Weight Gain

[lrj]

I have recently been diagnosed with IBS.  I understand many of the symptoms, but one I have has not been addressed.  When I ask my doctor, he just shrugs.

On any given day, I can gain between three and ten pounds.  I am relatively the same size I have been for over 12 years (I am 38).  A few days later I will lose most of the weight.  This is a yoyo.  I am holding onto five pounds I gained about a month ago.  Some days I will be back to my normal weight, but, most I am up.  My stomach has always been flat.  Now it is not.  This is very frustrating to me.  I have no way of knowing what is causing this.  If I need a strict diet to lose the weight, I need to know why it will all of a sudden go down and back up.

Is this normal with IBS.  I also have a strange problem of having to urinate often at night only.  Are the symptoms related or could something else be causing this.

Thank you,

lrj

[grb]

I have also been diagnosed with IBS and keep putting on weight, I work out 3 times a week, don't drink or smoke, watch my diet and yet on some days I will start loosing weight and then put it back on and then some, sometimes put on a couple of pounds in a day. My gastro does not have any answers-could it be just toxins in my stomach that are causing the weight gain, should I try colonic irrigation or detox-very confused never had problem loosing weight before I got IBS, have now put on about 20 pds

[roxnsox]

Are you taking any Tylenol or Vioxx or any other drug for arthritis type pain?  I have found that when I take these drugs that I swell up and gain 5-6 pounds in a day or two.  It is a very uncomfortable feeling.

[Suziepie]

Have you been checked for gluten intolerance or parasites?