For me, absolutely. I was born with it, and as a newborn, hour after hour of my colicky screaming actually would drive my mother out of the house. I was a very constipated child, and made things worse by constantly not going to the bathroom when I should, because it was sooo painful. I would hold it off until it was impossible. That is the worst thing I could have done to myself, but I was a kid. Years of that destroyed any chance of regularity for good, I'm afraid. I have tried biotherapy, but it didn't help.
Having several children permanently weakened an already weak gut. That's the physical part. 8 years of total laxative dependency have me convinced that I will probably never be able to function naturally. Now my Dr. has me on Miralax and probiotics (Culturelle) but they seem to increase the bloating. (Why is that?) I wonder what would happen to me if I ever find myself on a desert island. (I believe that after several days I would probably inflate until I became airborne, and could drift back to the land of Miralax)
I am writing this because I haven't had anyone to talk to about this, and thought that no one else could possibly be so sick. Even the doctors get sick of my droning on in pain every visit. Once they've run their test, and prescribed Metamucil and Miralax, that's it.
So yes, it's progressive. And I've started the tummy fiber at the lowest dose, and am waiting for Heather's book to arrive in the mail. I feel as though I have a chance-everyone here seems to have made near miraculous recoveries from this damn IBS
I dare to dream!
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Re: Is IBS progressive?
