Hey Sue, sorry you're suffering...
have you taken gluten/dairy.. got super bland on the diet before? :S that sounds miserable...
also you.. *could* try a trial of steroids.. just a short duration just to see how you react (you might be have an allergic reaction to foods OR like you said chron's in the family...)
either way sorry to hear that :(
Hi, IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion, i.e. once all other diseases of the colon like colitis, infections, tumors etc. have been ruled out, then the diagnosis of IBS is made. So, it is difficult to tell if the symptoms are due to IBS. Certain infections like tuberculosis can cause an evening rise of temperature and diarrhea. This also causes a loss of appetite; as such this is accompanied by weight loss. So, record your temperatures, on a two hourly basis to detect an evening rise of temperature. Please check with your doctor to rule out this condition. Regards.
I should also mention that I had a clear colonoscopy which is great. However, the pain never really seemed to be lower- it's between my navel and rib cage often radiating to my back. The diarrhea is sticky and either black or grey and it burns. I tested negative for occult blood. Rarely with the dry heaving fits do I vomit, but when I do it is dark purple or greyish. I have been on different antispasmodics which didn't help and was on omeprazole but it took about 8 a day to ease any pain. I am currently on imipramine and pantoprazole but the imipramine only seems to help if I'm also on pantoprazole. I have forgotten to take my imipramine for a few days and still had a decrease in diarrhea on the pantoprazole- however missed a day on pantoprazole and had the diarrhea come back. It seems impossible to think a PPI would help diarrhea so I am feeling crazy.