Economic Downturn is my new IBS trigger!
#338872 - 12/04/08 09:57 AM
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hawkeye
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Just need to say grrr is my IBS-D awful the last few weeks! At first I wondered if it was the change in seasons it started with the colder weather. But now, as my income is going way down and each day is stressful worrying about money, I'm having d all the time. Today I feel cramped as well.
There is some good news- on some days I've been able to will this away with both mind and body- waking up and saying to myself "I'm not interested in dealing with ibs today." Usually those days I am better about making a little time for myself either meditating or taking a long walk. Then other days, I don't wake up in that mindset and blam! it hits me. Such as today for instance....
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Yes ... it's getting to me, too!  I guess we just hang on for the ride. That's easy to say now that I'm not camped on the stool.
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 Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher
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Me too!
#338879 - 12/04/08 10:59 AM
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Nelly
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Stressing about money has been lifelong for me, but it's definitely worse now! It seems like I wake up every morning in full attack. I have to count to 500 first thing, or else I have to run to the bathroom.
Just got my 401K statement. *shudder* Not worth the paper it's written on. Yesterday I called the county for the paperwork to officially file for medicaid and prescription assistance. Unbelievable. I have no idea how I'm going to pay for my bc shot next week. The counselor on the phone suggested I show them my filled out paperwork, considering there's no way I'll be in the system by then. Stress!!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.... ohmm, ohmm... 
~nelly~
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I am stressing a bit myself. It has even affected the book/magazine markets, so it is tough for me to make a living right now. I also do freelance for my local paper, which pays the bills, but things are a bit tight right now.
I have always been a very positive person, so I am hopeful that things will improve with time.
Lynn 
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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.
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401k - 401 shmay. I wouldn't stress too much on that one - if you and I are about the same generation, (born in the early 70's?) by the time we are old it will have value again.
However, everything else you said?.... Blech! That thing with showing htem your paperwork sounds verrrry sketchy. I will be counting to 500 along with you in the morning!
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Re: Me too!
#338934 - 12/05/08 11:51 AM
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Nelly
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Yep, u and I are def of the same generation. Normally I choose to file the 401 schmay paperwork and forget it (not my money! no use getting stressed!), but just this time I hazard a look. Bad idea!!! 
The medicaid paperwork will be awful. I have no idea if I'm filing for 2008 or 2009. Hopefully both at the same time? I applied for social security disability a few years ago and the interview took about 4 hours. THAT was awful, and of course I didn't qualify.
I remember the "face-to-face interview" part, the endless wait in the cold waiting room-- a used band-aid on the floor and the walking dead hacking up lungs all around.
Aaaaaaaaarrrrghhhhh.
I'm already beating myself up for even applying for this sh%^. I could use an alien abduction right now. Or some sort of magic pina colada, ibs-free. Anyone? Aliens? Knock out booze?
~nelly~
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I don't know about your new plan Nelly - its well known that alien abductions use totally invasive medical practices. Also they'll def. be "out of network" I vote for the magic booze
Good luck with everything. They must have some phone help line that could counsel you through the application if you get lucky enough to get through to someone helpful? I'm sure its worth figuring it out before you apply - you don't want to give them any reasons to dismiss your application for something you simply didn't understand.
I knew you were around my generation, because I once had tea with "Daliatree" remember her? And among many other topics, like poop and throwing up, we talked about a time that she'd met you and some other people from the boards for a dinner or something.
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We will be putting our house on the market in the next couple of months because we are moving and it is stessing me out. My stomach hurts all the time. I try not to watch the news and I defnitely don't read anything about the housing market.
I heard someone say not to even open your 401K mail. Unless you are getting ready to retire there is no need to worry. By the time you retire things will be ok.
Everyone I know is doing a very small Christmas this year. I am grateful my kids are older and they understand how things are.
I quit my job in anticipation of our move and now I am sorry that I did.
Major IBS trigger right now.
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Re: Me too!
#339022 - 12/07/08 11:59 AM
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Nelly
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Oh, she rocks! She was a lot of fun... I met her up in NY with another girl, don't remember her handle. They were both sweet. Dalia and I were weighing each other's handbags to see which one was heavier.  The IBS survival kit!! It's heavy, but fits in a handbag!!
I've probably met 15 or 16 people on these boards plus their sig oths over the years. Maybe more... I'd have to think. It's always been so normalizing to meet someone who's going through the same thing. I haven't traveled in aaages, but when my back can stand it, hopefully I can travel for leisure again.
~nelly~
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Yes she was very fun! I only met her once, we talked a few times, but we had similar phobia issues and I think I freaked her out or maybe just upset her when I called her in the midst of a panic attack. (I'm not usually good at asking for any help from anyone, but with this, it took me a long while to figure out how to get support I needed without totally leaning on people.) Anyway, we lost touch after that.
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Re: Me too!
#339026 - 12/07/08 01:33 PM
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Nelly
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I remember, she's an emetophobe. It's scary to watch people go through a panic attack! I've had panic attacks too, in public-- people don't know how to deal with me when that happens.
A boy in high school hopped on his bike and tore into my driveway, throwing himself on the grass, screaming that he was having a panic attack. His first impulse was to go somewhere safe-- my house. But I couldn't deal... I'd never seen one before and ended up screaming at him to knock it off, which actually he did. I think he was shocked out of it by my reaction.
I started having panic attacks in my 30s, usually in doctor and dentists' offices. I had a bad one in the waiting room of a state human services waiting room. It was the 3rd time I'd been there in a month, because the free doctor kept never showing up. The third time I sobbed maniacally, and finally a nurse came immediately and I told her I was just there for an ativan Rx, which she brought out promptly! I never went back and I never saw that absentee doctor ever!! Human services, indeed. *grumph*
~nelly~
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Yes - scary when they are happening for everyone. It took me a while to even figure out what the hell was going on with me. I know several people who went to the ER the first time they had one. I certainly felt as if I might die when I had them. You seem to have had SO many awful experiences with doctors and with public health institutions, or divisions or whatever. It seems like no wonder that was connected to a panic attack for you. I guess a lot of us who have been through this since childhood don't feel especially trusting around doctors.
Okay time to go clean the cats litterbox because I can hardly breathe sitting here... I know that's pretty hard to top but...hope you're up to something more exciting than that this evening!
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