I've been drinking fennel tea AND taking Heather's peppermint caps for 3 days, neither of which relieve the pain/bloating/gas in my system.
I was taking Benefiber, but I started on acacia fiber 3 days ago. I'm up to 2 tablespoons a day.
I have been following the diet from the book for about a week. Started with nothing but SF and started adding some IF a few days ago. I also quit coffee (something I thought impossible!) Funny thing is, this morning my symptoms seemed to slightly let up AFTER I ate the greasy sausage sandwich and had that cup of Joe! Oh, if that were only the cure
My somewhat competant gastro told me they have recently seen benefits from Zelnorm for men with IBS-C. It doesn't really matter, I just found out my insurance won't cover it. And at $150 it'll just worsen my symptoms because the added financial stress.
I'm a bit cynical about all this right now. I've had a difficult time dealing with my gut, as I'm sure many of you have. All this new information is sooooo overwhelming. I had to go through this process of becoming a "patient-expert" a few years ago when my son was diagnosed with autism. The doctors don't know much about that one either. They leave it up to the patient to deal with it the best they can. Our family had to put life on hold to deal with that, and I'm not looking forward to putting my own life on hold to deal with my own problems.
Sorry about the rant. And thanks again for listening.
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Re: Hi...I'm Matt and I suffer from IBS...and boy do I need help!
