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Originally Posted by media
Ok.. So lately I've been having terrible shits.. 2-3 times a month it seems I get the shits and sometimes its more if I am stressed the hell out (got plenty of that right now)
I was wondering, anyone ever done any herbal colon cleansing or high colonic to reduce IBS?
Anyone who knows me or has worked with me in the past know's I've had a loooooong history of getting the Mud Butt.. its getting to the point where I've gotten sick of this and am willing to do almost anything (even a degrading high colonic) to cure it..
I eat a good diet now, and I try to drink a lot of water.. but I still do booze it up a bit, mostly beer now.. not nearly as much hard alcohol as I used to consume.. but I want to get this fixed, I know I can feel better if I do something to change it..
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I'm kind of in your same boat, though realistically I should have gone to the doctor years ago (my episodes involve EXTREME colon pain i.e. 7 or 8 on 1-10 scale that usually is relieved with a BM, but coupled with my father having Crohn's I really should be extra careful). Lucky for me, my episodes have occurred less since I had significant weight loss 2-3 years ago and have mostly curbed my horrible eating habits. I've noticed however that eating excessive junk food and stress both seem to increase the chances of it. I'm glad at least one of those I have control over, though unfortunately I do binge eat now and then anyways. I wish the pains would start the moment I THOUGHT about binging because then I certainly wouldn't, lol.
Anyways, as others have said you probably should get it checked out. As I mentioned, my father has Crohn's and granted out of lack of money he let it get out of hand a number of years back, he had to go through a series of 3 surgeries to get better...during that period something happened such that he had a tear and was bleeding internally and if not for emergency surgery would have died within hours. Before he finally went through the 1st surgery in that time span (which was his 2nd span of surgeries for Crohn's, the first being a couple decades earlier), he was living alone in Arkansas in such bad shape you have no idea...he had gotten to the point where he could barely eat anything and would sometimes go days without eating in order to avoid extreme pain. His body was actually starting to decompose (nothing like pissing black ooze and knowing it's your organ matter breaking down), was extremely frail (was in his mid 50s and looked like a sickly 70-80 whereas he had previously looked about his age and now that he's better and 60, looks about his age again thankfully), and was probably within days of dying had he not FINALLY acted on it. Sure California taxpayers ultimately ended up paying for it as he was fairly broke, but at least know that it directly resulted in saving his life.
So yea, having said all that, I know I need to get checked out, BUT at least what I CAN say is that engaging in healthier habits (staying active, eating better, not constantly overeating) that maintain a healthier body has helped me tremendously and I don't have nearly the amount of IBS episodes I used to when I was a behemoth, drank shitloads of soda and ate shitloads of fast food. So if anything, if you have any bad eating habits or are pretty inactive throughout your day, I'd suggest addressing those things. Cleanses are nice and all but if you have underlying habits that are getting your body to the point where it's doing stuff it shouldn't, those are what you need to address.