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Thank you. I guess it's hard to see it as a success when I just want to be "normal" and not get worried about something seemingly so trivial to the common person. Hearing that fellow sufferers view it as me being more in control does help. I suppose if I had taken immodium as a preventative, I might have been even better, but I just want to get out of that vicious cycle. I'm realizing that my anxiety is less now when I know there is a bathroom that I can run to kind of indiscreetly (the other day I went to a b-day party at a party place feeling a little uneasy but I knew it would be crowded and I could quietly sneak out without being noticed). My anxiety is when I feel "trapped"...almost a clostrophobic type of feeling like I'm stuck somewhere and getting away to use the bathroom will make me stand out or ruin the event. And it's not just once as you know with IBS...I could fake needing to "pee" once or even saying I have my period (I use that one all the time!), but needing to "run right back" is the embarrassing part. Never mind the pain. Well, I'm rambling on. Maybe I don't sound upbeat but I am feeling better after reading your responses. Just a little down that I couldn't do it attack free. I guess these things don't happen overnight. Thank you for your support.

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Originally IBS-D for a million years!
Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C

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