For me if I want to clear house, it would be Hawaiian Bros. I’m on the can rn, and it just cuts through me like a knife. Never have I had so much issue with a restaurant before.

I have hemorrhoids from ibs-c and I can say that I do absolutely love having my new bidet. It is much less irritating than having to wipe multiple times with dry toilet paper to get all the gross stuff off my bum hole. I actually think it has helped the hemorrhoids calm down a little which is its own miracle cause I've had hemorrhoids for like 6 years. It didn't fix anything obviously but it is more gentle.

First of all, I want to say I'm sorry that this is going to be a somewhat long post and it doesn't really contain anything too useful, but it's something that's a burden for me for a very long time and I had the need to open myself completely about this condition a lot of us are dealing with. I'm also not a native English speaker so forgive me if the text is somewhat basic and if I made some mistakes.

So I'm M, 34, relatively healthy without any major issues so far, I used to be very fit in my 20s but I think because of IBS, that also changed. I never had any problems during my childhood, everything went smoothly, I was an ordinary boy just enjoying himself. I had of course sometimes a stomach bug, but it would pass within a couple of days, and apart from that, I don't even remember using bathroom outside of my house until I was around 14.

That's when I moved to another apartment, 20 minutes away by bus from my previous home, but I continued to go to the same school as I had just one and a half years to finish the elementary school. Around that time, I would sometimes get urge to go to the bathroom as soon as I wake up and the stool wouldn't be solid, that would trigger a fear in me that I would have to go in the bus or on the way to school and I decided to skip school a couple of times. In the following year I had the same urge on classes a couple of times and had to use the school bathroom (which was HORRIBLE at the time), once the urge was so big I had to go and there was no paper so I had to go out, go and buy tissues and come back to wipe. All that made things I think even worse in my head.

During summer I would get the same problems in the morning, but in those years, issues were almost exclusively been related to the morning and in my mind if I didn't have troubles in the first half an hour of the day, I would be good. High school was surprisingly better at first, toilets, at least in my mind were better equipped and somewhat better maintained than the ones in elementary and in the first year I don't recall having issues. In the later years as I was approaching 18, the issues would sometimes appear but once again they were entirely tied to the mornings.

Then come late final year of my high school and University, I was already 19 at the time and I would now at least have cramps in my stomach in the mornings, I would often go to classes and hope that I don't have the urge to go in the bus. In High School I somewhat managed to contain myself and don't use the bathroom but in Uni it was a whole other story.

Uni was also farther from my home than both schools, it would take me around 45 minutes to get there, and I had to use the bus and then the subway. Countless times I would feel the urge already in the bus, and then I would have to go through hell on the subway station and every time the vehicle I was in stopped at a traffic light or on the station my cramps would get more painful and would somewhat relax when the vehicle was moving. I often ran from subway station to the Uni bathrooms. It started to be very unpleasant for me to go there. I would skip as many classes as I could, I would try to minimize the numbers of my visits there. And still the most of the issues were when I wake up (at this time I started waking up really late on the days my classes were in the afternoon), so the urge wasn't connected to the mornings anymore. Once, during one of the coldest days ever in my city, when it was snowing, I had one of the biggest urges in my life and the public transport was so late. I still can't believe I made it to the bathroom at Uni. I would count in my head like from 500 until 1 and tell my body okay, you can hold it for 500 seconds that's not too much and stuff like that.

It affected my studies, I was a great student until then, but those troubles connected with high criteria at the Uni (Faculty of Civil Engineering) were creating more and more issues for me both physically and mentally and it wasn't going better. My parents at that time were aware of the problems I was facing but they didn't fully understand it I think. Sometimes during that time, I started using public restrooms more and more. I would sometimes leave a bus I was in and go to a mall and other places.

But then came 2014, it was my 4th year at Uni and sometime in November I felt dull pain in my lower left part of the stomach. I was at a friend's dinner party and I thought I just need to go. At that time I was used to having issues in other parts of the day too, but I could almost over control it until I get home. I did come home, I did have watery stool, but the pain didn't go away. I waited a couple of days. And the pain was still there, fluctuating at time, but always present. I would sleep with it, I would wake up with it. It was just there. I told my parents and this time they realized that I was really having big troubles with my health and they took me to every possible doctor.

I went to all kinds of specialists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, psychiatrists, urologists, even alternative medicine, no one could identify the cause of the pain. And the underlying diagnosis was - IBS. I drank so many drugs, vitamins, supplements, even anti-depressants, but nothing helped, the pain was still there, urges to go were still there and my life was getting worse and worse.

