Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: thoughts, ideas and questions!!

Hi.

My IBS started, as odd as it sounds, without me noticing it. That sounds pretty dumb even to me, considering the big deal it is now! But I was having D frequently in the AM and it just got worse and worse over the course of a year or two 'til the point I found myself running to the bathroom 10 to 12 times a morning!. Finally I had a really horrible acute attack that kept me out of work. Horrible.

Anyway, I believe that the original "gut insult" was a god awful stomach virus.

As for stress, I GUARANTEE you that stress is a major contributer to my IBS. It just edges out diet as a cause of my flare-ups. The only reason I can say that is that sometimes when I'm unstressed (ha! more acurately, "less stressed than usual.") I can eat more "bad" foods than I can when I'm particularly stressed (whether that be emotional stress or even stress from hot humid weather!).

Hope this helps somehow...

PS: Bobette, as a fellow sufferer of IBS-A, please give a girl some hope... Any chance this new drug they're working on might be suitable for us IBS-Aers, or is it going to be for either C or D? (Sucks to switch back and forth, anyway, but especially with no drugs targeted just for us!)

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