[TheOutlookChild]

Hello fellow sufferers of IBS.
I was wondering if maybe y'all could give me some reference points as to how bad I have it on the IBS-C scale. Sometimes I can go over a week without having a bowel movement even with the help of laxatives......I wish this was some sort of super power but unfortunatley it makes my life miserable. I am curious to know how common this is as I am only 20 years old. Thanks for any replies!

Cassandra

[leamon1]

I am 25 and when I was 18 I hadn't gone for about 3 weeks and at one point could hardly walk and was puking. I don't think its "normal" to go without pooping for longer than a day to 3 days max. I've been diagnosed with ibs-c and Amitza helped for about 3 months and now it no longer works i'm miserable and I don't know what to do. I started smoking at 18 and it helped my ibs... A year and a half ago I quit smoking and my ibs came back with a vengeance I'm not saying start smoking please don't...it's just sometimes wonder whats more harmful.

[TheOutlookChild]

Yeah it feels like a curse, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. It it seems odd that IBS is not often mentioned in the media and its something you seldom hear about but it affects so many people. People should not be going weeks without having a bowel movement, I mean that is a big freakin deal. I know this sounds silly but there should be IBS awareness day or something, and more research going into it because so many people are just shrugged off and left to cure themselves. I take 4 tbsps of psyllium daily, and 1 dosage of polyethylene glycol 3350 and suddenly neither of them are working. I am on my period though which might have something to do with it but usually that makes thing better not worse. Maybe the smoking helped you relax? That is another thing that gets me....I don't understand how IBS could be neurological or psychosomatic and nothinbg can be done about it. What does that require? Serious psychotherapy? Why is there such an epedemic of IBS in the western world? Questions questions and more questions.......

[leeniepie]

i was wondering the same thing. went to my dr today as i haven't been to the toilet in 2.5weeks. he was very concerned and gave me laxido (polyethylene glycol) and told me to take the dosage marked 'feacal impaction' for 3 days. im not happy about it, but really need to get this sorted.

i think there are a lot of illnesses that have a psychological component that we dont know about. i think thats why certain people react well to treatments that others dont. for example, H.pylioi (sp?) the bacterial that is present in many ulcers, is present in nearly every person in the developing world, and yet they dont have ulcers. therefore the bacteria in itself cannot be the cause of ulcers, there must be some other contributing factor in the western diet and/or lifestyle.

[paraAdrian]

the longest I went with out going to the bathroom is 1 year .

[SarahLund]

The longest i went without having a bm was three month. I remember it well. I wish i didn't. lol. It usually takes me four weeks, before i'm ill with my i.b.s again. When i get ill with it and have my menstrual cycle, at the same time, i feel floored, and i let it get to me. It's probably just the menstrual cycle, making me feel more emotional, otherwise i wouldn't let it try to get me all emotional.

[SarahLund]

[/quote] The longest i went without going to the bathroom is 1 year.[/quote]


Wowzers! I can imagine how much pain you must've been in, after not going THAT long.

[TheOutlookChild]

paraAdrian, on 10 February 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:

the longest I went with out going to the bathroom is 1 year .

WHOA I did not think that was humanly possible.

[SarahLund]

I tell you what. I'm gonna go eat a slice of cheesecake. Even if my bowel doesn't like it. I fancy some cheesecake. I won't let this illness ruin my day, goddamnit. lol

[TheOutlookChild]

SarahLund, on 12 February 2012 - 12:53 AM, said:

I tell you what. I'm gonna go eat a slice of cheesecake. Even if my bowel doesn't like it. I fancy some cheesecake. I won't let this illness ruin my day, goddamnit. lol

damn right!

[mcwifey]

I think the longest I've gone is 3 weeks. I'm a newbie, but, have had success with domperidone, fiber & excercise. I almost go daily, when I was a 2x/wk kinda girl.
I'm hating life right now because I'm having a flare up. I hate being in pain, looking 6 months pregnant, & the ACNE???