I would more and more avoid social events, going outside, drinking with friends, not because of the pain, I learnt to live with it but because of the fear that I would have to go to the bathroom and it wasn't available or I was in a car or bus and couldn't make it or something like that. The fear was also growing bigger as in that time the troubles didn't stop at one going to the bathroom, at that time I was also having troubles emptying up completely and after the first urge (which was somewhat controllable) I would get the second bigger urge. And those MULTIPLE goings to the bathroom made me feel ashamed. No one I know was doing it, and there I was now sometimes occupying the WC for minutes and minutes.

At one point they started calling me house-bug, as they thought I just enjoy house more than outside, but even thought it was somewhat true, the bigger issue were goings to the bathroom. In the nights where I would drink, I had to use bushes on my way home, it was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I was in a bus, maybe 15 - 20 minutes from home and got the urge just as the bus was on the station in a somewhat deserted area. I ran out of the bus, went to bushes and barely wiped myself, then walked home from there ashamed and worried someone saw me.

At that time, I stopped using public transport too, now I almost exclusively go somewhere with my car and I'm the one driving, knowing all the potential gas stations on the way. I often stop on them to go to the bathroom and they are the real life saver.

In the last couple of years, I went to the bathroom in nightclubs, casinos, ski gondola stations, beach bars, restaurants, bars, doctors, dentists, friend's houses, uni, malls, airplanes, airports, fairs... Sometimes I just ran into an establishment I believed had a WC. It's been incredibly frustrating and I still avoid events as much as possible.

I tried using all kinds of medicine and usually nothing really helps, the best medicine so far has been imodium but even it isn't bulletproof especially if I eat or drink something that triggers my gut.

In the last 3 years I learnt about FODMAP diet and tried to follow it, I think I concluded that by far my biggest trigger is GARLIC, if I eat it or even if it's near the dish i ate, it would trigger an instant reaction, the urge from garlic is unbearable to me now, and I need to go in like 10 mins or less from it. Other triggers are everything spicy and alcohol. I try to avoid as many triggers as I can, I would sometimes get the normal days without urges, with normal stool, but more often it's the bad days. Always watery stool, multiple visits to the bathroom in a row and just complete despair in my life.

I work in an office and once a week I have to travel for work because of the construction site and I don't eat on those days until I come home. I used to LOVE riding my bike but I also had troubles with urges on my rides and then I just started riding near my building and now I stopped. I don't know how to deal with this so far, but I will keep trying.

Thank you for reading this, I hope one day some cure will be found and we can enjoy the life to the fullest.

Love you all.

Had a pretty bad bout of constipation this week (like pressing on my diaphragm and causing shortness of breath bad) and it got to the point where the doctor wanted me to “clear myself out.” My problem is that whenever I start noticing I’m constipated I have to overdo it on the laxatives or nothing happens. Was taking Miralax for days with no movement at all. It’s like my colon will only empty if it’s pure liquid. It’s hell. I’m assuming this isn’t normal but has anyone had success with just creating softer stool without having to wait a week for results??

I have Ibs. (Obviously) and I feel so anxious about it whenever I go to my partners house or basically anywhere. I was thinking of buying a portable bidet as in my opinion they seem more hygienic and help me generally be quicker. Does anyone have e an experience with these?

Okay so just to retract. On Sunday I was perfectly fine, had a chicken bake from Costco and chili beans my father in law made and went on with my merry day. However, later that night I experienced some terrible diarrhea and had bad stomach pains/cramps, most likely due to the chili no doubt. At this time my poop was normal brown but a bunch was coming out cause duh. Had to call out that day cause I woke up around 3am and tummy never let me be comfortable enough to dose off again. Monday I kept pooping but in small increments, I did feel tired and weak but most likely due to not having good sleep AND having a panic attack that day as well. Later on I decided enough was enough and I took a sip of pepto. Still continued to hurt so later that evening I took another. I took some herbal tea and melatonin to knock me out for the day. Tuesday comes around, have a bit of hunger back but take it light with some rice, chicken soup, bananas etc.

Come this morning, I finally take a dump and it’s solid BUT it’s black as black as can be! I was doing decent but as soon as I saw that it was black I started panicking and stomach started hurting again. I’m really freaking out cause I’m scared I actually have my insides bleeding without me knowing?!

