Thanks for your reply. No, she hasn't tried peppermint capsules though she drinks peppermint tea and uses acacia fiber every day. The biggest problem she has right now, even while trying to stay on a very controlled diet, is intestinal gas and loud noises from her intestines. She still has pain off and on also but it's not bad every day like it used to be before she starting watching what she eats.
I sometimes feel like she would feel better if she could worry less about all this, and not be focused on it so much. But as you mentioned, it IS very hard to sit in class and try to concentrate on what's going on when all you can really think about is how your stomach is feeling or worrying about the people around you hearing it making weird noises.
IBS has kept her from going places with friends and participating in activities because she hasn't wanted to take the risk of having an attack while she's out, and I just wish there was something more I could do to help her. Knowing there are others out there who've had this same problem has helped her some emotionally,though she doesn't know anyone personally (it's hard for her sometimes to see her friends eating whatever they want and going places without worrying about what kind of food will be offered or how they'll feel when they get there.)
And anything that would attract attention to her, like asking to take tests somewhere else,is absolutely out of the question. She won't even let me talk to her teachers and ask if she can have permission to leave to go the bathroom during class whenever necessary (she has one class where you absolutely can't leave to go to the bathroom, without it being a huge deal, which I think is just nuts.)
I'm glad to hear the Librax shouldn't be harmful. The other suggestion the dr. had,if this didn't work,was trying an antidepressant (she's not depressed but he said it would boost her serotonin levels which might help with the IBS) but I also have VERY mixed feelings about that.
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Re: Loud Stomach Voices (answer to Librax question)
