Granny's gone and done it again

  • Relaxation therapy, hypnosis, or cognitive behavioral therapy can help improve pain tolerance.
  • Cognitive therapy and hypnotherapy, but not relaxation therapy, are more effective than usual care in relieving overall symptoms of IBS. There are no known serious adverse events associated with these therapies; however, their mechanisms of benefit remain unclear.
  • Try to improve sleep through better sleep hygiene: Patients with chronic pain report sleep as their number one problem. Learn More about sleep in IBS
  • Anticholinergic agents (for example, hyoscine, cimetropium, pinaverium and some peppermint oil preparations) taken before meals may provide short-term reduction of abdominal pain after meals. [Note: Peppermint oil capsules must be swallowed whole because the raw oil can cause intense heartburn.]
  • Probiotic products based on bifidobacteria and certain combinations of probiotics have shown some benefit to relieve pain and bloating.
  • Prescription drugs aimed at reducing overall symptoms, including abdominal pain, for IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D) include alosetron and eluxadoline. [Note: On March 15, 2017, the FDA issued a warning that due to increased risk for serious, potientially life-threatening, pancreatitis eluxadoline (Viberzi) should not be used in patients who do not have a gallbladder.]
  • Prescription drugs aimed at reducing overall symptoms, including abdominal pain, for IBS with constipation (IBS-C) include lubiprostone and linaclotide.
  • For severe IBS, antidepressants, in low doses, may be prescribed. The use of the antidepressant drug class for treatment of IBS symptoms is not linked to depression, but rather likely to effects on the brain and the gut. Antidepressant medications can reduce the intensity of pain signals going from gut to brain.
Not all persons with IBS report being very satisfied with available treatments for pain in IBS. There continues to be a pressing need to find new and more effective treatments for IBS.[/UOTE]
Interesting, i have taken to eating peppermints. Already on antidepressants. Therapy has not helped me much but maybe you need the right doctor. Maybe i will go shopping tomorrow for some stuff to try and combat this. I am not much good at working in this condition. Husband moved the lilac bush and put it in the wrong hole so i ended up moving it again. He also took my clothes off the line. Sweet.
 
So I have been wracking my brain for something "profound" for my 30,000th post. And I got nadda.

Other then to Thank all of you wonderful people/friends:love I have met on Granny's Thread and to also Thank you for putting up with me . :bow
Profound is overrated. :)and there is a bunch of good people here, huh?
 
So I have been wracking my brain for something "profound" for my 30,000th post. And I got nadda.

Other then to Thank all of you wonderful people/friends:love I have met on Granny's Thread and to also Thank you for putting up with me . :bow
We love your input and yak-i-ness!
 

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