I'm so sorry your having such a rough time right now, Elizabeth. My IBS is very cyclic. I've had IBS since I was about 14, I'm 34 now! I seems to go in months. For a few months, thing will be mild, I'm ALWAYS more gassey than "normal" people, only mild bloating and occasional pain. Than, for months at a time, I get real bad, MAJOR bloating (like the 9 months pregnant bloating you describe, drawstring pants are my friend!) pain everyday, a lot of the time severe enough to take vicodin and Xanax. The gass, pressure and nausea get really bad also. Than, it seems I wake up on day and its a little better. It seems to come and go like this for as long as I can remember. I don't have to eat anything bad to set it off, in fact, I can almost never find the exact reason why it gets so bad sometimes. Stress does seem to play a big role but than there are times when I get really stressed and it doesn't "flare up?"
I have had all the tests done, and them some, so I know there is nothing else wrong with me but its so hard sometimes when you feel SO awful to think its "just" IBS. Hang in there! Lots of love and hugs!
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