Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I'm new and a little overwhelmed...

hi everyone, i'm jenni. i just found this website yesterday and went and got the book last night. i wanted to share my "story" to see if anyone else is like me. i'll try to make it short...
my whole life i've pretty much suffered from constipation (i'm now 28). when i was a little girl there were many nights my mom or dad would sit up with me for hours while i cried and tried to go to the bathroom. my mom made me drink prune juice (YUCK) and used sopositories (don't know how to spell it?) on me a lot. i never saw the doctor because i don't think my parents or i realized it was a problem.
well, about 7 years ago i realized something was wrong with me...i was bloated all the time, gassy, constipated, dry mouth and got nauseated a lot...especially in the car?! so i went to a gastroenterologist and he did an endoscopy and didn't find anything wrong with me. well...since then i've had another endoscopy, a reflux test, a hyda-scan (gall bladder test), sonograms, been sent to a rhemitoid arthritis doctor and most recently had a colonoscopy. i've had numerous doctors because i kept switching cause none of them were telling me what i wanted to hear...that there was something specific wrong with me, something they could surgically remove and i'd be fine. so anyway, this last doctor told me i have ibs and put me on zelnorm. it helps some, but not enough and i am just so tired of feeling like crap! so, yesterday i stumbled upon this website and have been stuck to it ever since...i'm at work so i guess i should be working, but i want to obsorb as much info as i can. i'm overwhelmed though because i feel there's so much info i have to know. and like someone else mentioned, all the white flour seems to be going against what all the other diets are all about. i don't care though, i'm going to try it. i just hope it works for me cause i'm just so sick of this.
the stuff i read about ibs mentions some of the symptoms i have, but not all of them. does anyone else get dry mouth or headaches? when i feel constipated and bloated i have those symptoms too. i also feel nauseated at times.
i'm just still so skeptical to say "i have ibs" and feel comfortable that that's really it. are any of you like that?
anyway, i'll quit rambling now. i'm really thankful that this is here so i can ask these questions.
thanks for your time

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