Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
Quote: I know some of my views on it are not popular here but I feel strongly about the 'irritable' nature of IBS and the factors of stress and other behavioral triggers (causing problems when our diets are as safe as we can get them.)
If I'm following what you're saying, I think this is a very interesting point and one I've thought about a lot lately. I suspect that for each IBSer the extent to which symptoms are a result of eating "wrong" as opposed to the result of stress varies. For example, my symptoms seems to be about 90% food-related and only 10% stress related. This is good for me because it means that if I eat appropriately I'm in pretty good shape even under stress. From what I read on here, though, it sounds like for other people stress is more of a factor. That may mean that no matter how carefully they eat, getting stress under control is more vital for them than for me. At the extremes I suppose there could be people whose IBS is all food and others whose IBS is all stress.
And don't feel bad. I suspect my views aren't popular either. I always find what you say interesting and helpful.
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