Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Okay, what happened??? What could have done this to me ?

Quote from Anthem: But I get really annoyed at people here (and I love them all but I still get annoyed) desperately trying to find THAT ONE TRUE TRIGGER (like the Holy Grail) that started their "D", and if they can just find it, they will never again have a "D" attack.

How long have you had IBS? I have had to live with it for 25 years as a child and now an adult and it still does NOT get any easier. I look to this board for advice on things that may have been a trigger, because a lot of them know more trigger foods than I do, and yes, if it may be a certain food I should not have eaten or tried, I'd try to stay away from that food. Yes, it is VERY frustrating to live my life always focused on food and what I eat and when. I'd love to go eat a pizza and have a big bowl of popcorn and wash it down with a couple of Dr. Peppers, but I know I can't. And it's also not fair to us IBSers, that stress plays a big role in an attack, how can you not have stress when people ask you out to eat and your wondering what is on the menu you can eat, or you have to bring most of you own food with you, and like me I'm all of 110 pounds and people think I'm on a "diet" and I get ridiculed, okay more stress. Just like you and I'm sure everyone else on here gets very, very frustrated having to explain our eating habits, people look at you like your an idiot. For each person that looks at me like that, I'd like them to experience one of my most horrid IBS-D attacks just ONCE and maybe they would change there tune. I don't wish IBS on anyone, but this board does help and if someone is having stress about something they might have eaten that could possibly be a trigger, it helps to vent and get suggestions, so hopefully it won't happen again. We all can pray, wish, hope that we never have an attack again, and this board does give us hope. Personally I don't appreciate anyone judging someone for something they may need help or just a little reassurance for, I think we are all here to try to help one another.

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IBS-D, extreme pain and cramping - GERD - lactose/dairy intolerant, OCD, Fibromyalgia
DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me. Phil 4:13

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