It wasn't uncommon for me to have sporadic tummy issues. The first real IBS "attack" that I can remember, though, happened when I was fifteen or sixteen. I can also remember lots of urgency starting at about that same age when I was nervous for competitions.
I wasn't diagnosed until about ten years later, when the D episodes became much more frequent and not obviously connected to something anxiety-producing.
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