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Kathe, I did this too and it really helped. My IBS seems to cycle, and when I was in a period of D, the mornings were a nightmare. I started taking a Caltrate at bedtime, and it was great. Now D is not my problem, so I stopped.
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I've been thinking about relistening to them to see if maybe one more time through will help. I don't take antacids. I do take lomotil everyday and Librium when needed for anxiety. Sometimes I feel if I could get my anxiety under control my ibs wouldn't be as bad most of the time. I never had this much anxiety until I started having ibs and it only seems to be getting worse. I got locked out of my house and instantly had a major anxiety attack and went into the fight or flight mode. I mean really something so small sent me in a spiral spin. I just dont' understand it.
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I've tried the calcium hoping it would be of help but not much of one for me. I am glad to hear it works for you. It seems to help alot of people.
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mrae, I think another listen might help you with the anxiety. Two rounds have helped me tremendously. Had that been me, it probably would not have even phased me, just some mild irritation, not panic about a bathroom, and that is because of Mike's tapes. Try them again and see if it makes a difference.
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Give it another go mrae, its certainly safe and the second time around might really help.
I am glad you understand the impact of the fight or flight on all this, cause that is really important as you have noticed.
I am waiting for a responce from someone hopefully on the villi question.
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The caltrate removes water from your colon, therefore, allowing for more solid BMs. I haven't had an IBS attack since I got regular with the Caltrate. I do have a bit of C now, but it's not enough to worry about, and a little C is much better than alot of D and not being able to control the D in public places. I hope it helps others, I've had the urgency issues since 04 and I highly recommend all IBS-D with urgency problems give it a try. Some people take 3 a day, I found I only need two.
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i'm just curious about the caltrate in the purple box...doesn't it have magnesieum in it? isn't that bad for ibs-d? my dr said to take just plain caltrate without the magnesieum..i was taking it with your suggestion but got nervous when the dr told me about the magnesium....
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Not sure about the magnesium. It's been working wonders for me. I started in Oct and the urgency has been controlled. I got my info from this site:
http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=72764
I say try it, give it a few weeks, if no work, then stop, but if it works, then's it wonderful.
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