Your are getting the gist and that is a good thing, not many people care really, but it is super important. Your making the connections though.
I did not know you had gastroparesis and that is important.
"Gastroparesis also can also result from damage to the vagus nerve, the nerve that controls the stomach's muscles"
A lot of the symptoms your mentioning can be involed in this and IBS. Some just for gastroparesis and some for IBS, but also you have symptoms of upper gi like the reflux. IBS is lower GI mainly of the functioning of the sigmoid colon.
"Other, less frequent effects of gastroparesis are the promotion of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and malnutrition."
http://www.medicinenet.com/gastroparesis/article.htm
A person can have IBS and Gastroparesis.
" believe my baseline for reacting to a perceived stressor is higher than most people's because I've kept that stress level up so high for so long. That's my 'normal', if you will. I'm sure this doesn't help my IBS symptoms,"
Exactly and its good your working on it, it cvan go a long way and you might find out how tightly wound up a person can get, without realizing it, because it seems normal. Yet the stress hormones flood the body still. The symptoms your are decribing are effected by it all.
The gut brain communicates to the big brain and the big brain communicate to the gut brain via the vagus nerve and there are issues in both conditions so yes its important.
It may also help to explain why you have C and some d better.
The sensation of pain in the gut arises from signaling in the gut via serotonin, which sends a signals up nerve fibers to the brain that a person is in distress or in pain. The chemical itsel doesn't go from the gut to the brain just the electrical and chemnical signaling process.
There are different physical reasons a person can have gastroparesis and that is also important as the above article states. Food digestion itself can be messed up with gastroparesis as well. Even more important to work with a registered dietian.
You are working on something in the right direction for sure, that can help you.
Do you have a good gi doctor and primary care doctor?
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