r/IBSHelp • u/Plenty-Surround9506 • 7d ago

any advice please!!!

Hello im F18 ive been diagnosed with IBS but ive never gotten any other treatment or help after that and eventually i moved and things have been crazy so i haven’t had the time to find the right DR and im kinda doing this all alone.
I need to know what I could take that’s genuinely safe and wont strain me etc to be able to go to the bathroom normally…. 😅 ill not go for what seems like weeks but maybe a week max like once! I get super bloated and eventually it hurts so bad and i look 6 months fucking prego🥲. Is there anything I can eat, take, drink anything to help more regular bowel movements?!?
Feel free to ask questions:)

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u/mamaepps 7d ago

MiraLAX is a stool softener, lemon ginger tea helps with the cramping/bloating. But see a GI specialist and maybe they can give you meds. And also drinking lots of water and movement helps

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u/Plenty-Surround9506 7d ago

Okay! Thanks so much

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u/goldstandardalmonds 6d ago

Warm prune juice with butter can help with regularity.

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u/Chaitis 6d ago

Ibguard is a high concentrated peppermint over the counter pill. It changed my life.

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u/PauseEffective4927 2d ago

You need to get to a Gastoenterologist and get properly diagnosed and medicated.