By avoiding trigger foods I have most of the symptoms of IBS-D fairly well under control.There is one symptom however, I do not get under control at all, an hyperactive gastrocolic reflex (increase of muscle movement in the gastrointestinal tract when food enters an empty stomach; may cause the urge to have a bowel movement right after eating ).Even eating a dry biscuit can trigger this reflex and cause D within minutes....Does this sound familiar to anybody ??Can anybody help with this ??Any tips or tricks to inhibit this reflex ??Any medicines ??
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This is common in IBSers. Anything that normally makes the colon more active (eating regardless of what food you eat, and morning around the time you get up) in normal people with normal colons seem to be problem times for IBSers because of over-response to these signals.The parts of the GI tract normally communicate with each other and you can't stop that from happening.Several things can sometimes help with this. Taking an antispasmodic 20-30 min. before a meal (some people use Imodium as well if you can find a dose where it doesn't constipate you) can dampen the response. Peppermint tea/oil is a herb that can act as an antispasmodic if you don't have a prescription.I found this went away after I did Cog. Behav. Therapy which got rid of the pain, etc.For some people antidepressants may also calm this down (the GI tract uses serotonin just like the brain does, so that can sometimes ease this up).K.
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