Re: POLL: Describe your IBS Symptoms
07/08/03 04:45 PM
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annie
Reged: 07/08/03
Posts: 7
Loc: Washington, DC
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1. Type of IBS, D, C or Both? I'm mainly D but I also get C.
I'M THE SAME.
2. How many times do you go to the bathroom a day? From 2 to 4 to None.
GOODNESS, AT LEAST SIX TIMES A DAY, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 20.
3. How often do you get an attack? I have IBS almost everyday of my life :ALMOST EVERY DAY, THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND SOMETIMES GONE WEEKS WITHOUT
3. What other symptoms do you have? Nauseas, stomach cramps, belching, gas, and these have caused anxiety and some depression.
CRAMPS, HEMORRHOIDS.
4. When did you first got IBS, what was the trigger? I got it 1 year ago. Personal problems were the trigger. NO IDEA. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
5. What foods can't you tolerate? Milk, TVP (soy) but tofu is ok, oils, Indian food, spicy food.
CANNOT DO MOST VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
6. What are you currently taking for IBS? CITRUCEL
7. Were you officially diagnosed? What test did your doctor run? YES - AFTER TWO COLONOSCOPIES AND COUNTLESS BLOOD TESTS MY DOCTOR RULED OUT COLITIS AND CROHNS.
8. Does your IBS depress you? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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