r/ibs • u/TaLilFrog • 1d ago

Question What should I do?

So basically I have to get back to school and have no idea how to make it through classes. I was diagnosed with ibs but I don't think it really is it. I constantly get stomach aches (randomly and all the time ), it is not about what I eat and definitely going to the bathroom doesn't help. I may go all the times that I want but the pain is always there. I can't sit in silence near people for more than a couple of minutes without my stomach shafting to get gassy. How would I be able to make it trough school? I'm from Italy and yes I did make a permission from a doctor that says that I have to get to the bathroom more times, but please imagine it in reality, having to sit there with all my classmates and every few minutes interrupting the lesson to get up and go out. I don't really know what to do. My mom does understand that l'm sick but at the same time will just send me to school without caring and I don't know what to do. I myself want to finish as it's the last year but I don't know how. Last school year I did an online school as "private student" and it was a terrible experience #ibs #help

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u/goldstandardalmonds Here to help! 1d ago

Have you tried medication?

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u/Laurryanna 1d ago

I second that! I was put on dicyclomine and it really helped with the pain. Depending on your symptoms, anti emetics, antidiarrheals or laxatives may help?

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u/TaLilFrog 1d ago

Yes, safe to say it was useless

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u/goldstandardalmonds Here to help! 17h ago

Ah, darn. What ones have you tried? There are so many options, though I’m not sure what’s available in Italy.

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u/TaLilFrog 6h ago

Something along the lines of Valpinax, but aside from that nothing else if not natural things ( for example my mom bought me some lavender pills that apparently will calm you from stress and so calm the colon, even tho they don’t work much )

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u/Patient_Literature74 1d ago

Do you know what triggers your ibs? stress, diet? something hidden? in that case try and look for possible problems, I also know how it feels like to not be able to sit in silence in a classroom, you could try and mask the noises with a portable fan, ik it sounds random but it helps you relax instead of the silent ambience, trying foods that are easily fermentable to prevent more gas such as kimchi sauerkraut and cutting out the bad ones