Thank you SO MUCH for responding to this post--and to the one about moms! It's SO DIFFICULT when your mom--someone we love, look up to, and long to be close to doesn't understand! I don't live at home anymore--I just got married this past July--but my mom has been saying the same things about IBS since I was kid. Eat your greens, eat your fruits, eat your beans--and all I got was MAJOR PAIN! You know how it is...Now that I'm an adult I make my own decisions--but hearing from your mom all over again that you're doing it all wrong and wasting your time is FRUSTRATING! Part of me feels I would be better off to steer clear from medical discussions with my mom--and part of me wants to stand up for myself and help her make her life better. I'm beginning to realize though that the best I can do is live my life and hope that I make the right decisions--and that this will influence her positively. If she sees that I am healthy and happy--maybe she'll come around! (But that doesn't stop the frustration!) As for the zelnorm--it's okay that it didn't work for me. I'm just nervous to take a laxative--esp. after undergoing a colonoscopy! Hopefully I'll brave it out and try it; I'll let you know how it works if I do work up the courage to try it! I also got the hypnotherapy tapes and I plan to start them tonight--I'm psyched about that! I'm sure SOMETHING out there will work! And, if nothing else--this board is certainly an upper--everyone is SO supportive--it's hard to stay feeling down with everyone caring about everybody else the way we do here--it's GREAT! Thanks again Angela--hope you're doing well!!!
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Re: Zelnorm didn't work...on to Mirilax....Angela
As for the zelnorm--it's okay that it didn't work for me. I'm just nervous to take a laxative--esp. after undergoing a colonoscopy! 
Hopefully I'll brave it out and try it; I'll let you know how it works if I do work up the courage to try it! I also got the hypnotherapy tapes and I plan to start them tonight--I'm psyched about that! I'm sure SOMETHING out there will work! And, if nothing else--this board is certainly an upper--everyone is SO supportive--it's hard to stay feeling down with everyone caring about everybody else the way we do here--it's GREAT! Thanks again Angela--hope you're doing well!!! 
