Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Booo, nothing is working for me anymore

Yup. Been there. Um, well, actually, I'm STILL there. Gas-X has never done anything for me. Gas is not one of my symptoms unless I am literally on the verge of a D attack. I keep meaning to try the calcium but am still hesitating. I tried oyster shell calcium several months ago, and wow. My gut felt like I had been trying to eat oyster shells whole. On one of the other IBS message boards I looked at briefly, there was some lady who swore by taking Caltrate 600 Plus (the purple kind) three times a day.

At the moment I'm surviving mainly, I think, because I am eating so little. I make a big batch of homemade bread every couple days and eat that. I eat several pieces plain throughout the day so my stomach doesn't get empty, and at dinner I treat myself with a little bit of Soy Garden. On occasion I'll eat something else at dinner if I'm not feeling totally miserable.

What SFS are you using? All of them actually made my D worse. I'm on Acacia, and though I don't think it's actually made the D worse, it IS giving me bad gas, which makes me paranoid because, like I said, I've never had gas like that before unless I'm about to have D. I'm on 1/4 t a day, though I'm not taking it right now while I'm doing my (ugghhh) colonoscopy prep. I tried Acacia once before and it made me worse, but I might have started out w/ too much.

I take a lot of Imodium. The other day I had taken 8 before 10:30 a.m. I take Levsin and I take it like clockwork every 4 hours. It's not a cure, but it helps. I didn't think it helped that much since I was so sick anyway, but I've run out a couple times, and boy, do I ever feel it. I think that you have to be proactive with the antispasmodic for them to do any good. If you aren't on one, I would definitely go back to your doctor and get on one. Without mine I wouldn't be able to go to work.

Have you tried the warming stomach-wrap things that you can buy, generally meant for your period? If your heating pad helps when you're at home I'd give these a shot.

Sorry you are feeling so rough!!!! I really hope this next week is better for you.

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jen

"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC

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