Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | It's a tough road from stable to unstable...

After a few years of feeling great, I'm in another flare up. I was diagnosed with non-specific colitis on top of the probably IBS, so I know it's a bit different for me. But, it's quite a challenge becoming unstable again. I honestly feel like I'm being pushed down a hill that I worked SO hard to climb! I'm having symptoms daily, and some bad enough to make me stay home about 2x a week. The cramping gets so old... the constant trips to the bathroom are exhausting... the general malaise is annoying. I am really missing my normal life.
It's baffling me right now because I am almost always set off by stress. Over the past few months, my husband and I were searching for a new place to live. It was high stress. But, I made it through with just a few attacks. Once that was finished, this all started. It was almost as if my body waited as long as possible and is now giving up and letting it all run crazy.
I'm not stressed--I'm watching what I eat. It simply isn't mattering and I'm pretty upset.
I scheduled an appt. with my Nurse Practicioner. She's great, but I already know she can't tell me anything new... but at least I can get new prescrptions for meds that I need. Ugh.
Just one of those days. I'm pretty positive in general, so I'm hoping tomorrow I'll wake up and start climbing back up that mountain... it's steep, but I know I can do it and MUST do it.

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IBS-A

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