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  1. General Discussion
    Hello everyone! It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted, but I am in a bad place. My story is so long, I couldn’t type it all here. I’m so scared, anxious, and depressed over my stomach. I am in NYC, but if there’s anyone to talk to anywhere, I’d love to! I have severe health anxiety, so any...
  2. Your Story
    Chronic Illnesses have always reminded me of gremlins within your head and body. These gremlins are childish and bored so they scratch and graffiti the walls. It hurts and it's frustrating but what the goblins don't know is that the walls they are drawing and scratching on are learning. They are...
  3. General Discussion
    I have a number of different chronic illnesses and have been trying to finish my university degree for the past six years between being diagnosed and I was wondering if anyone wanted to talk about burden guilt and how they manage their stress and depression. Sorry run on sentence. I'm usually...
  4. New Member Introductions
    Hello Everyone, I'm a Newbie on this website so I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've been suffering with what I've just learned today on this website actually is IBS-A or M and Yes, I am in the 2nd day of an attack after some time with IBS-C and more stable and relatively stress...
  5. Your Story
    Hello friends, I tell you my incredible story. I have been under psychiatric treatment for more than 15 years but the death of my father made me appear very strange symptoms of irritable bowel: hypersensitivity to almost all drugs and food, more fatigue, dizziness, more depression, anxiety, and...
  6. Diarrhea Prescription Medications
    I have not been diagnoised exactly with ibs-d, but have all the symptoms. I am scheduled for a colonsocopy later this month. I got a prescription filled yesterday for 10 mg of generic Paxil for 1 week and then 2 tablets per day. I am hesitatant to try this medication because I do not want to...
  7. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    I'm Effexxorx, and as you can see from my tags, I suffer various mental illnesses. I've had IBS-C for about eight years now, but used to live a so-called regular life, though I don't know what that means any longer. I did have an eating disorder brought about by GIs getting sick of me and...
  8. New Member Introductions
    Hello everyone -- I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 29 - at the time, I was suffering from a lot of abdominal pain after a entering a stressful deadline-driven job. I am now 57. I have the type of IBS that can go dormant for years. After a year-long flare-up in 2000 when I changed jobs again...
  9. General Discussion
    Hi everyone, I've been experiencing IBS - C for over 3 months now. I've been using Dulcolax and Movicol including doing two days of the intense version where you take 6-8 sachets in a day. Nothing has helped. I feel so so uncomfortable and hugely bloating permanently. Before and after eating...
  10. Parent's discussion
    Hello all. I haven't read thoroughly so can just hope I'm in the right place... my 16 year old son has been suffering with IBS for about a year, pretty closely tied in with the death of his dad in February 2017 but our story doesn't end with that, because we had to move to the UK from Spain as...
  11. Your Story
    Hi Everyone, I was first diagnosed with IBS-D when I was about 18/19 (10 years ago). Shortly after, at 20, I became pregnant. Your GI system slows down naturally with pregnancy, and so my symptoms mostly went away. Thankfully, since then, I still suffer, but it's never been as bad as it was for...
  12. Your Story
    TW: drug addition, self harm, eating disorders No matter how scary this is, know that I am safe right now and being closely monitored by doctors. Hi. I made this account years ago and haven't used it since for some reason. I have basically an amalgamation of different disorders, both mental...
  13. Women's Health Issues
    I'm currently getting over my fifth flare up of IBS-C. And it was a miserable process as usual. Im going to write about it. I ate a bowl of honey nut cheerios with whole milk. Went to sleep early, so i could wake up at 2 am for work at 3 am. My phone ringing woke me up around 8 pm or so. It was...
  14. General Discussion
    I'm sad it's come to this, because I really didn't want to have to rant on the internet about my problems, but I've tried everything else. I also feel like it's good to type it all out there, as a record, so that if I do end up dying, someone in my family can read this and use it to sue the...
  15. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    The L. rhamnosus strain has numerous benefits including "reduced stress induced corticosterone and anxiety and depression behavior" (see below). I know GNC and vitamin shop carry this strain and I am wondering if anyone on here has tried probiotics with this strain...
  16. Young Adult's Issues
    Hi everyone, I've been lurking on this forum for a long time and finally decided to post because I need emotional support. I'm going to school for environmental health and plan to attend law school after I get my bachelor's. My school is the best one in the country for environmental stuff and...
  17. General Discussion
    Hello everyone. My name is Mike. I am 32 years old and from New York. I have posted here before and everyone I had the pleasure of talking to was so helpful. I find myself in a panic again and so therefore I hope nobody minds my very lengthy post. At the end of February 2015, just over a year...
  18. General Discussion
    Hi guys, I am having a really tough day and honestly, I really just need to vent. Maybe there's someone out there who understands and can offer some advice. It's Canadian thanksgiving weekend, and I'm home alone, while my family has travelled out of town for a huge gathering. I've been so sick...
  19. Teens and Children's Issues
    Hey, I'm new to this forum. I'm a high school student with suspected IBS (I'm not technically diagnosed, but it runs in my family and there's no other explanation), and GERD. I also have anxiety and depression. I've had issues with constipation and some acid reflux for most of my life, but about...
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