Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Tips for travelling in the Car

Hi,

You have a lot of posts already but I wanted to just add my 2cents. I truly can relate to your post as anyone being ibs-d can. I know it helps for me to take long deep breaths. Mornings are the worst for me and like you, I don't normally have D just lots of BM's and urgency in the morning. I have to take my boys to school and the act of getting them out the door stresses me and my stomach acts accordingly. It never fails, I have to go when we are leaving. Now I've already gone lots of times! I know this is a head thing so I breathe deeply and get to the car. The school is only minutes away and if I must I can use the bathroom there. It always helps just knowing there will be a bathroom. And my stomach can be turning handstands in there but once the stress if over, I'm fine and usually don't go the rest of the day! I do take an immodium in the morning if I know I need to be somewhere. I try to avoid morning doctor appointments, morning anything but sometimes it can't be helped. I work from home so the stress of work is not there. I can tell you though I would be so paranoid my co-workers were counting the times I got up to use the bathroom. Actually they didn't know where I was going but I figured they woudl know. I know a big stress reducer would be to tell people I had IBS. They would nod their heads and sometimes tell me they had it too! Just having people know takes a lot of the stress out of it too!

I can truly relate to all the posts under this thread and it helps knowing we're not alone.

Hang in there. It will get better! I bet you're not stopping at every exit very soon!

Sandy

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