I have been suffering from abdominal pain and going to the toilet on waking up, soft stools since last year. Dr said I have got IBS after one visist, and I was prescribed Pepper mint tablet which did not help. I found taking probiotics yohurt such as activa and optibac tablets have helped a lot.
I know there is something wrong with me but not sure what it is as I do not suffer from conspitaion or diarrhoea. Usually on waking up I do go the toilet but sometimes after I have eaten I need to do to the toilet again, stools sometimes normal sometimes loose. When I need to travel long distance I get vey anxios I usually take an imodium and I feel more relaxed. Lately after I have eaten two hours later I get terrible abdominal craps, and nausea and have loose stools but this happens approx once a week and I have kept a food diary and it is not related to food I have eaten. I have stuffed myself over xmas with chocolates to the point of making myself sick but my tummy was fine, no discomfort or loose stools. I do not have the classic IBS symptoms diarrhoe or constipation but I know there is something wrong. I am very anxious to travel long distance since I do not know when it will happen and if I need to go to the toilet, it is a full blown bowel motion. I do not want to take daily medication for something that happens once a week or sometimes I could go weeks without any problem. I have had bloods tests to rule out anything serious. Is there anything else I can do? I had my gall bladder removed and at the beginning they are exactly the same symptoms I was expereriencing prior to the op. Thanks for listening.