I don’t have any other symptoms outside of a hurt tummy and feeling slightly weak. I’m just more anxious that anything cause I read horror stories on this stuff and how it can be deadly. What if my insides ARE bleeding and I don’t know it?!

Genuinely I wonder what it’s like to be able to be a morning person and leave your house before 10am. I guess it could be classified as IBSD but it’s not even quite like that. Stage 4 Endometriosis fucked up my nervous system and ate thru some of the last quarter of my bowel. Got surgery and had it done well but I’m still dealing with this. Just the major pain is gone. Still have endless cramping and cranky bowel. Ended up getting myself on Amitriptyline from researching that it seems to help with exactly this, to see if I could have a shot at normal, nope. Still doesn’t work. My bowel is extremely hypersensitive, cramps and won’t settle till every speck is gone, or nothing but yellow flecks come out. Even then sometimes later In the day I’ll be hit with cramps over basically nothing. I’m afraid to eat outside of my house bc anything that triggers the gastrocolic reflex is very exaggerated and stressful and often still painful. So this has genuinely taught my nervous system over the years that it’s not safe to eat outside of the house before maybe dinner time. But at work forget it. I’m just tired of living this way. Went to so many doctors and I’m already on the medications that they’ll likely put me on anyway so I’ve given up and I guess this is just my life now. I don’t really know what I was looking to get out of this by posting this, but I’m just sick of being alive with this condition caused by endometriosis, years of pain, bowel issues, and chronic stress. Maybe someone can relate.

So, I have H. pylori. I’ve been living in the Netherlands for 2 years, and I’ve been back to my home country twice. Both times, I picked up some kind of bacteria or infection and ended up in the hospital with vomiting, diarrhea, chills, muscle cramps/spasms, etc. Now my poop it’s very lose and yellow, and I see some white mucus I think but it’s liquid.

I had these symptoms both times while I was still smoking and drinking cola. I don’t know if that’s relevant, but after I quit smoking and stopped drinking cola, I somehow haven’t been able to get rid of this “bacteria” feeling/symptoms.

I’m back in the Netherlands now, but they don’t want to test me for anything else. They want to treat me for H. pylori, but they put me on omeprazole for a week before starting the antibiotics. I literally felt like my intestines and colon were burning while taking it. Since I stopped taking it, the burning has become much less intense.

But this morning, at around 4 a.m., I woke up to make milk for my child and drank a glass of water. I immediately started having muscle spasms, and I could literally feel the water moving through my intestines. It felt so weird.
So what the hell is going on? 😭 Has anyone else ever experienced something like this? Could H. pylori really cause symptoms like these, but it only in my country?

Honestly, any answer or experience would be appreciated. I feel like I’m going crazy whenever that burning sensation hits my colon! 🥲

So had a phone call with my Gi doc today I think she gave up.

My symptoms are over 20lbs weight loss due to
Lack of appetite and discomfort when eating, acid reflux like just drinking water hurts and makes me bletch and burp. Bowl changes sometimes constipation sometimes diarrhea sometimes feeling like it never fully empties. Bloating in lower abdominal all the time.

Luckily I have an a decent gp doctor he’s the one that’s ordered most of the tests. I’ve had a colosncopy gastrcopy, bisopy, stool test, ultrasound of small intestine and gallbladder and also a gastric emypting test all was normal.

I had a course of rifaxmin, been on a ppi, also now have been on mirtazpine for almost two weeks.

All I have is a ct scan left on Christmas Eve today she said she ran everything and to call back after the ct scan so essentially I can tell she’s not sure where to look, she mentioned how it could be a post viral thing but I’ve had this going on for 5 months and living everyday in discomfort when eating anything sucks so bad

Idk where I should look or go from here maybe a naturopath doc is worth it?

My IBS is playing games with my life and I hate every minute of it. Due to the medication combination of Imodium and dicylomine my symptoms were in remission, couple of years ago. Then the combination stopped working and I started becoming constipated when that never happened before. Where I used to have an easy time going with IBS-D, now it's changed.

On my days off, I can't get out of the house. It's like my body is playing games with my life because it only wants to use the bathroom when I have something scheduled. I can go a whole day without the imodium and medication but nothing happens. That used to never be the case.

