1. Type of IBS, D, C or Both?
I'm mainly C.
2. How many times do you go to the bathroom a day?
one to two times a week
3. How often do you get an attack?
Once a month - usually related to my period or when I eat a trigger food.
3. What other symptoms do you have? Nauseas, stomach pain, gas, and bloating.
4. When did you first got IBS, what was the trigger?
I've had it since my teens and than it was called a nervous stomach.
5. What foods can't you tolerate?
Wheat, nuts, most fruits, chocolate, no high fat dairy (can tolerate some low fat dairy), most red meat.
6. What are you currently taking for IBS?
Citrucel, Paxil for anxiety, Nexium for GERD and Levsin as needed.
7. Were you officially diagnosed? What test did your doctor run?
Yes and I had every test done.
8. Does your IBS depress you?
Not anymore!!  I have my diet under control and I feel so much better!!
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