Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Anti Anxiety and Pain Meds

I know so many of you can relate to the "fear" of an attack and the "butterflies" that you get in your stomach when you have to do something out of the ordinary (rather it be a fun something or a stressful something). Does anyone take any type of anti-anxiety med for those days that you just HAVE to get something done (job interview, travel, etc) and you don't want an attack? I think just thinking about an attack can cause an attack, right! Also - during an attack, Heather's book recommended pain killers to take the edge off if you really need it. Anyone have any advice on these? I'm having a very difficult time getting stable - had to stop my acacia bc of the painful gas, bloating and pebbly stool (I know some things just don't work for everyone and I was only taking 1/4 tsp!). And it seems every time I turn around there's something else that I've eaten that I didn't think to be a trigger that actually turned in to one. Process of elimination I guess. I'm paying attention to what I'm eating and avoiding the obvious triggers. It's the not so obvious that are hard to figure out. The other day I had some avacado on my sandwich but I also had a chocolate chip cookie (yes - ONE cookie)! Was it the avacado (good) or the one little bitty cookie (not so good) that caused me to have an attack? OH - so many questions!! Help!

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