Originally Posted by
Em792
Hi everyone,
I've recently been diagnosed with IBS after suffering with abdominal pains and constipation for six months. The thing is, I cannot seem to establish what makes it worse or find anything that makes it better. I feel discomfort and a 'stretched' feeling inside pretty much all the time, and then when I do have a BM, I have sharp spasmy pains afterwards and nausea sometimes so severe I have almost V (which is not good seeing as I have remnants of emetophobia - not fully cured by therapy).
I'm currently taking amitriptyline 20mg but am not convinced it's making a big difference (and could be contributing to this bout of C I'm experiencing right now?). It's got rid of the squeezy pains but I am still getting achy pains after BM.
I should say I am anxious almost all of the time and have barely left the house in months.
My diet isn't great and I don't eat enough (and I am only 97lbs now which worries me) but that is because there is a small part of me that thinks food could be playing a part and so I never know if I'm eating the right or wrong things ie I could be ingesting a trigger food. I know wheat bloats me but it doesn't cause pain. I never experience pain soon after eating. It's mainly after a BM which makes me think it is more of a mechanical (for want of a better word) issue if that makes sense?
Laxatives - movicol doesn't work and lactulose only works some of the time.
Any thoughts would be great. I am at my wits end.