Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: What do you take for pain dominant IBS ?

Sara-Sage

For almost 45 years I suffered from excruciatingly painful IBS attacks. Now I rarely, if ever, get the pain anymore and, if I do, it's very mild. My secret? A total change in diet (based on Heather's diet) and change in lifestyle (based on Heather's recommendations of fitness, etc.). However, there's a caveat to this! This new approach takes a lot of discipline and effort. You have to really want to be well and you have to really want to control your pain/IBS.

As far as I'm concerned, drugs don't work for IBS pain unless you were to go to the hospital and get hooked up to a morphine drip. In fact, some drugs probably make the pain worse. In my opinion, the key to overcoming the pain is to prevent the pain in the first place. Most of that can be achieved through diet and lifestyle ... assuming what you have is IBS.

If you want to know more, e-mail me. I'll be glad to fill you in. Personally, I find most people on this message board are looking for easy solutions for controlling their IBS. Unfortunately, the IBS "solutions" are not easy and involve a firm commitment to a new approach in diet and lifestyle.

IBS cannot be 100 per cent controlled, but it is possible to greatly reduce the symptoms and virtually eliminate the pain -- if you are willing to make changes.

Please take care.

Belinda

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