IBS and OCD

lucky me i have two shortened issues:)! finally got a diagnosis of IBS but look:


Foods and beverages to be avoided or minimized include red meat, oily or fatty and fried products, milk products (even when there is no lactose intolerance), solid chocolate, coffee (regular and decaffeinated), alcohol, carbonated beverages, especially those containing sorbitol or other artificial sweeteners. Care, however, should be taken to avoid adding foods to the diet to which the patient is allergic or intolerant.[63]

eww what sucky things to avoid..all the good stuff..and i cant have my fav moro gold nuts:( booo

and got the OCD sorted.. he thinks I'm not quite bad enough for medication but trying me till i want to get preg with next bub.. as the waiting list is 6 months plus for assessment for OCD:( so i feel a little weird about medicine mostly cause he said it can get worse for a week or two before getting better(as its a stimulant) .. so does anyone know anything about paroxetine?..pm me if you'd prefer..

oh and anyway my question..anyone with IBS basically...so you need to eat more fruit and vege and less crap?:) he thinks its nothing to do with csection..funny how its happened after though!:)

Edited by foxxy_one

ok sorry i didnt clarify i know its not black and white i just sorta wanted a general idea...when i can i will organise a dietician and sort it from there:) imagine a life with no fatty foods?:)

thankyou though :) good to know there is hope..just good to know i dont have anything worse..:)

I was diagnosed with IBS as well. I found reducing the amount of meat and diary I eat made a big difference but mine completely disappeared when I got pregnant with Spencer and now cos of a few other things that happened since they think I might have endo and that could have been the cause all along.

I would just cut out one thing at a time and keep a food and tummy diary so you can tell what is upsetting you and go from there. You could try taking probiotics as well and drinking kiwi juice.

Mum has IBS and haematomachrosis(sp?) which is basically that her body stores too much iron and she doesnt avoid any foods and just takes meds and has blood taken off. Every now and then she gets crook but not too often

almostthere..my doc says it cant..but they open you up adn put hot towels on your gut so I'm sure it was a little irritated..just weird it never happened like this before that..and the medicine for OCD is loxamine

It's actually quite surprising to read the amount of women who have IBS and have endo as well - the symptoms can be so remarkably similar for both. I'm one of the lucky ones with endo and IBS, but luckily have got my IBS under control because of the length of time I've had it - so I know which one is flaring up. I had a laparoscopy last July to diagnose the endo - I know about it now, my cycles are so so painful, even on the pill.

Ahhh good point Fiona - stress is probably the worst trigger of all!!!

That's why I was surprised your doc diagnosed you KA and didn't send you to a spec - most people I know have had numerous scans and tests through spec's to rule out endo/pcos/inflammatory bowel/chrons etc etc.

I have the beginning stages of endo (found that out will trying to find out the cause of all my pain etc during the lap), IBS, PCOS and prostratic glandular uterine contractions (mouthful sorry ), all of which get affected by stress. It took me a good 4 years to work out my IBS and still my body changes. Pregnancy often masks the symptoms of IBS and then it comes back with a vengeance post-partum unfortunately.

It's very sucky, but I agree the best way is to keep a food diary. Until you know exactly what triggers it you can't do much. And like I said in another post, I wouldn't cut out red meat initially unless you've been advised by your doc or you're taking mega iron supplements as that could make you even more sick.

My daddy may have chrons so we're a family with really problematic digestive systems makes eating out a big drama most of the time.

My IBS is set off by a combination of overdoing the "bad" food and stress... best thing I ever found to help it was aloe vera capsuls (or juice, but that tastes seriously manky!!). I take one every day and haven't had a serious problem with it since. Also, if you can get powdered acidophilus from the health store this helps restore the balance in your intestines which is a big part of IBS. the powdered form is heaps stronger than you'll find in any yoghurt and you just sprinkle it on your food daily...

my naturopath helped my IBS HEAPS more than any doctor ever did (their diagnosis was, just don't get stressed - um... okay!?!)

yep - all the major health shops stock it. best brand (i have found) is Lifestream cause it's taken from the right part of the plant or something

Best bit is that once you get on top of it, the aloe means you can pretty much eat what you want -- life without icecream just wasn't worth contemplating for me !! LOL !!