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I personally never had anxiety attacks/panic attacks from Zelnorm and again I went through 2 courses of the medicine. Gas is a very very common complaint- but in all reality you can't not eat because of gas- You have got to keep putting some kind of food in you okay... What about SFS- citrucel, fibercon, metamucil- are you taking any of them? I use citrucel. I used to use metamucil but found that produced alot of gas- but again- everyone is different.
I found that with alot of water and food keeps things moving nicely. Don't get me wrong I still get some nasty bouts of gas but most of the people with IBS do get that. As for what I eat- I eat oatmeal, honey nut cheerios, apple jacks cereals- with Lactaid because I am LI they say-
Tuna fish made with light reduced fat mayo- graham crackers, animal crackers, chicken, plainville turkey breast lunch meat, wegmans 97% fat free cookd ham, french bread, italian bread, white bread, english muffins with simply fruit jelly on them, soy crisps,rice, couscous, applesauce, pasta(easy on the sauce though- heartburn), very rarely I will have center cut pork chops with shake and bake on them- (rarely though)- watermelon, cantaloupe, blackberries- I watch with fruit though because sometimes that makes me go a little toooo much. I don't have a huge menu as I have a very hard time finding out what foods cause my pain to be worse on some days. I am still in the afraid phase of eating also- but I do eat. Did you see the list of IBS safe foods that they have on this website? Alot of good ideas there.
When I got diagnosed the doctor said I have IBS and told me to stay away from red meat- and use a SFS.
Well I stayed away from red meat and used the SFS for a year and the pain wasn't getting any better- I was having a BM very day but the pain was there- sometimes very bad.
January, and February of this year I ended up in the emergency room because the pain was so bad and I didn't want to eat- I was dehydrated also. My pain is much worse when I have my period though- And this was something new for me because in the last almost 2 years I have known I had IBS-C- it never seemed to be worse when I was menstruating. But January and February of this year when I got my period the pain just got tremendously worse. That is when the doctors said try the anticdepressants for pain tolerance leverl- then I was actually depressed so they upped the doses. Now I wouldn't miss a day of those pills for anything- I don't know how I would have gotten through the last 2 months without them- because I was very very close to rock bottom- I didn't want to live this way, it wasn't fair to me, my family, my friends. I was in a terrible place in my head. And that isn't me- I was always a very happy go lucky person- enjoyed life etc etc etc- but having pain every day kind of changed all that.
Yes- they say stress aggravates IBS greatly. That was something my doctors told me just recently- although I read it on the internet. I actually have a very non-stressful life- my biggest stress honestly is dealing with the IBS- but one day at a time helps.
Are you using phazyme or gas-x to help with your gas?

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Melissa
Pain predominant w/occasional C.

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