Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
I wasn't "officially" diagnosed until last summer, but I've definitely had IBS since I was 12, maybe even a little earlier. I can't blame that on my being-sick freakouts, though, because I can also remember having anxiety problems, and ones specifically related to panic over being sick, as young as 7 or 8. I think in my case, the anxiety came first.