Re: What is TMJ?
07/03/05 03:56 PM
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Anthem
Reged: 10/01/04
Posts: 76
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Actually, the original intent of this thread by me was to get some viewpoints about how serious my IBS is. I realize no one can diagnose me via a forum, but I have no one else to compare it to. I realize comparison might just be a bad idea. But one person mentioned that they have mild IBS, and I just wondered how that was defined.
Some folks lament being "C", but doesn't that have to be better than "D"? With "D", you can have the urge to go every 5 minutes! Try to work or go to college that way!
I tend to have firm stools most of the time because I use Metamucil and 8 tabs of FIBERCON per day - maximum! Then for no reason, it can switch and I have "D", which (without Immodium) can last a few weeks. I now fight back mercilessly with Immodium.
Then I think I am becoming a truly bizarre person. I wonder what is normal (for a normal person) in terms of stools! Anyone have that bizarre question in mind? What do other people's stools look like? No, I don't want to see them, but I wonder if at times I/we think we are more abnormal than we are. I sat my friend down (who does not have IBS) and got down and dirty with him. I queried him as if he was a man from Mars, e.g., "What are your stools like?"
Turns out he can have major "evacuations" that are watery at times (which would send me into a tizzy of concern but he just shrugs), he has firm ones, he has shards, he has McNuggets, he occasionally has a bit of mucus...I suppose he could be an undiagnosed IBS man, but I am pretty sure he isn't. I tend to be such an absurd perfectionist, that I get mildly upset when my stool isn't a perfect burrito! Needless to say, I create a lot of stress for myself that way.
I also began taking 20 mg of Paxil 30 days ago but have yet to see any effect. One person told me to wait much longer before giving up.
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