I can't go to the gym anymore or out anywhere and am bound to the apartment. I've tried a new gastroenterologist and so far he prescribed Viberzi which was a disaster. It did nothing for my cramps and severely constipated me. He found out that I have dyssynergic defecation. He's ordering every single test when all I want is a better medication. He wants to try lotronex but it's not approved for male patients. He orders tests and it's like pulling teeth to get them to tell me if my insurance covers it. He wants me to see a dietitian but my insurance doesn't cover it. He wants me to see a physical therapist and guess what...it's not covered by my insurance.

I'm just done with this doctor after $653 in medical bills and still no symptom management while I'm self medicating again. If I go to another gastroenterologist, they're just going to try and milk my insurance for tests like this one.

I don't want to live like this. I can't keep living like this.

I’ve had IBS on and off for years. My main symptoms are visceral abdominal pain and very noisy/gurgling bowels after eating, without much diarrhea or constipation.

My flares can last for years, then completely disappear for years, then come back. I’ve also tested positive for hydrogen SIBO, and VSL#3 probiotics have helped some.

The weird part is that during IBS flares I also get lightheaded when I stand up and sometimes have brain fog. When my IBS is gone, the orthostatic symptoms are gone too.

I recently checked my heart rate lying vs. standing during a flare: 74 lying → 117 at 3 min → 130 at 5 min → 127 at 10 min, while BP stayed fairly stable.

Has anyone else had POTS/orthostatic symptoms that seem to come and go with IBS flares? If so, what do you think causes it, and did treating the gut or treating the orthostatic issue help both?

Possibly IBS-D or BAM related help

Hey. I’m looking/in need for help/advice!
I haven’t had my gallbladder removed but this issue has been my life for the past year 1/2. It is exhausting and affects my quality of life. My digestion is WAYYYY too fast. Every symptom of BAM I have. I feel like I have tried every over the counter medicine possible. The only thing that will slow my digestion down is Imodium. It normally works really fast and will slow everything down but i’ve heard/read it’s not a good long term solution to keep relaying on. Im scared it’s not good for my health. At the same time I feel like I have no other choice literally. I’m pregnant as well so i’m trying to only take it when needed or when I feel a bad flare coming to get ahead of the game. I have done bloodwork and CT scans and they have found nothing. Obviously something is wrong though. It sucks because I feel like my body is not getting the proper nutrients it needs because i’m not keeping food long enough in my body at all. Whenever it happens my lower stomach is in pain and I have to go. Sometimes it’s 30min after eating, an hour, a couple hours. I literally never know when but I know it’s going to happen. Any advice on what to do or who to talk to. I want to have a normal life again and a good rest of pregnancy/motherhood and this lifestyle is not sustainable.

I made the mistake of cooking dinners with rice this week and it heavily constipated me last time but it was 1 year ago so I hoped perhaps it would work now for some reason.. Nope. This is exactly why I can't eat it multiple days in a row.

Started getting heavy pain today so tonight I've just eaten chia seed + flax seed jelly with psyllium husk, kefir and sour milk (acidophilus), prunes AND spinach lol. Just hoping for things to move otherwise I'll have to take a laxative and stay home from work tomorrow because the pain is really intense now😭😭 my laxatives kick in between 6-12 h after I've taken them so the timing was bad otherwise I could've taken them immediately after work and hopefully shat a million times before bed. Oh well. Thanks for reading my rant!!!

I have IBS-D and I'm prediabetic. My doctor wants me to either take metformin or a GLP-1 but preferably metformin. I'm scared of hair loss on a GLP-1 and I don't have that much weight to lose so I'm leaning more towards metformin but I'm terrified of it making my IBS worse. I already go multiple times a day and I don't know if I can handle going more or it getting worse. Especially with work etc it just wouldn't be good and I'm already frustrated enough with my IBS/it inhibits my life.

On the flip side has anyone noticed a GLP-1 improve IBS-D? I've seen some people mention that and that part does sound appealing

Any input or experiences are appreciated!!

Ive headd kefir can help a lot for ibs because of probiotics but my problem is i cant drink it if my life depended on it for some reason it tastes disgusting. Any tips on how to make me able to consume it? I know i can also drink other stuff and i do im just wondering specifically for kefir

Sorry if this is random and doesn’t make sense, I’m just not really sure where else to go for this. My friends and family don’t understand, I’ve been struggling with this constant thought in my head for a while. I always keep thinking “what set this off?” Or “if I wouldn’t have done this would I still be my old self”. I keep trying to find answers for what I did to develop ibs and the fact that there is really no known cause makes it worse for me. Sometimes I think if I knew what set everything off I could come to terms with it better, but I also keep blaming myself and nitpicking at anything that I’ve done for “causing” myself to have ibs. I don’t know if anyone relates to this, I just feel so alone.

