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I think mine is hereditary at its root. My dad has always had stomach issues, and I think his younger sister has too. I think I've heard them mention their mom did, too. My older sister also has IBS.
However, mine flared particularly bad in late 2004 after a particularly stressful year and (according to the GI doc) probably an infection. While I'm stable now, I haven't been the same since the Thursday before US Thanksgiving 2004. I'm thinking it was the combination of stress and infection that made the end of 2004 and most of 2005 such "fun."
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#260155 - 04/26/06 10:19 AM
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Anorexia takes on different forms...some people see themselves as fat and starve themselves to get skinny. Even when one is underweight, their "eyes" see a fat person.
My anorexia was more an issue with control. I have had a lot of heartbreak in my life and is seems that the hunger pangs were a good distraction from being hurt. It is all a matter of control.
I have never had bullimia...tried it once or twice but hated gagging. I am sure that you can have both at the same time.
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Formerly poochibelly...
I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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I've been C all my life, with nausea, D attacks, and bloating floating in and out of the picture. My mom has it, as does her mom. I'm wondering if my niece has it, since she's a carb fan (don't wanna eat meat, don't wanna eat veggies, but give me lots of cinnamon toast) like I've always been.
--AC (who is better about the veggies now, although it's work!)
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Had mild issues all my childhood, and some poor medication choices as a child thanks to some less than caring drs... So my IBS-D is almost all of the above.... antibiotic/medical related, loads of stress, family history of some stomach issues... plus my IBS-D was so out of control I became anorexic for quite some time. (Was easier to just not eat so I could leave the house and make it to work... eventually I associated food with sickness and pain).. Once Drs had done every test and crammed a variety of medical instruments in a variety of spots, they told me I had severe IBS, and learn to cope.
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There's a lot more to it than deciding you want to throw your food up so you "don't get fat". And there are other ways to "purge" the food...like overexercising or starving yourself for days after "bingeing" on too much food because you feel like crap about yourself for haven eaten. Or, probably the most dangerous, overdosing on laxatives.
It'a horrible existence. 
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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#260184 - 04/26/06 11:42 AM
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My anorexia was more an issue with control. I have had a lot of heartbreak in my life and is seems that the hunger pangs were a good distraction from being hurt. It is all a matter of control.
Exactly!
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I was just trying to be short and concise in that one line
space for the subject. No, I haven't had it, but I have had a
stroke which was no picnic in the park. Again, I was not try-
ing to insult anyone who has had it or has it! -Bob
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I have no idea how mine started. Someone mentioned using a lot of Advil, which I did use a TON during high school and college softball. I was on 800 mg motrin for an injury for quite a while. I never thought twice about poppin' one of those.
I know mine is stress-related as well.
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I don't think I got it from any one particular thing. As long as I can remember I have had IBS/C. Stress, certain foods just aggravate it.
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