Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: my doctor put me on medication for my IBS

tistenleigh

Look into the hypnotherapy for IBS. Its a safe and effective treatment, although many people are not sure why you would do clinical gut directed Hypnotherapy for IBS, it is statistically the most succesful treatment to date for IBS. Mnay people reduce or stop using meds. It works on global symptoms and on some of the root issues in IBS. If you have any questions feel free to ask. It is a legitimate treatment for IBS with twenty years of reaserch it. It can really help pain and IBS as well.

"Why Consider Hypnosis Treatment for IBS?
by Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D.

Hypnosis is only one of several approaches to treating irritable bowel syndrome and may not be the most suitable option for all patients (click here for discussion of treatment options for IBS). However, hypnosis treatment has some advantages which makes it an attractive option for many IBS sufferers with chronic and severe symptoms:

- It is one of the most successful treatment approaches for chronic IBS. The response rate to treatment is 80% and better in most published studies to date.

- The treatment often helps individuals who have failed to get improvements with other methods (see for example: Whorwell et al., 1984, 1987; Palsson et al., 1997, 2000).

- It is a uniquely comfortable form of treatment; relaxing, easy and generally enjoyable.

- It utilizes the healing power of the person's own mind, and is generally completely without negative side effects.

- The treatment sometimes results in improvement in other symptoms or problems such as migraine or tension headaches, along with the improvement in IBS symptoms.

- The beneficial effects of the treatment last long after the end of the course of treatment. According to research, individuals who improve from hypnosis treatment for IBS can generally look forward to years of reduced bowel symptoms. "

http://www.ibshypnosis.com/whyhypnosis.html

Hypnosis Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome By: Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D., Research Associate, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://www.aboutibs.org/Publications/HypnosisPalsson.html

Hypnotherapy for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
By: Peter J. Whorwell, M.D., University Hospital of South Manchester, England

http://www.aboutibs.org/Publications/hypnosis.html

These links are from extremely well recognized IBS reserchers and doctors.

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