Has anyone tried a mediation called Lotronex?

Hi Everyone.  I have been suffering with IBS-D for 14 years. I am 34 years old.  It has pretty much controlled my life since then.  I have a 6 1/2 year old son who doesn't understand why I can't go to his t-ball games.  Luckily I have a very understanding husband.  I have been going to the same Dr for 14 years.  I have had a colonoscopy, endoscopy, sigoscopy (sp?) and all kinds of test everything comes back negative.  Today I have an appointment with a total new DR.  I am so frustrated and at my wits end that I don't know what to do.  I have no life, I do not go anywhere.  I have a really problem using public restrooms.  If I do go somewhere  I do not eat all day long. I don;t understand with as much as I go and as often that I go that I am still overweight. (obese, by the Dr's standards)  Any help would be appreciated.... Thanks

I will keep my fingers crossed for you Sheryl... I go for both scopes on 6/29 so I'll think of you.

---

_{Hugs, Des}

_{Co-Moderator ~ IBS Forum}

_{Dx: IBS 1989, Diverticulosis 2004, UC 2005, Sjogren's 2006}

_{Meds: Sulfazine EC 1000mg, Mesalamine Enemas, Chlorzoxazone 500mg, Naprosyn 500mg, Symax SL .125mg, Protonix 40mg, Xanax XR 2mg, Miralax 17g, Supplements}

 

^{Please help Healing Well continue to help others by donating  https://www.healingwell.com/donate}

I had heard that too.  I was looking online for the different kinds of meds used to treat IBS and that is one of the ones that came up.  Right now I am using chlordiazepoxide/clidinium bromide, and it doesn't seem to help much at all.  Originally I was prescribed Librax but it did some weird things to me.  I would take it a half hour before I ate (like it said too) and within 10 minutes my mouth was completed dry, no salivia at all.  My throat would close up and I could not swallow anything. During the night my mouth would dry out so bad, it would stick together and I will tell you I was never constipated a day in my life except when I took this stuff.  For at least 2 weeks I was taking it and duh...never realized it was the Librax doing this to me, I was constipated for over a week.  Man, of Man I can remember thinking while I was having the diarhea "what I wouldn't give to be constipated"....I don't ever think that anymore!!!    Maybe the test will show something that the other Dr missed.  We will have to wait and see.