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I am a new member and have been reading several postings. I was diagnosed with IBS 2 years ago and have been suffering ever since. I did, however, find one thing that FINALLY made a lot of al this make sense. My biggest problem with this whole thing is that the Dr's always said, "We can't find anything" or "sorry, there's nothing we can do". Not having an answer was killing me. I had a few "accidents" and that resulted in me wearing adult diapers just for piece of mind. It wasn't until I was on my way to work one day when I REALIZED . . . CLAUSTROPHOBIA! Everyday since the day I had been diagnosed I had been panicing on my way to work. I would start to hyperventillate, the my whole body would overheat and I would sweat. Then it was like I couldn't move, I felt trapped and needed to get out. Then of course, my stomach would go nuts and I felt that if I didn't get out NOW, there was going to be a BIG problem. Having had a couple"accidents" as well made that fear SO MUCH WORSE. Most people think that claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed spaces when in fact it is better described as the fear of not having an easy escape route. This is a fear that those with IBS know all too well. Once I realized what it was, it was SO much easier to deal with. I knew how to attack it. I am not saying that everyone would have the same problem as me but it may help someone else out there. I just wanted to share my findings so that if someone else was experiencing the same problems you'd get an idea of what it may be.