As above what are the differences in symptoms? With mild can you have one or two symptoms once and a while or all the time. With severe do you have all the symptoms or just a few constantly and severely? Do they have a scale that measures the difference between severities? These are the symptoms of IBS and my symptoms are on the right. So with that being said would I have Mild as I don't have many issues or Moderate as I have these just about everyday? I am sorry if this is confusing. But being stuck in the US for a few months yet I don't have a doctor and I don't have insurance. So I really don't want to pay a doctor for his/her advice. * abdominal pain or discomfort relieved by a bowel movement I have had cramping relieved by diarrhea a BM 3 times since I started having symptoms (little over a year and a half) * three or more bowel movements a day (diarrhea) maybe like 3 times a year * three or fewer bowel movements a day (constipation) nope 1 time a day * loose, watery stools (diarrhea) I have one sort of loose BM a day * hard, dry stools (constipation) nope * feeling of urgency (diarrhea) Not often maybe a few times * straining during a bowel movement (constipation) sometimes * feeling of incomplete evacuation sometimes but rarely * passage of mucus never * gas and bloating gas every night some bloating