Hello. I'm a 30 year old ... woman? Whatever, life is complicated. I've dealt with gut problems all my life, and every year it got harder and harder to handle as the symptoms became more and more intense. It caused as eating disorder when I was a teenager, where I had terrible nutrition and...

Do you suffer from either: -Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) -Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) -Fibromyalgia or -Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? My name is Sonali Dutt and I am a Masters student at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. As part of my Master's thesis I am conducting a study...

Do you suffer from either: -Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) -Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) -Fibromyalgia or -Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? My name is Sonali Dutt and I am a Masters student at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. As part of my Master's thesis I am conducting a study...

My question is probably for people that have been dealing with IBS for more than a couple years: Do IBS symptoms come and go and come and go? Do the symptoms change frequently enough that you sometimes wonder if you've been misdiagnosed? I have been diagnosed with IBS C/D with spastic colon...

Hi all, new here. Wondering if I could hear from others who have been diagnosed with pancreas issues (forms of pancreatitis, EPI, etc). Here's what I'm going through: At 19 or 20, I was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. My lipase was 10x the top of the range. Doc did all these tests, couldn't...

Dear all, My name is Kelly Colht, and I am a graduate student studying information science. I'm writing to announce a study being conducted by Dr. Annie Chen at the University of Washington School of Medicine, on "body listening". This post is following up on a previous invitation, so please...

I suffer from IBS and Chronic Constipation along with my mother, grandmother, and 2 of my daughters. We all have different illnesses along with this, so I'm not sure if the answer can be attached to any of them. I will give you my problems and hopefully you can help me before I move on to my...

I've got a severe case of irritable bowel, gullet and stomach according to my specialist. Recently it have had a few occasions when my skin hurts to touch. My back, stomach, chest and neck feel so sore and I feel like I've been beaten up. It's happened a few times after drinking alcohol or...

Hi all :) I'm very new to IBS, like a week old kind of new, and I'm still a little paranoid that it's not the correct diagnosis. Although that could be put down to health anxiety. I realise you aren't doctors but I've seen you all like to help and advise people and I need some of that kindness...

I'm 53 years old and as far back as my memory goes I've held my feelings back. I've had IBS-D since I was around 12 I think. I also have fibromyalgia and migraines and in 2007 I got Meningitis from West Nile Virus and since then have had chronic pain from that too. My diseased gallbladder...

I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 13 years old. I am now 20 years old and for the past 5 years have been going to the doctors regularly complaining about being constantly tired and drained of energy, back, neck and shoulder ache and sleeping problems. They have sent me for every blood test...