Thanks Sand, I really appreciate your time that you gave me to reply with such a lenghty post. I also want to comment on something I forgot to mention:
Exercise. I tend to be pretty active at work, but I know it's not enough to relieve or help IBS symptoms apparently. I love to run, jump rope, and do yoga/tai chi, but haven't been for sometime when IBS got really bad. When I started up again, and am doing it on a regular bases (or trying to right now), sometimes when I do a vigorous exercise or a soothing one, I will immediately need to use the restroom after a bit. Now I'm concerned because when I do need to use the bathroom after specifically exercising, my movements are very sludgy. They are not really D, but are very sludge looking. Is this a good thing that my body is trying to tell me? I do feel relief after getting some of it out, but it just builds up again after that amount of time when I'm out exercising.
Oh and Sand I did forget to mention that while my mother does have a Thyroid problem, I looked into that personally by asking my regular doctor for a check on that. It came back fine. I currently live in Western MA, and I'm not sure of any other gut specialist doctors around here in Greenfield, but I am more then willing to see another if I can find one that will listen to me. I know I probably sound like I complain a lot on here, but I constantly feel there is no hope for me. Everyone is having a good time turning into an adult with my close friends, but turning the age of 20 for me has left with me with just misery. But I know everyone else with this problem probably has it much worse then me, so I don't want to complain. Anyway thank you again Sand, and everyone else. 
Edited by tama_chan (01/29/06 12:20 AM)
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