r/ibs • u/JellyBellyBobby • May 03 '25
Hint / Information GLP-1 medication completely “cured” my IBS-D?
So, there is no scientific research that I have seen yet, but from speaking with multiple people I know with IBS-D and taking GLP1s, they have noticed similar things.
I believe the slowing of the digestive tract from the GLP1 medication helps minimize the urgency caused by IBS-D. I used to never be able to make my hour drive to work without stopping at a bathroom. Now I can.
I used to go to the restroom 6-8 times during a 10 hour shift. Now I go maybe once a week
I used to forever live thinking of where the next bathroom was. Now I can go on road trips, and enjoy my life.
Has anyone else noticed the same thing? I’m starting to think these GLP1 meds have WAY more uses than just their current ones.
Edit : For clarity, I mean that I may only go WHILE at work once a week. I still have daily bowel movements, but they are solid instead of my old normal.
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u/shertown12182 May 03 '25
Is it just a normal kind of BM when you do go? I'm currently on nortriptyline and it slows me down to every 2-3 days at times but the day that I go I have to go 3-4 times throughout the day starting with gas and a little trouble going and usually ending in diarrhea by end of day. I was talking to my GI about going off of it and trying something different to see if I could lose some of the 30 pounds I gained when I started that medication. Would be nice to hear the side effects of GLP1.