Ruchie
#172673 - 04/22/05 10:26 AM
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Did you find that Lexapro made you more C? How long and how much were you on?
Also, how long did you have your anorexia for? I had mine for 18 years! With bouts of bulimia. Just wondering how you can be having managable IBS pain if your Eating Disorder may have caused this? I think that is why I have all my problems. Maybe I just had mine for too long.
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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...is recommended a day? To help with constipation.
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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My Gi Specialist hasn't given me any specific diet recommendations. He just keeps experimenting with medications. I'm due for a colonoscopy next Wednesday.
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Yep, actually I think they call it an abdominal ultrasound. The make you drink water before you go so your bladder is full, quirt some cold jelly on your belly and push a little wand across it to look at the insides of your girly parts. If they need a better look, they will do whats called a transvaginal ultrasound. Its a "probe" they insert into your vagina, its uncomfortable but no worse than a pap.
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Taking it one day at a time.....
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get checked out for celiac. If bread hurts you you're a definite candidate!
Feel better *hugs*
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Formerly known as Ruchie
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everyone is different and our bods are not the same. So if I do what you do I might not feel the same.
I had my eating disorder at around age 10-21. Then I became COE. So I'm not finished healing!
I just listen to my bod. And give it what it needs. I wrote poetry. I let my emotions OUT instead of holding them in.
I wish I could tell you my "secret"...I think the biggest thing for m is to be stress free. Then after that is diet. If I don't eat MY safe foods and I stray...I pay.
Feel free to e-mail me. I rpob won't be able to respond today as I am planning still for Passover. But I'd love to know why you had an eating disorder. That might just help...
Sending you lots of love, Ruch
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FlyLady.net is an organization (get organized) website.
Dwelling on our medical condition and ONLY researching it can make us worse (I know from experience).
Chill out! Do something fun!
When I was REALLY sick with a fibro flare and hubby and I would hang out and I would cheat and have an ice cream...the world seemed brighter to me. Go out and have FUN!!!! 
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I have been in your spot. IT's awful when things feel hopeless. I have a few suggestions if you have IBS-d.
Try Questran in powder form. I did this for two years and had minimal symptoms. I took two scoops two times a day.
2. Try lomotil
These first two need a script from the doc.
3. Try Caltrate plus 500 or 600 with Vit. D and minerals. Start at a half tab 3 times a day and work up. Please note it must be Caltrate or its exact equivalent. To figure this out you would have to look at the active ingredients. THere are many similar ones which won't do the trick. Hope this helps! Please let me know.
Have you tried a very high fiber diet? That would really help the constipation. Also increase your fluid intake.... soda with caffiene is an irritant to the colon and might help move you along better.
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ALso.....forget the GP for an anti-depressant. Go to a psychiatrist. They are not afraid to use meds a little differently and are also able to assess for other difficulties.
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IBS-D isn't the case. I have just the reverse. It's extremely severe and I've had it since December last year. I havent felt fully cleared out since then.
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