Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by Candy Cane: Have the side-effects of your medication (mental/physical illness) prevented you from performing daily tasks?
Sometimes, I get put on medications that make me sleepy, have stomach pains, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, nausea. etc. I NEED this medication. Antidepressants & anti-anxiety/OCD, & Tourette’s medications. 1 time, I got fired for sleeping on the job, & the boss didn’t care about my medication side effects.

Also, the drowsiness would make me oversleep, miss school, fail a test, fighting to stay awake, etc. I have my BA in Spanish, & my Vocational Rehab. counselor refuses to help me, & she closed my case behind my back without telling me. I made a grievance, & the grievance lady agreed with the counselor. I want to work, but my disability & medications, & people discriminating & pre-judging, are ALL what’s holding me back from getting a job. Also lack of transportation. & I can’t take just any job. My disability may be mental, but I need special accommodations to work alone in a quiet office or something, since I get distracted easily & have trouble concentrating & focusing.

I feel so hopeless right now. What can I do? I can’t stand on my feet past 30 minutes, & I can’t work in noisy environments. I have some computer skills, & whatever skills I don’t have, I can go back & learn it. I’m brushing up on my Spanish skills & trying to learn French, as well.

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Answer by Gardener for God (formerly dmd)
I look forwaard to viewing any substanced answers you may receive. My son has very similar disabilities, nearly identical. He is only in Jr. High – but it will help me to gain insight of what we may face.

I have to wonder – did they take you off of disabilitiy via government? Where you on disability via the gorvernment? You sound as if you should be eligable – AND – you would be able to make an additional amount of money in working aside from this program.

With regards to your disabilities – you do not have to tell your disabilities in the interview process I believe and with regards to being fired for being late or absent, sleepy, etc. because of your issues, I don’t believe they can give you a bad reference for it. There is possibility that they are in error for terminating your job due to it as well as if they give you a bad reference for it – a possible legal action could be taken I believe. The best thing you should do is to contact a disability lawyer and ask these very things and find out where you stand and what they are allowed to do. There ARE laws as to what they can tell about you as a reference and also as to what they can even ask you in an interview.

Once hired – there are also laws that say your employer must accomodate your disabilities.

It has been a good 8 years since I worked in Human Resources, so there may have been new or changed laws to take effect. Go to a disability lawyer to get informed and/or also, find a job coach to help – they are very well versed in employment law and could also be a great help for you.

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Question by ♥Riyen’s Mom & Ayah due 4.12: Do any of you take a daily probiotic?
I have a friend who takes them everyday, she said since she’s had a really easy time with digesting food and she actually swears it cured her bad breath. Anyway, is it okay to just start taking probiotics, or should I consult my doctor first? I’ve been doing some research and everyone says to just start it, it won’t hurt. Do you take them? How did you start and how often do you use them. Why did you start taking them and has it helped?

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Answer by pastanaut
I eat a yogurt daily which contains about 5 different bacteria. It’s fine to just start taking them, since probiotics are just bacteria which occur in your body naturally. For instance acidophilus is present in your intestines and your vagina. These bacteria are essential for digesting foods, especially milk and meat. If it were dangerous to take probiotics, they would be labeled as medication. Instead, yogurt and other probiotics are often sold as food.

If you take probiotic pills, follow the package instructions. If you decide to eat probiotic pills, one a day should be enough. I like the Greek yogurt, Chobani, because it has a mild flavor and five different bacteria. I tried keffir, and it tasted like vomit to me, it was so sour.

I have always liked yogurt, but the first time I took acidophilus was when I went to Mexico on vacation. My doctor recommended it to help prevent travelers’ diarrhea. It worked great, even for my (then) husband, who usually got diarrhea at the slightest change in diet. I eat it now to help with my chronic bowel problems brought on by medication side-effects, and to help maintain my vaginal health. Regular intake of acidophilus can help to prevent yeast infections, and topical application of unflavored, unsweetened yogurt can help to cure a yeast infection.

Overall, the yogurt seems to help somewhat with my constipation, and a lot with preventing gas and yeast infections.

Good luck.

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I’m a little skeptical about taking them. The majority of us already have all the good bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract that we really need, so there’s no reason to have to supplement that. Now, if you’re taking antibiotics, than that’s a different story. Antibiotics can kill off our good bacteria as well as the bad, so probiotics (yogurt’s often recommended) are a good thing during antibiotic therapy.

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I see so many different vitamins and supplements ( garlic, probiotics, cinnamon, DHEA, cocunut oil, etc) out there….I’m just wondering if I could get some suggestions on what would be good to take in addition to my multivitamin, please explain the benefits of any you list…Thanks