why do I get such stomaches with IBS

[Roxie64]

I eat small meal and still gain weight. My doctor told me to cut my meals in half and I should be able to lose the weight. I eat a cup of cereal in the morning and a cup of soup for lunch and for supper I will eat one piece of meat and a  cup of potatoes and maybe a veggie [from a can mostly]. Most of the time I don't have breakfast, or I will have breakfast and no lunch. I have fibromyalgia and sleep till late morning but when I wake up around 8 to 9 am I will eat breakfast when I wake up around 10 to 11:30 I won't eat breakfast but at 2 pm I will eat lunch which is a cup of soup. A lot of the time I don't feel like making anything so I won't eat anything until supper when I would make it for my boyfriend so I will eat when he eats. We eat at 5 pm to 8pm, when I eat late I can't sleep until after midnight even if I take 3 of my trazodone I still can't fall to sleep and I take my sleeping pills around 9 pm.
I would get up and not be able to use the rest room for up to 5 to 10 days. I would get very bad cramps in my upper and lower abdominal to where I am doubled over, I would get gas so bad I double over when I take lactulose [if you like maple syrup you will like this]. I take 3 senna lax and a stool softener to help me go and dicylclmen [sorry for the spelling] for the stomach pain [which the doc calls it spasms. I still get constupated for days even wks. I get sever pain just before I go to the little girls room.

Is there a reason why the sever pain and the offten constapation? If there is a reason please help me fix this. I am tired and weak when this happens. Between this and the fybremyalgia I just want to stay in bed and not eat only drink for the rest of my life and sometimes I feel like I might be dying but it seems to get tolerable.

Is there hope for me???????????

[julesverne10]

I have IBS also.  I take a pill called Florajen3 which gets rid of most of the bloating most of the time.  I haven't been able to find anything else that works.  I eat more bland foods, stay away from lettuce, green vegetables and chocolate.  I don't drink soda, drink water and green tea.  When I eat vegetables, I eat steamed vegetables, lots of grilled chicken, grilled or baked talapia, peanut butter and lots of other stuff.  I am kickboxing 3 days a week and am building muscle and losing inches, not really losing pounds right now.  Good luck.

[Niffer991]

It is not abnormal to have chronic constipation because I can relate. I would recommend maybe "stomach ease" from a health food store just because senna is very abrasive. Sometimes is all about what you eat and how much you eat. It sounds like you are already eating small portions which is good but look up on websites beacause there are trigger foods for IBS, easily absorbed and difficulty absorbing.

One thing I could say is cut out the soup becuase liquid foods for people with IBS make bloating, gas, and cramping worse. I would stay away from all processed foods and try your own cooking. For dinner, make sure the meat you are eating is not beef or pork and try staying with chicken breast, fish, or white turkey meat. For breakfast make sure you are not eating a sugar cereal and use skim milk or better get have some plain organic yogurt.

There are many things for constipation but start by making sure to drink about 3 litres of water a day and not during meals.

I know it sounds overwhelming but with the pain you are in it will be worth it.

Good Luck

[crumy]

I am not a doctor and i have the opposite problem, i have loose stools since me gallbladder was removed 13 years ago, but to me it seems that you are on so many different types of medication, maybe one or more of the medications is causing your constipation, i dont think anyone should go more than a week without having a bowel movement, (although for me, that would be a welcome change), but it dosen;t sound normal at all and sounds dangerous, have you had your colon checked with a colonoscopy, you maybe so backed up, my friends sister is on alot of medication and was so constipated that it took 3-4 different times taking laxatives and having her colon cleaned before they got all that was blocked up, try checking it out.  let me know how you make out.

thanks
crumy