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when i was 15 i was very depressed and indirectly began anorexic ways. when i felt a little better [age 16] and started eating differently [more] thats when i noticed my bowel problems. since i had been very thin, fat was something i payed attention too. when i became bloated, i saw it as fat. needless to say i did what i could to keep the "fat" off but it only made the bloating and C worse. i saw a DR and then many DRs who were all suprisingly stumped. i went in for the different tests and still nothing could be determind. after one test i was even told my whole GI tract was clear which only made the issue seem more hopeless b/c i didnt understand why i had to be this way. my last/final DR suggested/diagnosed me with IBS and gave me a laxative to take to "relieve the pain"--is what he said. since he never told me to discontinue them i became very dependant upon them as my only means of relief. i visited this same DR who even told me to increase the laxative-amount. it got very very bad, for 6 months i suffered this until after my graduation. i met my current b/f who pulled me out of my sadness which in-turn lightened up on the IBS. since my body felt like it was working, i discarded the laxatives and stopped worrying about the eating. i definately agree that IBS and EDs are connected and i still go in waves with my patterns. i even get really paranoid that my IBS-SAFE habits will seem like eating-disorder ways and that i will be judged. but i know everyone here understands and is doing the same thing as me. so then i feel better

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VEGAN ASHLEY~IBS/C

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