Regina S. Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Hi, I am new, found this community to see if I can get some suggestions. Have IBS (C) all my life. I have been on so many prescriptions and nothing has helped. For years I thought it was stress related since my symptoms were during the work week only but only realized I was dringing prune juice during the week everyday to help my go to the bathroom.. which is another problem. I read somewhere that causes extreme bloating and gas.. which made me miserable. I quit the juice like 5 months ago and was symptom free.. I was cured.. so I thought. I was taking psyllium husk to go to the bathroom and it work amazing, my stomach spasms stopped and I am going. Until last week, the bloating and gas came back with a fury.. no I dont know if its stress or food related. How are we supposed to cure ourselves... or at least treat the symptoms when we dont know what causes them. Has anyone found a miracle cure or drug? Help.. frustrated and depressed over this... again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Roberts Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Welcome Regina! Sounds like you have tried everything. Are you aware that 2 new treatments were recently approved by the FDA? One is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and the other is Gut Directed Hypnotherapy. Both are digital therapeutics and once prescribed, can be self managed through an app. Also, there is a new constipation medication that became available in 2022. It is called IBSrela. It is a very different compound. Hope this gives you some new ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee kerckhove Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 On 2/28/2023 at 9:15 AM, Jeffrey Roberts said: Welcome Regina! Sounds like you have tried everything. Are you aware that 2 new treatments were recently approved by the FDA? One is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and the other is Gut Directed Hypnotherapy. Both are digital therapeutics and once prescribed, can be self managed through an app. Also, there is a new constipation medication that became available in 2022. It is called IBSrela. It is a very different compound. Hope this gives you some new ideas. Hi Regina. There is also EMDR. A very simple yet extremely effective used by therapists trained in using it. It takes the emotional attachment out and replaces new effective thinking. It’s called Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprocessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regina S. Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 HI, I think i have heard of this. So far.. as I knock on wood, I have not had an bad stomach episode nor did I have to take my medicine. I cut out 2 things that I think were contributors. Spinich and sugar free frosting.. has a lot of maltital which apparently upsets my stomach. Hoping that did the trick. Now I believe, or at least hope that, it was a food issue and not stress.. since I am not stressed at all. ... but I could be just I am in remission. Hope you are doing well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee kerckhove Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 11 hours ago, Regina S. said: HI, I think i have heard of this. So far.. as I knock on wood, I have not had an bad stomach episode nor did I have to take my medicine. I cut out 2 things that I think were contributors. Spinich and sugar free frosting.. has a lot of maltital which apparently upsets my stomach. Hoping that did the trick. Now I believe, or at least hope that, it was a food issue and not stress.. since I am not stressed at all. ... but I could be just I am in remission. Hope you are doing well too. I’m happy for your good fortune with IBS. Hope you do something special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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