BEV, can I ask you a question about medication? (m)
#73133 - 05/25/04 06:14 AM
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Thanks for your response yesterday to me. We seem to have very similar symptoms of our IBS D. Is Donnatel something you take every day? I saw a web site on IBS and it suggested that it was something you took daily for chronic IBS and control of its symptoms. I also read what is in it and I don't think I'd want to take it every day. My doctor didn't suggest it either. I do take Lomotril for when it does get bad or for prevention if I'm going out and need the assurance of it not happening. What do you think is better? You also mentioned Hyoscyamine.
I read somewhere else that taking Zinc and Histidine (an amnio acid) helped with the contractions of the colon and helped control D. I'm willing to try anything. Especially if it won't hurt you trying!
Just curious on the meds.
Sandy
PS It was probably the ice cream. I'm better today..pretty normal bathroom trips this morning. I took a couple of equalactin just to be sure...since I'm going out later. BTW... I do like the equalactin. It seems to bind me up a little bit!
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Sure, Sandy!
#73182 - 05/25/04 09:03 AM
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Bevvy
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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OF COURSE you can ask -- ask me anything. I'm an open book!
Here's what I take: web page
I keep an emergency supply of all my meds in my purse so that when an attack hits me "on the road," I'm ready. The Equalactin works for me if I feel "rumblings," but when I have the Big D, I pull out the Lomotil or Imodium.
The Donnatal is dangerous stuff; I keep it ONLY for extreme emergencies. I'm pleased to say that I don't even remember the last time I took it. My first prescription actually expired; three years after the expiration date I still had a half bottle! I threw it out. I think this prescription is gonna expire as well. Donnatal is just my "security blanket," nothing more.
Heather used to take Donnatal but she said that her peppermint caps work better for her as an antispasmodic; if you can tolerate peppermint (I couldn't), I'd order her caps.
Good luck,
Bev
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Thanks Bev...that was a lot of help.
Now can I ask you...does anything you take help the urgency? I know you take Equalactin for rumblings but what about those days when you feel like you have to go all the time. Sometimes you do and somethings you don't. I hate that feeling. I was wondering if something helped that.
Thanks again!
Sandy
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Big D and Sandy
#73279 - 05/25/04 12:28 PM
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Bevvy
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Do you have any Lomotil or Imodium? That's what I take when the Big D hits.
Equalactin always settles my tummy down. If I have those feelings of unsettling in my tummy, I take Equalactin. But once the D hits, it's too late for Equalactin; that's when I turn to the Lomotil or Imodium.
The urgency -- for me -- has everything to do with anxiety. There's something else going on there (with me), and thankfully Michael's helping me with it.
Lately, however, I think my urgency (and bloating and EXTREME gas) was solely due to too much SFS (but that's covered in another thread).
How you doin', Sandy?
Bevvy
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Hi Bev,
I have a prescription for Lomotril which I save for before an occasion when I don't want a problem. Usually if it is a stressful type thing. Sometimes going to my son's event at school can trigger an attack. Silly I know, but my stomach is ultra-sensitive to any type of stress or nervousness. It always has but never caused these problems. I think I wrote this before, but my mom passed away this past November and leading up to that about a year ago now is when I noticed the symptoms. All the stress and anxiety of going through this with my mom, and stuff with my dad really brought on the IBS I feel.
Now it's trying to figure out the trigger stuff and help myself not get so hyped over stuff. I find that the urgency sometimes is really a false alarm. I don't really have to go. And if I were home, I'd probably not have the urgency at all. It's thinking that there won't be a bathroom somewhere that gets me going. I'm going to look into Michael's stuff and I'm going to try to meditate on psalms in the bible too. Taking deep breaths helps.
I'm finally realizing that I can't drink coffee. Somedays I can handle it, other days I can't. It's just not worth it. I love Chai tea, decaf. It settles my stomach. Somedays I can have a little milk.
I think I'm going to go back to the acacia in the morning and pop a few fibercon throughout the day and then take an equalactin when I really feel the rumbles. I'm sorry I'm rambling here! This is the only place I can talk about this stuff!!! I'm beginning to think though, there are more out there than you'd think. It's just that people don't talk about it much. I ran into a girl at work who started asking me if my poops were firmed or not. (after we talked about having a colonscopy).
Thanks for your help Bev...
Sandy
PS Where do you get Hyoscyamine and what does that do?
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Girlfriend, I had the SAME problem you did with that anxiety. Michael fixed me. He can fix you too. It's WELL WORTH the money! Yes, I remember your post about your mom and dad -- and didn't I remark back then that I thought Michael could help you? He can, Sandy, believe me he can.
Interesting that you take Lomotil as a cautionary med; I use Equalactin for that. I take Lomotil when the D is in process  and it seems to work then.
The Hyoscyamine, Donnatal, NuLev and Lomotil are all prescriptions; I got them from my doctor. My GI wouldn't give me Donnatal, but my regular doc did. Frankly, the Hyoscyamine doesn't work all that much for me. I usually go straight for the Donnatal -- but ONLY as a last resort. In other words, I have to be in pretty bad shape before I take anything other than Over-The-Counter stuff like Equalactin or Imodium. You wanted to know what the Hyoscyamine does? For me, not much, but it's supposed to act as an antispasmodic -- it works for a lot of people, just not me. You dissolve it under your tongue when the cramps come on, just like NuLev (which REALLY does nothing for me!). I saw Shell's post this afternoon in which she states her doc just doubled her prescription for Hyoscyamine, which she apparently is taking every day -- so it must work for her. You can post a message addressed to her and see what she has to say about the stuff.
You're right about the urgency thing. The last attack I had -- at the Post Office -- angered me when I finally RUSHED to the bathroom but very little came out. I got mad because I know I could have held that. It made me stop and think about what was going on with me.
When it happened the last time -- just last week -- I was at the antique shop when it hit, and I knew there were no bathrooms anywhere around (big sign on the bathroom door at the antique shop, "Employees ONLY" -- I hate that), but by the time I got back to the car, that horrible feeling of ugency totally left me, and I was able to drive home -- when I got home, I didn't have to go at all. Oh yeah, there's something else goin' on with me. You bet. (I need to return to Michael!)
Girlfriend, please check out the hypnotherapy. I know it would help you. Marilyn is Michael's U.S. contact, and she answers most of the posts in the hypno board -- you can ask her any question you want. She's a love. One thing Michael tells us is, "There are no demands or insistence." That's my mantra whenever I start feeling anxiety or rumblings down below.....
Bevvy
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