Horrible IBS flare up. Any suggestions, please?

I don’t have IBS but do have various gastrointestinal problems. My worst trigger for flare ups is anxiety. If I have any commitments either social or medical I go into panic mode in case I have a flare up and the panic causes the flare up. I take Lansoprazole every day & Gaviscon Advance also Cyclizine (all on prescription. It’s a bit of a vicious circle and I really do sympathise. My consultant told me that the stomach is like a second brain and anxiety & gastro problem’s are very common. Good luck with the Doctor’s appointment. 💐

I was diagnosed with IBS over 30 years ago. It is always stress/anxiety that sets a bad attack off. I used to find that colpermin helped and the doctor prescribed omeprazole in the past. Touch wood when my life is relatively stress free I can eat and drink what I like these days. Try and get rid of your stress.

I sympathise, onion, garlic and leeks are my kryptonite and are included on FODMAP list of foods to avoid. I used to be able to eat them fine but for about the last 10 years, when I've eaten them I wake up in an agitated state and feel drained the next day. So I avoid them. There is a good range of sauces available from Bays Kitchen which are tasty without onion or garlic. Expensive but to add variety and a bit of spice to my diet they're worth it. www.bayskitchen.com

I'm not convinced that stress is the cause of IBS although of course it is not unusual for periods of stress to affect our digestion. I know that if I avoid certain foods I avoid flareups. Equally, if I inadvertently eat certain foods I try to avoid (or am tempted to eat certain foods I should through experience avoid) I feel very under the weather and find it difficult to deal with any stress. I think stress causing IBS gets blamed a lot as, other than avoid certain foods, there doesn't seem to be a failsafe treatment for it. It's also interesting that a lot of women develop it later in life, at a time when they're retired when life is generally much less stressful but perhaps the digestive process has deteriorated through general aging.

You have my sympathy. I’m not sure if I actually have IBS but I do know that my bowel and my bladder don’t seem to like me and have both caused me problems throughout my life. However, as someone that struggles with sleeping when I’m worried can I suggest listening to Jason Stephensons Get Back to Sleep Fast on utube. I don’t understand why it works because I find his voice a bit irritating but it always gets me back to sleep.

I have IBS and a hiatus hernia. It’s horrible when you have an
attack I know. It has ruined days out and parts of trips abroad for me.
So hard to control, but stress can bring it on for me. Also too much fruit and vegetables. I take Omeprazole on prescription,plus senna for when I’m gummed up😨
Gaviscon by the bedside and Rennies to chew. Do you have acid reflux and bring up bile coughing?
I think possibly you may have had too much going on and this is the reaction. I’ve never had an anxiety attack with it, so that might be a separate issue.
Very big meals can bring it on and eating late at night.

I hope your appointment goes well and you get some relief.
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Glad you have an appointment with your GP, but I wonder if it is your Anxiety is causing your IBS, rather than food related. Hopefully you can get some answers when you are seen.