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I hear ya!

Your story sounds so much like me and what I went through.

I've now been diagnosed for a year and am finally coming to an acceptance of the ibs diagnosis and that it's not just something I made up or just a bad period of stomach problems.

I've definitely gone back to my old way of eating more than once (tons of veggies/fruit, little SF) and each time have suffered for it. Then when I return to the ibs diet I am much better. So, now I'm finally believing that I've got ibs and it's not some passing stomach problem.

Through all this I got depressed as well even though my DH has been so supportive and, my job is stressful but I've had more stressful jobs in the past. So, not exactly clear why I got depressed because ibs isn't the worse thing in the world, but it is a big change of lifestyle for the rest of our lives, which can seem very overwhelming!

The doc also put me on Wellbutrin. It's definitely helped the depression, but it's made me IBS-C which is frustrating. So I'm still trying to find the right balance of SF and IF (I can easily eat too much IF without the SF cushion and I just worsen the situation and increase my gas and bloat

). Did you find the Wellbutrin worsened your C?

So, anyway, not that I have any good answers (except definitely don't blame yourself for your depression or make yourself feel guilty about it). But I've definitely been where you're at now. For me it's just been coming to terms with it all over the course of the year to where I've come to accept it all (at least on most days

!). I have read other posts where others have gone through a similar period of denial before accepting that they truly had ibs. So just keep hanging in there and following the diet and things will get better (and it sounds like you've got an amazing husband to help you through it all

!).

I truly hope things start to look up for you!!! Keep us posted on how you're doing!

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Kara

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