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The IBS Audio Program 100 is a self-hypnosis program for IBS sufferers. The 100-day program includes four CDs, which contain the hypnotherapy sessions, plus a bonus CD which contains a very well-explained introduction to IBS. This bonus CD is particularly useful for explaining IBS to friends and family.
The program has been carefully tested in clinical trials, where it was found that sufferers gained an average 85% reduction of pain and bowel dysfunction. Hypnotherapy can address all of the common IBS symptoms, including diarrhea, constipation, pain, gas, bloating, nausea, and urgency. It is also a good choice for reducing the anxiety and stress component of IBS.
The program was developed by Michael Mahoney, the UK's leading specialist in gut-specific hypnotherapy for IBS. After seeing thousands of IBS patients who were referred through word of mouth or by medical professionals, the hypnotherapy sessions used in Michael's clinical setting were fine-tuned and recorded for patients either too far away or too incapacitated to attend therapy sessions in person.
To use the program, all you need to do is choose a consistent time and a quiet place to listen to the program daily. Falling asleep during use will not prevent successful results.
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Review by...Marilyn
IBS really ruined my whole life, and just like everyone here, I felt torn between being grateful I didn't have something "serious" and guilty for feeling like I was dying anyway. People treat you differently when they know that IBS is something that isn't "serious" as in life-threatening, but as my gastroenterologist told me that he could treat the pain of his colon cancer patients better than the IBS patients.
So we have to endure serious and life-altering pain, without the empathy we would have if what we have was terminal. Sort of ironic in a way...how many times have we all heard, "well, at least it's not serious and you don't die from it!" You feel badly for those who do die from diseases, but yet from all the pain and embarrassment you wish you could die...such a dichotomy. That's how I felt anyway...
Well, I was officially diagnosed in 1988, after about five years of not knowing why I was having increasing severe diarrhea and abdominal pain. With the birth of my daughter that same year, I thought I better get tested, that maybe I did have some digestive disease, but several colonoscopies later, it was confirmed as IBS. Trips to the Mayo Clinic and two other gastros further confirmed that every single prescription and OTC medication had little or no effect, and only short-term, if any.
My gastro finally told me that he had exhausted his treatment options, and to go look up other treatments on the internet. In my search I found out about the use of clinical hypnotherapy for IBS, which worked for him, but in my opinion, I thought was pretty far-fetched and seemed to be absurd to me.
But I was desperate and he told me to try it, so I did as a last resort in the summer of 2000. This was the IBS Audio Program 100, which is a set of CDs with a specific schedule of several sessions that you listen to. That was over three years ago, and now I can actually leave the house, whereas before, I raised my children "through the bathroom door!" I had attacks of diarrhea and pain lasting for hours on end, sometimes six hours a day, almost every day, never knowing when...even if I ate small amounts, the attacks would come out of the blue.
My IBS cost me a whole lost life...events and special celebrations for my kids, just taking them to routine doctor and dentist appointments was an ordeal, and my marriage suffered and collapsed in part because of it. I went from being able to travel and talk professionally in front of large groups of people, to being just about housebound.
This program saved my life. I now have a life! That's what worked for me and I hope this helps someone too. Thanks for letting me share!