not the only one, and that IBS is a real medical condtion - I was not making it up or doing it to myself - very very powerful recording.

Take care, and feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

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My Journey and Success with the IBS Audio Program Hypnotherapy Program: www.helpforibs.com/messageboards/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=hypnotherapy&Number=224850

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