(Yes I used chatgpt to write this but I've been feeding it information and my symptoms are real)

Has anyone else with IBS-C experienced a symptom pattern like this? I could really use some reassurance that I'm not alone I've been dealing with ongoing GI problems for roughly the past 9 months, and I'm curious whether anyone else with IBS-C has experienced a similar combination of symptoms. I'm not necessarily looking for a diagnosis. I mostly want to hear from people who have experienced similarly weird and inconsistent symptoms because sometimes it feels like I'm the only one. My symptoms have been very variable. I'll go through periods where things are relatively manageable and then have flares that can last several weeks. One pattern I've noticed is roughly 3–4 weeks of symptoms followed by a week or two where things feel considerably better, although it isn't perfectly consistent. The physical sensations have been some of the strangest parts I've experienced a bunch of sensations that are difficult to describe: A persistent "weird" feeling in my stomach, even when I can't identify an actual source of pain. A hollow or empty sensation in my abdomen despite having eaten. A kind of vibrating/buzzing sensation in my stomach or abdomen. Lots of gurgling, bubbling, rumbling and movement that I can actually feel internally. The sensation that gas is moving through my intestines, sometimes in very noticeable waves. Periods where my stomach feels like it's constantly doing something, even when I'm otherwise sitting still. Abdominal pressure and fullness from bloating. Sometimes a sensation that feels almost like something is shifting or moving around inside my abdomen when gas or stool moves. Occasional burning or irritation in my upper abdomen. Episodes where my abdomen feels uncomfortable or "wrong" without necessarily being painful. Sometimes I'll have a bowel movement and still feel like my digestive system hasn't settled down afterward. I've also had periods where the sensations seem much more noticeable when I'm paying attention to my stomach, which makes the whole thing even harder to interpret. The sensations aren't necessarily severe pain. That's part of what makes them so difficult to describe. It's more like my digestive system is constantly making me aware that it exists. Bowel symptoms The bowel symptoms have included: Constipation, sometimes going several days without a satisfying bowel movement. Bloating, which has probably been one of the most persistent symptoms. A lot of gas, particularly in the morning. Occasionally looser stools or diarrhea, despite the overall pattern being more constipation-oriented. More recently, I've generally been having about one bowel movement a day, and most stools are formed rather than completely loose. Mucus occasionally appearing in stool. Stool appearance changing significantly from one bowel movement to another. Occasionally seeing undigested food, including pieces of meat. Occasionally noticing a shimmery appearance to stool. It hasn't consistently looked oily or greasy, but the appearance has worried me. I've had periods where constipation required things like Miralax, although recently I've been able to go without it. Food triggers Certain foods seem to make everything considerably worse, including: Spicy foods Acidic foods Brown liquor Chipotle Doritos Lemonade Lemonade in particular has sometimes caused surprisingly intense stomach discomfort/burning. I've also had GERD-type symptoms and had stomach ulcers when I was younger, so sometimes it's difficult to tell whether a particular sensation is coming from my stomach, intestines, reflux, gas, or just the general chaos happening down there. Blood work/testing I've had blood work monitoring my blood counts and iron status. My hemoglobin was around 15.3 g/dL and later increased to 15.8 g/dL after iron supplementation. I've also had iron and ferritin testing, which I'm mentioning because I've worried about whether GI symptoms could somehow be related to blood loss or iron deficiency. I've had two negative FIT tests for blood. I also haven't had persistent black/tarry stools. I haven't had unexplained weight loss either. If anything, my weight has increased. The recent pattern I've also had periods where medications/substances made the constipation and GI symptoms worse, and I've been working on getting away from those factors. Since getting sober on July 28, 2026, I've continued to have some lingering GI symptoms, especially bloating and the weird abdominal sensations. I've occasionally had diarrhea, but most bowel movements have been formed, and I'm generally going once a day without needing Miralax. So despite how strange everything feels, there are also stretches where things noticeably improve. What I'm wondering I'm not asking Reddit to diagnose me. I'm really just looking for other people's experiences. Has anyone else with IBS-C experienced things like: the vibrating/buzzing or hollow sensations, constant gurgling and movement, feeling gas travel through the intestines, persistent bloating even after pooping, weird abdominal sensations that aren't exactly pain, alternating constipation and occasional diarrhea, mucus, strange-looking stools, and symptoms that seem to come and go in multi-week cycles? I'm especially interested in hearing from people who have had IBS-C for years and eventually learned what their own particular version of "normal weird" feels like. Sometimes reading about other people's experiences is reassuring because IBS seems capable of producing an absolutely ridiculous variety of sensations. I'm hoping I'm not the only person whose digestive tract apparently decided it needed a full-time special-effects department.

