my IBS/C sprouted from indirect disordered eating, which happened when i went thru severe depression and a cutting problem. to avoid having C [after all the DRs tested me and gave me no help] i got into laxative abuse in a way to purge my body. at first it was to purge the C. but later on it became more about purging food so i could be thin. since i had IBS @ 16-17, i was always bloated and hid away in baggy clothes b/c i thought i was fat. but when i was laxative-thin, i got to wear all the cute fun clothes that i never wouldve dreamed of wearing when i was bloated and C. the laxatives caused my IBS to get worse, but then it got better, and then it got worse again. i notice that the waves i go thru in my ibs, are the same kind of waves i go thru with food--partially b/c of my ibs, but partially b/c i still want to have my thin-highschool body i never really got to have. ill say though, that when i was in europe last summer [croatia] i had no IBS problems at all! in fact, i lost 10 pounds. it put me dangerously low and since returning, ive been coping with the regain of it and the worse turn my ibs took. when i dont have ibs problems, i dont really have eating issues either. i only get self-conscious when i get bloated b/c i think im fat, and thats when i get obsessive about food. it sounds sick when i say it straight-forward but its true. i think IBS can be caused by eating problems. but i also think IBS can indirectly cause eating problems too. when i post my daily foods and eat sparingly to avoid attacks, i even start to feel a little anorexic. i even think i come off that way to people aside from my close circle--i know im not though but its terribly hard explaining it to non-sufferers. does that help some with your Q? hope so *HUGS*
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VEGAN ASHLEY~IBS/C
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