1. Type of IBS, D, C or Both?
It used to be D when I was in my teens/early twenties but now it's C.
2. How many times do you go to the bathroom a day?
Once every other day or so. If I'm lucky.
3. How often do you get an attack?
Constant. I live with this condition every day.
3. What other symptoms do you have?
BLOATING, nausea, stomach cramps, backache.
4. When did you first got IBS, what was the trigger?
It started in my mid-teens but has gotten much worse lately due to stress (caring for elderly relatives).
5. What foods can't you tolerate?
Fatty foods, caffeine, Chinese food. Wheat. I found out a long time ago that I had a hard time digesting meat. I only found Heather's book about a month or so ago so I'm still experimenting with trigger foods.
6. What are you currently taking for IBS?
Am about to give Citrucel another try - I got so constipated the first time I laid off it for awhile. Peppermint tea. Phazyme.
7. Were you officially diagnosed? What test did your doctor run?
When I started having abdominal and back pains this spring I went to my ob/gyn and he ran tests and ruled out female problems (cysts, fibroids, cancers). Blood work was also normal, so my regular doctor diagnosed IBS. I will likely have a colonoscopy this fall, but since I've had symptoms for about twenty years without knowing what it was, he is pretty confident it's IBS.
8. Does your IBS depress you?
YES!
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