Kell, I think they did a small study on very low LDN and IBS. If I remember right, it was somewhat successful? Go to the LDN homepaige and check it out.

Sally - Aren't they doing some studies on LDN and Crohn's disease? I thought I read that LDN was proving to be very effective in treating it and they were going to start clinical trials.

Oh god, Kitty....I do all the time and being sick for a week did not do it any good. I was in terrible terrible pain for a couple of days and it was a mess.literally.

I had to quit eating any dairy , soda or anything acidic. It is a terrible feeling and I feel so sorry for you.... Huggs.

I bought some regular strength Pepcid AC and took one yesterday and one today and it seems to work. I haven't had the tummy pains like I had before. I drank coffee this morning and it didn't bother me. Hopefully this will do the trick!

Im glad you are feeling better Kel.

Coffee! You can drink coffee????? ACK.... I get sooooo sick on coffee.

I will add that I had terrible iffy stomach, with pain, for years.
(I have a GI congenital defect which I always blamed for it)

1) you can have a sluggish gall bladder, and I have 2 things that work for that very well. Mine was so painful...and the tests showed "normal"... etc. Contact me for my useful hints...

2) This is something that can be hidden for a long time...giving IBS symptoms. It is fructose intolerance. This can cause gas, cramping and stool frequency. It comes and goes depending on what you eat. There is even fructose in some salad dressings!
Once you go on an elimination diet for fructose (both fruit and high fructose corn syr), you can have relief within a week.
A hint would be if you get upset by apple juice/cider, or apples, then you most likely have this. Pears it turns out have the highest fructose of any fruit/serving, and I used to throw after eating pears! After 2 yrs of eliminating fructose I can have now an orange a day. Small amounts following regular food which dilutes it etc. I have seen reports on the net that fructose intolerance can be diagnosed as IBS.
http://ibs.about.com/od/symptomsofib1/a/fructose.htm

This article is an eye opener, and reveals how common this really is!

Kitty, I hope you get to feeling better soon...

Mrs. D, so that includes high fructose Corn Syrup too, you said? It is in so many foods nowadays. Interesting fact that you can be fructose intolerant.

Thanks for the information.

PS: Kitty, vitamin D3 bothers my stomach yet the plain Vitamin D does not. I don't know what the difference is in it's makeup. I have allergies to many things, foods included.

I hope you feel Bette real soon.

My IBS was out of control for a loooong time till I went on a non boxed diet. I removed HFCS, MSG, Sodium nitrates and so on from my diet. With my celiac DD we were already gluten free in the house, but I discovered that my stomach stayed upset, tense, and I had some bad tummy issues. I went onto a 1940s style diet. I can eat mac & cheese, but not from a box. I make it myself. I can eat spaghetti sauce, but I make my own. I never eat anything McDiet or KFC, or BK type food.

As time marched forward I found that by reading ALL the lables in the store, I found many great products that didnt contain High fructose (hfcs) or MSG and there are many great products on the market now that avoid the over processsed chemical traps. If you cannot pronounce ANY of the ingredients on the lable, PUT IT BACK! It takes a couple of weeks of clean eating to help calm that tummy, but its oh so worth it.

Hey Kell! Sorry I'm seeing this so late, but yes mah dear~ I can relate. I've been on Aciphex for quite a while and just nursed a small ulcer last Nov. I have too much bile back up, so tend to have probs. *even had GB out*

Probably TMI, but for years I was '' constipated'' and all of a sudden, it's gone. I started eating yogurt and I think that helped.

A note on your dairy question. My dear Mother became lactose intolerant in her 60's. So, guess it can happen at any age. Hope you get some relief, but I do understand.