[Hard2go]

I did it! LOL!
I took my first pill on Sunday. I only took 1/2 a pill in the morning. It gave me diarhea twice in the morning after breakfast. The funny thing is as scared as I was- I felt relief! Even though it caused the diarhea, I felt fine all day and didn't feel like I was going to have a million tiny bowel movements all day, like I usually do! Monday and today I took only 1/4 of a pill- to see if I could get by without the diarhea, but it really didn't do anything. I think I will just continue to take 1/2 a pill and see how that goes.
Thank you for all of your support while I got myself through this! http://ibsgroup.org/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Tiss]

Yea!

[karen980]

Good for you!

Karen

[Hard2go]

Ok.. I don't understand this Zelnorm!
After the first dose of 1/2 a pill, and the diarhea..the next 2 days I took 1/4 of a pill. Nothing happened. I was back to where I started from. Now today I took 1/2 a pill again, and still nothing. Just very bubbly and gassy, and back to my normal problems. I guess I should just try a whole pill and see what happens. I don't know why I would get the diarhea on the first day with only 1/2 a pill, and then back to square one the rest of the week!
Is the Zelnorm that unpredictable? I still haven't filled my prescription- just taking samples in case it doesn't work for me!

[Tiss]

Yes it can be unpredictable especially at first. That's the way it was for me anyway. I would try to stick it out for a month and maybe go up to a whole tablet. My dr always tells me that I should take it 2x day---that's the way it's 'supposed' to work best but for me it did nothing more that way. Good luck!

[Hard2go]

Thanks for the reply! Today I took a whole pill and after breakfast it "worked"! LOL! It wasn't diarhea, but close enough! I can't imagine taking it twice a day! I was so nervous running my errands this morning, not knowing if it was going to strike again! Isn't IBS just wonderful? http://www.ibsgroup.org/ubb/graemlins/dizzy.gif
Sherry