Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS ) PART 2

http://IBS-Life.com - (Part 2 of 2) Discussing what it's like to live and travel with IBS ( Irritable Bowel Syndrome )

I have a comprehensive IBS website which is dedicated to people who are living with IBS every day ( http://IBS-Life.com ).
It provides resources and lots of self-help freebies including a free podcast series where me and other IBS sufferers discuss all aspects of living with the condition.

There is also an IBS blog for anyone who wants to write about how they are feeling (no need to register either!) - lots of people use it for blogging and communicating with fellow IBS sufferers.

Well worth stopping-by if you don't want to feel alone with this, often distressing condition.

Here are a few useful articles to get you started:

My recent IBS article about how guided meditations have helped to cure my IBS-related anxiety:
http://www.ibs-life.com/meditation-audio.html

Another recent article about how I was able to completely cure myself of IBS for one full month:
http://www.ibs-life.com/cures-for-ibs.html

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[InkedCanadianGuy]

Surprised it took me this long to check youtube videos about IBS... Glad I found your vlogs here. Sounds exactly like me... except I HATE public washrooms so it's even worse. I'll be reading over the website, thanks for the info, even if it took me 4 years to find it :)

[rickvanman]

@InkedCanadianGuy LOL! - this video is quite well buried as I made it over 4 years ago - most people find it when searching for IBS stuff. My subs rarely stumble across it. Glad you found it in the end :o)

[BellamyBlue]

It's so reassuring to see other people talking about this problem, because it's something I believe a lot of people suffer with but *do not* talk about. I've tried to tell a handful of people about my IBS so that they can make allowances when travelling, working etc, and it doesn't help when they grimace as if to say "Please do not talk about your insides, I don't want to know!" If I were diabetic or asthmatic I wouldn't need to feel embarrassed about telling people that. It's very difficult.

[rickvanman]

@BellamyBlue Indeed, this is a condition where you truly get to find out who your genuine friends are.

[PieEmma]

I've had it for 3 years and it is absolutely aweful! the phycological part i can totally relate! i can ride in a car though. conciddering i'm 11 and i'll have it for the rest of my life is really scary and i sometimes cry myself to sleep because it is so scary to think that. i hear it runs genetically. my dad has it so i think thats where i got it from. i tried the beano, gas x prevention, the tiny green pills, dairy enzymes,and more!

[rickvanman]

@PieEmma Sorry to hear that. Don't loose heart too soon though, there are lots of ways to tackle this issue, many of which involve just avoiding certain types of foods that can trigger it.

A lot of people get a major improvement when they cut out dairy products for example - might be worth a try?

[tashapink1983]

I have had IBS since I was 10 years old, I'm 29 this year and it has only got worse as I get older and no doctors or sprcialists have been able to help me. Everything I do is dictated to me by my IBS, I don't run my life, the IBS does. One doctor said to me a couple of years ago that I have IBS because I'm a very anxious person, well woudn't you be after living with it for so long, that was his diagnosis as to why I have IBS, what a JOKE!!! Except its not a jke its my life, its very upsetting.

[ThePKHitman]

I'm 16 and i have the same problem but the weirdest thing is it only occurs when i'm at school,i try to empty myself before school by getting up very early but still the pain in my lower area still hurts,i always feel that i don't need it but my gut thinks differently which makes it difficult to leave the class-room and explaining to the teacher why i need to go (i make excuses instead of explaining really) i just hope that it will disapear in my last months at school for GCSE.

[landialiha]

no-spa might be very helpful to calm the intestines

[adriansararu1]

Fevarin helped me with this anxiety :) , ppl please consult a psichiatrist :) (xanax for start )

[deutschbabii86]

This video also describes my situation perfectly. I'm 19 and I moved to Boston a year ago for college. In Boston I've had a lack of two CRUCIAL things- large, public restrooms, and close friends who understand. Its been miserable trying to navigate in such an unfamiliar place with no help. Most places in Boston don't have public restrooms and if they do, its just one stall. I had to take an incomplete grade on some of my classes because I missed class too much due to IBS. This condition is hell.

[MrRobertGulabo]

I hear ya, mate. And my sympathy and support go to all those who suffer this syndrome. There are cures out there for you so don't give up. Sometimes, it may just be your body reacting to certain kinds of food as some posters on here mentioned already. Take heart and peace be with you.

[Lahti1935]

This IBS thing is a joke, doctors know next to nothing about it. I've spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours at doctor offices and they all tell me to eat more fiber and that its all in my head. Its not all in your head when you life is reduced to staying home and watching TV , torture for a guy who used to be an active outdoorsman. It has reduced the quality of my life down to a drepressed zombie like state I don't really enjoy anymore. Its the worst thing ever.

[jimmy786UK]

Good video. I have exactly the same problem.