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I'm in the same boat as Heather on this one. Only a few seconds before the attack comes on, I get very flushed and hot, bad taste in the back of my throat, gurggling in the intestines and just about everything else!
No luck stopping them once they come on though..just kind of brace myself for a very bumpy ride.
-Anne
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HI; Fortunately, I don't have as much trouble as some of you. Mostly my pain comes after I eat and it is the way the food sits after I eat. It is uncomfortble and I find releif when I stretch out in my favorite chair or in my bed. I am wondering if the acacia would help this at all. I can't try it until the new year, though.
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Like most of the others - I too can feel it coming on... it rumbles and I head for the meds... I used to take Pepto and Mylanta and down the tea too... hoping to ward off the attacks. Now I have the NuLev also. If that doesn't work then the cramping, nausea and D starts - and I get so hot -- even if it's cold. The worst part is that usually if it gets that bad -- the cramping lasts for up to 4 days afterwards. My tummy will just hurt - almost like it's been bruised or something.
I actually have a funny story about one time my adventures with my IBS -- before I knew what it was and why I had so much trouble. We went on vacation (can you just picture the problems already?) We went to Florida and my husband tried to squeeze in everything and overscheduled us -- so I am stressing bigtime and my asthma is also acting up because of the humidity. My tummy is going crazy and I am popping Pepto like nothing. Well I wake up in the morning and my tongue was totally black and I freaked out. That had never happened before and I didn't know why it was like that. I thought I had caught some strange disease! lol Then I thought I remembered something from the Pepto box and read it -- sure enough -- may cause "harmless" darkening of stool and tongue. lol Pretty silly, huh?
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I'm with Heather on those times that my IBS is the tightly cramped intestinal pain. Not much except heat and Levsin and ibuprofen (a smooth muscles relaxer) have helped at that point. And then it's a several day process. I did take an ambulance ride once because my nurse neighbor thought it had to be my appendix. Didn't help. 
What helps me with the other kind of attack--diarrhea--is to take some Immodium quick (two, then another in 30 min. to an hour, if it hasn't stopped), and start downing the tea that works best for your tummy (it's chamomile for me), and to put on one of those heat packs designed for women to use during their periods. I take Levsin if there is pain with the diarrhea. I try to lay down and relax, if I can. I also up my soluble fiber by pushing the Citrucel as soon as I take the Immodium so that I don't have the opposite problem in a few days.
Whenever I'm tempted to eat something that I love, but no longer can eat because I now know it triggers my IBS, I just remember the way I will feel if I eat it and it is usually enough to dissuade me from eating anything that I know will make me sick. The best way to deal with an attack is before the attack by being careful with what you eat. Try to deal with stress effectively, too. This part is harder for me.
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I rarely get D attacks, when I do I get the gurgling and hot flashes and RUN to the nearest bathroom.
What I usually get and woke up to at 2 am today, is a suffocating pressure, its like I can't get enough air, I actually start to hyperventilate. My tummy is only "medium" bloated but the gerneral all over pain is killing me, I can't even stand up straight! I have a tightness all over my belly and can't stand any pressure. Unfortunatley, I HAD to come to work today, although I was 10 minutes late because I was throwing up. I have on pants that are 2 sizes too big with a portable heating pad but even now I can't catch my breath. Once I get like this it usually takes WEEKS to feel better. I haven't eaten anything bad that I can think of, no unusal stress. I get like this every few months now matter what I do!!!  I just feel like crawling in bed and dying and I have a 4 hour car ride tomorrow and 2 days at the inlaws! Anyone else ever get attacks like this?
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