Hi. I am a longtime reader of the boards, this is my first post. I have also read Heather's book, which is a life saver. And the tea recommendations have done me a world of good.
So, my point of this post is that I have found my miracle drug & thought I would share.
I have never had my gallbladder out nor do I suffer from any gallbladder symptoms like "gallbladder attacks". I have IBS-D & have had it since I was a teenager, or possibly younger.
I also have endometriosis & last year the symptoms of my endo got 10 times worse (due to horomone unbalance) &, of course, because of this my IBS-D got 10 times worse too. To the point that I never really left my house for a year. I tried many things & some sorta worked & some didn't at all.
Citrucel & the diet tipes in the book got me to a good point where it was somewhat managed, but not to a point where I was very confident about going anywhere still. And I never could get ride of the constant tummy grumbling. This made me very nervous. And the symptoms were all so random sometimes & I just had a lot of fear surrounding accidents, which never has happened, but I still fear it because of that urgent feeling & that sometimes I have just barely made it down my hallway.
Then about 3 months ago I saw on a message board on another site that people where trying Questran & it was helpful for some people. So I went to the doc & she gave me a prescription for it.
I got a generic form of it & two days after starting it I was perfectly fine & for the 60 days I was on it I had no pain or diarrhea or cramping or urgency. I was going out & about & I didn't even worry on long drives anymore. My stomach finally stopped thsy constant churning & grumbling that even used to wake me up at night... & I felt... normal.
Then I ran out right before the 4th of July & I waited too long & had to wait over the holidays without any to take. By the second day of not taking it the grumbling, the diarrhea, the urgency all returned. But, two days back on it & I was fine again. Clearly not a coincidence.
Since starting this I actually have nice solid BMs at almost the same time everyday & they are always of the same consistancy, which is helping me feel more confident to leave the house. It is nice to have a predictible body again.
My point is that afew people on the boards have been saying that if you haven't had your gallbladder removed then Questran won't work for you. That this drug only works for bile salt diarrhea due to gallbladder removal. That is not true in my case & may not be true for you. I think that if you have tried everything & nothing is working that this might be an option. Just remember, DO NOT get it in the "Lite" form as it has aspartame in it, which we all know can make diarrhea worse. And, also, it may take awhile to get the right dose. I have found that with some generic forms I need to take it only once a day & with others I need to take it twice a day.
~Tuesday
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