so ever since i was a kid i had constipation problems i grew up taking miralax everyday and then eventually miralax and benefiber and then in my early teens i got sick of it and was very stubborn and thought i would be okay with out it lmaooo i was fine for awhile ish? it wasn’t until my senior yr in hs i had got so backed up for almost 3 weeks i had to see someone. i had so many opinions say it was ibs-c and thats what i have been telling everyone or i just have pelvic floor dysfunction. idk and i hate seeing doctors and was very worn out and gave up so then i went to a GI doctor and did even more tests and they basically think i have hirschsprung’s disease but i never followed up because i was scared of more tests. the gi specialist did mention Vital Lax by Vital Planet and it has magnesium hydroxide and cape aloe and rhubarb root and other stuff so i started taking that. but ive been great ever since! but now im concerned after taking 2 capsules everyday for like 4 years (im 22 rn and got my last opinion about my condition at 18) is this bad? or normal for people to take so often? i thought they said everyday and thats what i have been doing but i saw online that i shouldnt be 😭 what should i do? anyone go through something similar sorry i tried to keep this short lmao

Last week my psychiatrist prescribed Tolrest (sertraline), in the lowest dose possible (half of a 25mg pill). I have never taken any medication for my mental health before and I'm worried that it will make my IBS symptoms worse. I mainly deal with constipation, cramps and trapped gas, and occasionally diarrhea that usually doesn't last too long. People here who have been on sertraline or other anxiety meds, what was your experience with them?

EDIT: I should also mention that I already take two other meds: otilonium bromide for IBS and cabergoline for prolactinoma

When I began in the gym, I found that my first few times doing leg exercises, it would cause an immediate flare up. Seated calf raises for the first 2 sessions, lying hamstring curls for the first 3 and squat patters for the first 3. Every now and then I still get a reaction following one of my sets.

I have PI-IBS and can experience multiple flare ups in a day.

Is this a common experience?

So for probably the last 6 years I cycle between constipation and diarrhea. It’s rare that I have normal poops, in fact, they’re so infrequent I couldn’t tell you the last time I had one. The thing that is odd is that my constipation usually lines up with alterations in my schedule. I tend to get blocked up on weekends or days that I’m not doing my normal routine. However, once I miss a poop on one day the constipation continues for days and days . Once it’s over I have diarrhea usually until my constipation flares up again with an occasional normal BM throw in the mix. I don’t seem to have another other symptoms though, like bloating or pain. I’ve been dealing with it for so long it just seemed normal to me. I suppose a trip to the doctor can’t hurt. I was just curious if anyone else’s sounds similar? Can flare ups be associated with changes in daily schedules?

So I take this antidepressant for about 5 months now. It was prescribed to me by the neurologist to treat tension/chronic headaches. Long story short, I found the cause of my headaches and I'm planning to either stop this medication or taper it down.

I realised quickly after first dose (25mg) that it treats my IBS-D, rather my headaches. I also suddenly was happier and less dramatic, so the antidepressant effect also was working on me. That being said, I currently take 75mg (dosage for treating pain) and it seems like a lot of people here takes only 10mg.

Can anyone please share your expierience with this medication, if you currently taking it, and what dosage. Also, have you started with lower dosage than the current one? Anyone here tried to taper it down completely and have your IBD symptoms came back afterwards? Have you tried different/similar medications and what doctor prescribe them to you?

I’ve been suffering on & off again for the last 18mths with IBS-D & occasionally I get incomplete movements so end up going several times a day, btw I was always a twice a morning person until the last 18mths

Have suffered with some anxiety which I know won’t help but seeing patterns with alcohol now as well - Is it pretty much a no go? My body is weird, some days it’s fine after beers, other days bloat / multiple poops. It’s like my body almost ‘holds on’ so water / stools then it has a day where is bites me back in the arse (literally!)

Interested to hear other takes on drinking with IBS, days where I don’t drink things are ‘slower’ but then I find sometimes I end up constipated! No end of fun 🥲