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Okay, first I will start with the usual scream of *I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!!!* Now, on with the real questions. I have been having BAD IBS attacks several times a week since May 5. It started with my period, but that's pretty much finally over since I got a depo shot. But the attacks aren't. I've missed at least a day and a half of work every week this month, and this week I missed a little over two days. I had to send in the FMLA paperwork to my gastro to fill out for HR to make sure I don't lose my job! So WHY won't the attacks stop? I'm not eating anything bad. Hell, I've been living on white rice with occasional applesauce, french bread, and egg whites. It hurts so bloody bad that my back feels like it will never recover, my intestines are in shreds from the cramping, and I'm out of ideas. I've been taking heather's peppermint caps 3 times a day, acacia fiber twice a day, along with various pain relievers. I've had to take way more vicodin than I'd like to because I know it's addictive, but it's the only way to make it through an attack without doing serious harm to myself. I hurt so much. so so much. But beyond that I'm also afraid for my job to some extent. How long will this last? NEVER have I had a series of attacks like this. I just feels like someone is pouring liquid fire down my digestive tract for hours at a time. Eventually I might have a bowel movement, but sometimes not. It just hurts. I want to know how do I make it stop, cuz my brain is going to bad places of physical harm and I want out of that black hole fast. Please help me.

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