I've never posted before and I'm excited to share this with you because it has helped me and it may help you! Briefly, I've been an IBS suffered with IBS-C and IBS-D most of my life but as I've gotten older my symptoms of distress have worsened. In the last 5 years, I've become IBS-D exclusively and dependent daily on Imodium and Bentyl with moderate success. Even so, during the last year, i've lost 15 pounds without trying to. Doctors put me through every test known, GI biopsy, Hydrogen breath tests, Bacterial overgrowth test, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Fecal studies, you name it. Only positive result was Hydrogen Breath test. I practice Yoga regularly and I'm currently enrolled in Mindfulness Stress Reduction. But my illness is physical and affected very little by these programs even though I love them. Here's what I discovered in August about it- by accident! I have always had fall allergies but this year they are worse, so I started taking the antihistamine Claritin & Clarinex 24 hour dose each day. Within a few days I found my GI was not agitated at all following meals, so gradually took myself off Imodium, Bentyl and Align. As days became weeks I wondered why this was working so well and went online searching under "IBS & Histamine". Many research articles appeared to explain the connection. All the research I found was coming from Europe... not the US. If you are interested in what I found, let me know and I'll post those websites. Good luck!
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