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Your system is soo familiar to me. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}
The way I equate it to people who don't know is to use insulin and sugar as an example. Diabetics have to check their sugar and regulate how much insulin they need... if they have too much of one or the other, there are side effects specific to both. Big time effects! Coma! Seizure! Maybe your psychiatrist can understand this example. Debilitating pain and anxiety are no less frightening to me!
Our lives come with a degree of hyper-vigilance normal people can't understand because they don't live it. It sucks being caught in this balancing act. But we're good at it!! You know your body's rhythm and you know what to expect! This alone cuts the potential anxiety we'd face if we hadn't figured it out!!
Please take hope and strength that you're not alone!!! You know, you can take a gentle soluble fiber like a small amount of benefiber with Imodium. It can help smooth out the constipation effects while not interfering with the preventative effects of the Imodium! Just a thought if you have some time over a weekend to experiment.
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The balancing act!
It sucks being caught in this balancing act. 
You know your body's rhythm and you know what to expect! This alone cuts the potential anxiety we'd face if we hadn't figured it out!! 
