Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

What are you eating in your two small meals?? What are you drinking?? Are you getting enough rest?? Are you exercising moderately each day?? I am really sorry you are having a bad time but IBS can be controlled and I suspect that it is more than anxiety that is causing your continuing D. When I first got bad enough to go to the doctor and start the tests I was going 6 or 7 times a day and it was terrible because when I had to go I had to go. It caused me to be a nervous wreck if I was not at home. I too had every test known to man kind and the diagnosis was IBS or spastic colon (as my GI likes to call it). He told me not to think about it and it would go away with a little fiber and a probiotic and a few changes in my diet although all he told me was to stay off of caffeine and alcohol. While those suggestions helped I was still consuming lots of triggers and I still stayed in bathrooms an awful lot and I was a nervous wreck. I found this website, ordered Heather's books, acacia and fennel tea and I started my live again. It took time, but the diet and the supplements have now become a routine. I still have an occasional attack but I know what I am dealing with and I handle it better. Best thing is that my anxiety level has dropped. Don't give up. Keep trying. Acacia, the diet and probiotics takes several days or even weeks to get your system even partially sorted out.

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IBS-D, Gas & Bloating

Barbara50

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