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Hi...I'm Don. New to the board, but I dare say, at 48 I may be one of the longer IBS Veterans around. At age 7...they told me I had a 'Spastic Duodenum',,,at at 15 'Mucous colitis', then 'Spastic Colon' , then of course, IBS...I'm sure you folks have heard all of the names. Anyway, I've mostly had IBS-D...some C...or...not? Here's my question: Has anyone ever had what I call 'Constipated Diahrea'? I mean , I get the cramps...feel like I better get to the bowl quickly...only to sit and get zippo...then, after contorting myself, pushing (cursing) bending (cursing) twisting (Promising God everything), sweating and, did I mention cursing? Then, I get (this is gross, I know) a blob, or a piece or pieces...but they are NOT rocks...it's mush.Naturally, even after all of these years...I still get nervous when it goes on for a week...Especially, when a Hemmorrhoid breaks..Bottom line...anybody else get the 'Gotta GO NO' cramps only to do nothing...then a soft blob later?

 

[20745]

all the timeI get all the pain and syptoms that I am really goning to hit that bathroom and them I can sit there forever and notheingI have been going through this a long timeWhen I was young my family used to joke about dynamiting it out of me I have gone as longas over 2 weeks with C and then when I finally dso go It s a major disapointment and nothing gets betterRight now My GI doc has me on miralax It s hit or miss situation depending on how musch I take because it can go inot this bloody D thing and ythen I am really sickI alsohave been diagnosed with the reflux the prescribed meds made me deathly sick and I had huge allergic reactions, Right now I take prilosec and tums It has taken away some of the pain and discomfort but there has to be somthing else I also get sick from eating I live on a lot of soup,Last night I thought I am going to clebrate I was loaded with tums in my tumyIhad some sushi (a no no) a nd some shampagne todayI am on deaths doorJUst going to rest and wait till I can talk to my docHope you are doing betterBut I think everybody is supposed to be sick and hungover on NYD'thanksKAren

 

[17176]

don hi and welcome

 

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Plenty of times I've had to strain to go BM and it ends up being extremely soft (what I'll call D) and sometimes (after all the straining) it's such a small amount that it's almost like calling "wolf." The smaller amounts of D happen right before a big bout of D and it also happens when I'm coming off a big bout of D. It's annoying, I know.

 

[cookies4marilyn]

Hi Don - (Have to say - Love the Beatledude user name - my kids are Beatle freaks - they know more trivia on them than I do, and I am the old one of the Beatle generation...)Anyway - yes I have had that - and I have called it "constipated diarrhea!" The intestines are clamping down, they let some out, and then clamp down again - I have had this before and it is murder. Just another facet of wonderful IBS!For me there was never a pattern to it - nothing I ate made a difference - happened even on very little food, and it was very frustrating...Welcome to the BB and hope you find lots of info here...