Yeah sounds like IBS to me. I have it and the doctors have tried all sorts of tablets but tbh it ends up costing a fortune so they told me to have just ibrupohen, not sure how to see it. You can get it over counter and seems to work for me and my sister has just started having it as well as she has to pay for her prescription now!! xx

buscopan will help with cramps hunni, u can get them from docs but cheaper 2 buy urself ... if u have a bodycare nr thy hve them the only other thing my doc gave me was fibre drinks 2 help move things along.... lol hope u gt better soon, cramps was how i discovered mine at first.. but they do ease off :) hope i help a little x

Oh right well Cranberry juice is supposed to be good. An buscopan can be brilliant!! xx

I have it, mines stress and when I have alcohol, the worst i've ever had it was when I was leaving my daughter to go do a makeup course in Paris it got that bad they didn't think i'd be able to go, there's no cure, or medicine that really works, they gave me lactolose fibregel and these other tablets to try and calm it all have worked but then they stop after a while. The only thing that really ever works is a heat bag =/ mine makes me throw up randomly through the day and have major cramps it took control over my life at one point. I'm worried about the wedding day when I went to hospital they said all these medicines can make it worse and not to take them but sometimes I have to my mil2b does Chinese medicine and apparently that works a fondu massage or something or that needle thing I'd go to doctors and see if it is that because it could be anything don't let them fob you off though as they try x

i know it sounds stupid - but freshly squeezed lemon in hot water with hunny really helps me, it stops the cramps and redces bloating - i started having every morning for a while, and as soon as i stopped i got the bloating and cramps again xx

I have it and mine is diet related and also stress related, best to go to your docs hun x

Thanks for the advice ladies I just had a bath to see if that would help but nothing, Mrs rothnie i've noticed it for a while but always thought i was due to come on, but now i know different

Go see your GP. If you feel you have quite a lot to talk about book a double appointment when you call up - that way you have plenty of time to talk about it all, about your concerns and the doctor has enough time to examine you :) I object to the "don't let them fob you off though as they try" comment above! There are good doctors and bad doctors but please don't lump is all into one group and there are actually very few who 'fob' people off deliberately. Diagnosing IBS is partly trial and error, and partly taking a good history, something which is difficult in 7-8 minutes (the average consultation time). Good luck and I hope you feel better soon :)

ps. Try keeping a food and symptom diary - it will help both you and your doctor identify patterns/triggers :)

It could also be gallstones....i know, weird one to suggest, but i've been having problems as well, so bad that i went to an emergency clinic and they suggested that it could be gallstones!?! which was btter than what NHS direct told me (they said i had a virus and to wait it out) anyways went to the doctor then had an ultrasound done, (unfortunately nothing came up) so im now thinking i have IBS
back to the point, yes see your doctor ask him what it could be :)

My brother suffered with it for years and tried almost everything the only thing that works for him is ginger. xxx

My mum and auntie have it and my brother has crohnes disease.. they always say things like bread and white rice brings it on worse so try and avoid that if you can xx

Write a food diary and see if there are any pattern, I found with me it was more about the time I ate than what it was I was eating. I always make sure I have breakfast, it's true what they say it's the most important meal of the day

Ive had that blood test.. it came back as normal the reading.. they might refer you to a gastroenterologist at your local hospital for a colonoscopy. It might help find out if there are any problems with your bowell and colon. They will either do that or try you on some medication, either Buscopan or Loperamide or Mebeverine... As you can tell, Im speaking from experience! lol x

ha ha ha! excuse the pun!!! ha ha!! the colonscopy wasnt pleasant but it might not come to that,,, the gp might just put you on one of the tablets to see if it controls it for you but it depends on how thorough your gp is. x

I've suffered with it for the last few years (on and off) - and the GP did want to do a colonoscopy but being scared to death of needles I finished up refusing. I've been on peppermint tablets (didn't work for me), fibregel mebeverine (great for about a year then didn't work properly) - and I've tried many over the counter things. At the moment I'm on loperamide (4 per day) and they seem to be working great.

Stress brings it on for me - as well as diet. If I eat a lot of junk food it's at it's worst. I've noticed that different things that I eat and drink change over time though (I couldn't drink coffee for ages, now I can - and pizza used to set it off but now I can eat it, but other things I could eat now irritate it). My dad suffers as well - but he has cramps, I have cramps and full blown upset stomach (sorry for being graphic but sometimes upto 6 times a day at the loo lol).

IBS is different for everyone though - and it's just trial and error and keeping a record of what you eat/drink and if it has an effect (maybe a pattern every time you eat/drink a certain something??)

good luck with managing it hun as it is very diet dependant and takes a bit of working out what aggravates it and stuff. Plus stress adds to it so if you can avoid stressful stuff (easy to say when my wedding is far away!) then do so as this will help too! xxx

dr hasnt put me on any which i thought was strange, i'm going to giv it a week or 2 & then go back for medication

Yep i have it i use buscopan rather then stuff dr give me its cheaper and works better ( pretty much straight away) usually get it when eat too much dairy ( mainly cheese ) and suffer stress and same time but buscopan works a treat!

I would definitely ask.. xxx

thats really bizarre... i would definitely see your GP and get some medication. x

GP'S are not crap..yes some of them sometimes appear to be but the rest of the time they do try and help..they would want to try things first without using any medication..then even if a slight change in diet doesnt do nething , then medication will come into the picture iykwim hun

*edited to be more specific!

i have it, my trigger is stress, wheat and malibu...which is crap because i love malibu and coke! lol x

lol tigerlilly i hate malibu yakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, my fav food is indian and u can tell wat that does to sum1 wiv ibs lol

omg spud that mean no bbq??? the thing wiv mine is i can hav sumthing and b ok wiv it then not once then back to normal grrrrrrrr

I am making a appoiment with the drs this week the pain is awful, i'm having to check all my food to make sure that it doesnt have wheat or eggs in :(