IBS and depression
#259917 - 04/24/06 02:59 PM
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Beanie
Reged: 04/24/06
Posts: 10
Loc: North Carolina
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I think I am sort of depressed. Could this be a side effect of the IBS. I started using the Kit and I feel better (my stomach) but I still feel sort of down.
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I'm actually just starting to get through a sort of serious depression. It was definately the worst I've ever been. I think I am just starting to get out of it finally. But I ended up neglecting my diet, pushing people away, contemplating suicide, the works. But I feel much better now. I was like that for 2 1/2 months. What a waste. Don't wait as long as I did. Maybe you should try to get help as soon as you can. I never got helped, but mostly tried to wait it out.
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Thanks, I'm not to that point yet but I didn't realize that I was depressed until I started feeling better. Some days are better that others as I guess you know.
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Oh yes, that's true. The way I found out I was depressed was when I actually started to neglect my diet -because I personally know that becoming stable means quite a lot, so watching myself eat everything that was unsafe was a clear sign that something was wrong.
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Definitely!
#260203 - 04/26/06 12:24 PM
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Augie
Reged: 10/27/04
Posts: 5807
Loc: Illinois
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Being in constant pain/gas/bloated/C or D/ and having to eat so carefully while others eat whatever they want whenever they want is very depressing.
I'm so much different on the days the pain isn't as bad...or I have a BM. Someone at work actually asked me why I was in such a good mood on one of those days.
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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Therapy? A certain medication?
Nothing seems to work for me.
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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This happened to me as well. About 5 years ago is when my IBS-D started. I had D as well as major panic attacks. I didn't have anyone I felt comfortable talking to, especially since I really didn't know what was going on with me and why I was having kind of a nervous break down. I separated myself from just about everyone, including ending a relationship with my boyfriend at the time. I was feeling pretty depressed and cold.
I tried to read self help books and trying to find out why I was so unhappy. I discovered I was just not happy with where my life was at the time. I have since moved to another city and I have great friends and a great boyfriend who are very understanding and supportive (which helps a ton). I have also heard the Hypno series helps a ton, I don't know first hand, but I just ordered it, the samples you can listen seem pretty good. I having the support and remembering that things will get better are the keys.
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Nancy - IBS-D
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Technically, I am not completely out of it. I haven't tried medication or therapy just yet but I'm mostly trying to help myself. The problem is now, is that I can easily sink back into depression because I am at such a crucial stage, but I pretty much just waited until I started to lose everything and I guess that helped me to snap out of it. ..But I still have those bad days.
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Guys! I feel so much better just having someone reply. It's like there is really someone out there who is in the same boat with me. THANKS!!!
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I know when I feel down I look at my list of pick me ups and I choose one and do it right away. It could be as easy as taking a walk around the block or picking up the phone and calling a good friend. Sometimes I write a gratitude list when I am really down in the dumps. It can be a difficult thing but just the act of writting down 5 things I am grateful for can really change my thinking. Hope it helps!
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