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Good morning all! I had been stbilizing nicely lately. Suddenly, everything went haywire and I went in to see a new gastro doctor as I believed it was time. He scheduled a colonoscopy for the end of this week and breath tests on the 21st. He prescribed 4 mgs of cytotec twice a day and told me to keep increasing the fiber and stop all fruits and vegetables. Stop any vitamins or supplements and just use this approach. After three days I was sicker than ever and totally not able to go to the bathroom. He sent me to the hospital for a saline enema with dye test but my colon became so spastic they couldn't finish it. He wanted to know if there was a blockage. He then told me to cut the cytotec to one every morning and prescribed robinul forte (2mg eachtime) to be taken before each meal. I am drinking lots of water and using the fiber but things are getting progressively worse and I feel awful. I called him and he said to just keep going with it but I feel like I am doing more harm than good. Can anyone give me some thoughts, ideas on this I am thinking of just stopping the medications as I don't feel like they are right for me. If you have gone this course and felt this way and came through it with a positive outcome I would really like to hear. Thank you for all the support I receive here it is so much appreciated.

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Debbie
IBS-C

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