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Hello everyone. I just stumbled on this web site and have a million questions. Here's my story...I've been trying to have a baby for the past 8 months. Also for the past 8 months, I've been weaning off my anti-depressant (Effexor XR). In April, I had a very early miscarriage (about 5 weeks). During that very short-lived pregnancy I suffered from symptoms that at the time I thought were pregnancy symptoms: nausea; severe stomach pains, like someone punched me in the stomach, that kind of floated around my abdomen; severe lower back pain; bloating; constipation. Anyway, I lost that pregnancy. The next month I had a very not-exciting period (that is, the symptoms were normal for me). The next month, during PMS-time I had all the "pregnancy" symptoms I had during my brief pregnancy: again with the nausea, the severe moving-around-my-abdomen stomach pains, the back pains, the constipation. I was convinced I was preg, because I'd never experienced that stuff before my pregnancy. But lo and behold, I was definitely not pregnant.Before my pregnancy, and before weaning off Effexor -- I had no PMS to speak of. Now, however, for the full 2 weeks before my period I always get the symptoms I've just described. And furthermore, for the first time ever, I'm experiencing all these symptoms even though my period isn't due for weeks, and I'm in agony. I'm SO bloated. I'm SO constipated. Thank you if you're still reading this. My questions are these: 1. What do you think, is this IBS? 2. Can IBS be triggered by hormonal changes like pregnancy or an impending period? and 3. Can IBS be triggered by the cessation of an anti-depressant like Effexor??Thank you thank you all.Yours in pain,Jeeno :-(