Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: ARGH!!!! Someone, please help me (I posted this in Living Room, too)

How can someone who is almost always healthy have gassy issues and sore tummy issues? Like I said...it comes and goes. And has done so for like...ten years. UGH!!!!!

"Well,because you have IBS". We've all heard that too many times-I know. As a matter of fact, I have given up on my current GI doctor and am going to be seeing a new one because that's all he ever says to me after paying 55.00 for an office visit! GRR! All I can really give you is my sympathy-because I don't know the answer either. I was always very healthy until right after the birth of my first child at age 20. I'm reading a new book that espouses the theory that IBS symptoms can start in a healthy person after a bout of food poisoning, and then never goes away unless treated with a strong course (or several)of antibiotics. If you want the name of the book, I can give it to you. This is a new theory that's been developed in the last few years, but it's the best one that I've seen anyone come up with. I have spent so much time in wondering "why me" etc. Negative thoughts like that can really drag you down. So-just watch your diet and do what it says on here. I just tried the fennel tea today, and it's helping me quite a bit already with my gas. Try that, if you haven't already. And with those sort of symptoms, it's always good to get a full GI workup if you haven't done that either. All I can do is give a listening ear and commiserate with you. Sorry I couldn't be much more help! ((HUG))

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