Probiotics

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Permalink Reply by Rosa on May 21, 2008 at 9:03pm

I started with probiotics in August 2007, and they made a big difference! My "full" regimen is two prebiotic pills and one probiotic with every meal, although I find that it weller times, one dose a day is good enough.

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Permalink Reply by cshingle on May 22, 2008 at 4:03pm

Do you suffer from IBS-D or IBS-C? I'm really desperate for a solution for my constipation and excess (and foul) gas.

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Permalink Reply by Rosa on May 22, 2008 at 6:42pm

I have IBS-A (alternating variety), although that's not currently a choice so I selected both. I would say that roughly 80% of my problems are of the IBS-D variety. When I started taking the probiotics, I noticed very quick improvement in the frequency of my bowel movements (I was have 15+ a day) and the "quality" of the stool itself.

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Permalink Reply by bullboy on June 18, 2008 at 1:34pm

for sure......porbiotics put the "good" bacteria back in your bowels. We need them to help smoothly move things along...it creates a mucus-like coating that we excrete when we have a bowel movement......especially with diareah. Diareah will deplete it all in one shot! SO probiotics are a great way to re-stablize that :)

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Permalink Reply by Laila on May 23, 2008 at 1:39am

hi there probiotics do work. I am taking YOGUT

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Permalink Reply by Rosa on May 23, 2008 at 6:03am

I'm lactose intolerant, so yogurt hasn't been an option- I found out about the LI after my problems got worse when I was having yogurt at every meal!

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Permalink Reply by pammie t on May 24, 2008 at 12:56am

My friend told me about Probiotic's over a year ago and what a difference it made in her life with her IBS_D. I tried it and it helped a little with my IBS-C. Good luck and it never hurts to try with IBS.

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Permalink Reply by John on May 24, 2008 at 12:24pm

Remember that there are many different strands of probiotics, some may work for you and others may not. I tried a few, and Florastor was just amazing. I remember trying Activia yogurt and it didn't really work for me.

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Permalink Reply by bullboy on June 18, 2008 at 1:32pm

Yah I agree: i don't think activia is the best choice as a source of probiotics. It's fine for "normal" people, but all in all, it's just to maintain bowel health, not to fix things lol. I eat it anyway cause I'm gonna eat yogurt regardless lol

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Permalink Reply by brad0022 on May 25, 2008 at 6:49am

Im taking Primal Defense currently. I brought it up to my doc and he said it was fine to take but I needed to stay on Activia yogurt and load up on fiber. Im glad that is working for you. I still have abdominal pain and bloating most every day.

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Permalink Reply by Laila on May 26, 2008 at 1:46am

actually i don't know if it is IBS coz my doc says i have mal-absorption everytimg i visit him. I am really confused. '?????' So now i am on Folic acid, Yogut and Tetracycline which i have to continue for 6 months.

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Permalink Reply by brad0022 on May 26, 2008 at 9:25am

Has he ruled out Crohns, UC, and Celiac? Sounds like a bacterial infection. I more or less had that but not diagnosed as that. 4 years ago a doc said it was UC but after 2 more years of second opinions by 2 different doctors it was changed to IBS. It only visually looked like UC to the first doc but my biopsy was normal but he still stuck with UC. So it must have been a bacterial infection.

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