r/IBSHelp

Hi, I'm 22 with lifelong bowel issues. Recently I've been wondering if this is simple ibs or something more?

History:

When i was a child I was born with an overly elasticated bowel which caused severe incontinence, constipation, overflow and diarrhoea. Whilst this progressed into my early 20's other symptoms developed along the way.

I have always got an urgent bowel, despite where it'll sit on the Bristol stool chart. There will always be no warning and just sudden 'i need to go right now' or there'll be an accident.

My symptoms do also severely worsen with fibre filled foods and foods with high fructans. I've found that eating less of this does help my looser stools, however doesn't really help my pain or urgency.

The pain i get before, during and after a bowel movement is extreme. I get severe pain of a 9/10, needing to rock back and forth or hunch over. This pain is deep in my left side usually, and then spreads to my whole lower abdomen during and after a bowel movement.

My bowel movements can change from anywhere between 6 to 1 on Bristol stool chart. Sometimes my stools are thin, 6cm long and sometimes its like mush is evacuating me at speed of light. I also never feel empty, and will often need to go back to the toilet within an hour.

I've tried low fodmap, it does nothing for me. I've tried cbt for gut-brain connection, and again it does nothing for me. I am exhausted, my bowels control my whole life at this point and I genuinely don't have any idea what's going on for them.

I have had previous investigations which showed inflammation on my colon but my stool test came back normal so i was discharged. And then a recent laprascopy showed my bowel distended and irritated. I also had a gp recently say how she thinks I have laxity in my bowel and pelvic floor dysfunction which I know could be playing apart..

I'm genuinely stuck on how to get better, what helps, where to go with any of this. I am so stuck, I can't function like a normal person with the way my bowel is.

genuinely by like 5pm everyday I look pregnant and it's just from normal food, dal chawal, roti sabzi, nothing crazy. tried isabgol, tried some gut powder thing that's been sitting half used in my cupboard for months, a probiotic for like 10 days before I forgot. nothing really sticks tbh

So I just met the girl and she told me she has severe ibs I don't know more details yet but I want to help her I've been watching videos and researching books about IBS so pretty much can anyone share any details to help

Im 21M, Ive been having for around 6 months this nerve pain on the side of my lower stomach at my waist. I sometime see the green nerve through my skin and it hurts when I touch it.

It happens occasionally triggered by eating, it is a weak burning pain that hurts more if I push on that area, mostly right sided.

The reason im asking here is that Im alwayss gassy, everyday, I also poop quite a lot, like 4 or 5 times daily, mostly somewhat diarrhea late at night and normally in the morning.

Im not suffering from it neither gave it too much thought, I want to diet better but would love to see if someone had similar issues before

Im also noticing a lot of white bits in the stool, near daily, like fat or unabsorbed food, and Im bloated every single day after food even if I ate just a bit

I 15F have been diagnosed with IBS since I was 12. It was annoying, but manageable as long as I had an Imodium. Never extremely bad even during a flare.

Then I had the stupid decision to fall into having an eating disorder atypical anorexia nervosa (I restrict and whenever I eat a normal meal I make myself throw up).

Now, any morsel of food makes my stomach hurt so bad. I get very very bloated which does absolute wonders for my body image and just pushes me to restrict more. I don’t think I’ve had a normal bm for at least a year and a half (ed got really bad about then). Normally, I have constant diarrhea. But every once in a while I get the treat of constipation where I don’t go for weeks. Laxitives don’t work. I’ve had x rays when I’ve had diarrhea and it’s not overflow diarrhea.

Also, just the fact that my stomach is so loud constantly. Hungry, loud. Had food? Loud. Tourturing me with stomach cramps? Loud.

So almost 2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with PI-IBS. I was given a probiotic regiment and its been doing wonders. After a week of my stomach getting back to normal i started noticing another symptom.

Last Wed i felt what i can only describe as "pressure" around my entire buttock whenever i sat down (felt like trapped gas in my anus). After a few days of that it was replaced by
A "throbbing" feeling in my anus. I read online that it is most likely a Hemorrhoid CAUSED by my bowels adjusting to the new gut biome. Its not painful, but it is uncomfortable. Feels like a heart beat in my ass lol.

I had my wife look and she only say redness around my anus, nothing that looks like a hemorrhoid (though it could be internal). I also read it could be pelvic floor issues

Anyone else deal with this? Worth going to urgent care over?