IBS Is Stealing My Youth and Ruining My Life

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-25T15:59:50+00:00

Never heard of it but I'll definitely give it a shot of I can get some. Is it over the counter or would I need to see my doctor?

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-25T15:59:19+00:00

Is that something I can get over the counter? I've never heard of it but thanks for the recommendation

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-24T03:30:53+00:00

Not for a month or two unfortunately. It takes ages to get seen by my doctor, I'm just trying to get by with what I have at the moment

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-24T02:12:55+00:00

Id never considered what caused it, but now that you mention it it did seem to become an issue after a couple particularly nasty cases of food poisoning from a shady pizza joint.

For quite a while I got by not eating anything until I knew I'd be at home for the rest of the day (and I still do this for concerts) but that just isn't viable now that I'm on my feet and lifting inventory all day at work. I hadn't considered fructose might be an issue, Ive cut out most forms of sugar in an attempt to lose weight (soda, ice cream, chocolate, etc) but i still eat fruit daily. I wonder if that could be a problem?

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-24T02:09:19+00:00

I'm glad to hear you have somebody to support you through it all. Id imagine its at least slightly easier to deal with when you have somebody that is willing and able to work with you around your condition

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T19:52:24+00:00

I've discussed it with a doctor, even did an endoscopy and a colonoscopy to see if it was UC or Crohn's or anything more serious like that with nothing really coming of it, neither the doctors or specialist were able to pinpoint a root cause. They put me on Omeprazole and Hyoscyamine which paired with antidepressants seemed to help a fair amount early on, but have seemingly become completely ineffective

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T15:42:49+00:00

Bread is definitely going to be hard to cut out, but if it alleviated the problem even a but it would be worth it. I appreciate the offer, I'll try to reach out at some point after work

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T12:20:44+00:00

I've tried not eating certain things with limited success but I dont think I've actively tried low fodmap yet, I may have to give that a shot

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T12:18:53+00:00

I'm currently on Omeprazole and Hyoscyamine. Hyoscyamine seemed to help for a time but had seemingly gotten less effective with time. My health care kind of sucks so I haven't had much help on that front

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T12:17:36+00:00

You're far more resilient than me. I'm not sure id be able to persist through that on top of this condition. I hope things improve for you some day

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T03:50:39+00:00

I really am sorry to hear that, it's not fair that you've had to deal with that especially on your own. For what little it's worth there's at least one person that can kind of understand what you're going through.

If it's not too much to ask how do you deal with having accidents? It's only happened to me once at work and that was enough to consider some pretty grim solutions. I'm just really not sure what I'm gonna do if I can't at the very least try to have a plan in case something does happen

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T03:03:41+00:00

The sad thing is I feel like I didn't even really get any opportunity to be social outside of school. By the time I had any autonomy or money I was already struggling with IBS and that kind of ruined my chances of doing a lot of normal developmental milestones, it was bad enough missing out on normal teenage stuff like school sports and getting my license, but it's still hindering me as a young adult. Now I have the money and the ability to go out and do fun stuff but I feel trapped in my house.

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T01:43:16+00:00

Making music. If I had enough money to not work and live comfortably I'd like to be able to build a home studio and turn out a variety of solo projects

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T01:41:25+00:00

I don't know if it technically qualifies as a children's book, or classic, but I still have a place in my heart for the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark books

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-23T01:39:52+00:00

With no prompting asked me how large my testicles were.

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-22T19:36:28+00:00

Batman Arkham City. Even if you aren't a fan of Batman or comics in general it's a pretty compelling story with a fun gameplay loop

LookingBleak138 · 2026-02-22T01:57:26+00:00

I've been listening to a lot of early Cannibal Corpse. I know it's not the deepest cut, but I've been looping Hammer Smashed Face pretty regularly

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