This is getting OLD! Can you relate?

Hello All,

 

  It's been a while since I have visited here, but I thought I'd try "ignoring" the fact that I have had diarrhea every day for 6 months straight now and maybe, just maybe, it would go away.  It hasn't.  Ugh!  I've had ALL of the tests, colonoscopy, EGD, x-rays, blood tests, stool cultures, ultrasounds, cat scans, etc...nothing found.  

  The "D" HAS slowed down some (1 to 2 times a day now vs. 5-10 times a day) and my appetite IS back...thank goodness!  I have gained some weight back which is great.  BUT...I still have diarrhea, every day, every morning right when I wake up to start the new day.  I have went 6 months now without one normal bowel movement.  Kind of makes a 26 yr. old female feel grose and awful.  It's hard to deal with.  My hair is still shedding...maybe has let up a little, but it's still pretty bad.  Is there anybody out there that has been told that this every day diarrhea is normal for IBS, or has experienced diarrhea on a daily basis without 1 normal bowel movement for over months at a time?  All feedback is appreciated.  It makes me have some peace knowing that I'm not alone or maybe you have some advice?  I'm also wanting to start a family, but I don't know what that means for me and my diarrhea problem.  I just need some advice...and I know this is a good pace for it.

 

Thank you!

Hi Shelly,

I'm still here with the same old "D"! Mine has slowed down and I am glad yours has, too. Did you start taking an anti-anxiety med? I can't remember if you said that you were going to start one in a post from a while ago?? I was wondering if that was what slowed yours down and has you eating again. I am sure that when I started taking Ativan it slowed mine down and made me stop losing weight.

Since around June, which was 5 months after nothing but D, I do have some normal BM's. If I can manage to make it through the morning without visiting the loo, I will go later on in the day and it is not D. I seem to have alot of anxiety in the morning, which is what I think causes my insides to spasm and results in D. Still have the yukky morning stuff a couple times a week, though. And occasionally have some bad spells where I get true diarrhea.

I just had a GI visit and he is convinced it's "just" IBS and doesn't want to see me for a year unless things turn worse. So for now, I am just thankful that it isn't as bad as before- I was going 10 times a day for a few months.

As for the hair- as you may recall, mine was falling out, too. I gave up on worrying about it. I went and got it cut and had 2 different highlights and a lowlight put into it. It's still thin, but I feel better about it.

It's good to hear from you, but I am sorry you are still dealing with this. Stay in touch.

Sami

I may have mentioned this before for hair loss but Tagamet and some of the acid reducers can cause hair loss so check out all your meds for it as a side effect. ViT B complex 50 or 100 can help with loss from stress and be sure and get your thyroid checked completely as that can cause hair loss and stomach problems though usually constipation.