Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Coping with IBS Amid Menopause and Anxiety Hello I’m jan I am 51 and going through the menopause I have sinus problems ibs shaking anxiety an depression an loads more I cry all the time please tell me that some one is going through this it’s driving me crazy and I don’t […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with IBS, Bloating, and Body Image Hi there, thanks for reading this. I am a 20 year old woman who was diagnosed with IBS about three years ago, though I have suffered from it all my life and simply assumed that my weird bowel patterns were normal. As a little girl […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Finding Relief from IBS hello all….. i am 27 years old married gal.. rite from my childhood i was a healthy child in concern of digestion.. cud eat anything and was free from any digestive disorder.. but 7 months before.. things started changing.. exact before my marriage.. i had started developing stomach troubling […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Potential IBS – A Lifetime of Constipation, Diarrhea, and Vomiting When I was 18, I had bouts of extreme abdominal pain. The doctor said I had a nervous Stomach,That was 43 years ago. Over the years, it gradually became a cycle of constipation and bloating to diarrhea. Several years ago, I had […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Navigating High School with IBS Yesterday i turned 15, i am a male who has been struggling with ibs since 11 years old. I attend a fairly large high school and it is very difficult dealing with ibs, teachers are strict and won’t let you use the bathroom or if you do […]
Natalia’s Personal Story
Natalia’s Personal Story: Battling IBS-C as a College Student Well my story started about a year ago. I am a 22 year old female college student who before all this was pretty healthy. Also, let me add in i’m a hypochondriac. Anyways, I have always been pretty regular. I never thought about going to the […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis, and IBS I was 50 when I had my first colonoscopy and they found I had Ulcerative Colitis. At 55 I had another and they found I had diverticulitis and IBS. At first it wasn’t too bad but after 6 months it has slowly been getting worse. This past […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: IBS – “I feel like I’ve lost my freedom” I am 29 years old and have been suffering IBS-D (sometimes C) since I was possibly 15 years old. I was officially diagnosed by my GI about 3 and a half years ago. Its good to know what it is, but sadly so […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Managing Severe IBS After Viral Trigger I felt I needed to write something as for years I have had mild IBS, I learnt from the age of 16 (now 28) exactly what triggered it, did all the tai chi, yoga, aromatherapy courses incase stress was an issue and had always managed it […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: IBS-D I am a 67-year-old female who has suffered from digestive problems most of my life. After having acute pancreatitis at 25 caused by gallstones, my gallbladder was removed. Then came more problems. I am apparently one of the 20% of gallbladder cases left with excessive bile dumping into the intestines, causing […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Unexplained GI Bleeds, Obstructions, and Ongoing IBS Symptoms I am a 27-year-old female. My problems began ten years ago. When I was 17, I had a bowel obstruction. This seemed to happen out of nowhere, and I don’t remember having symptoms prior to this. I had no idea what was happening to […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Gastritis and IBS-C I am 24 years old and I had been having stomach issues for about a year. Finally went to the doctor who scheduled a EGD and a colonoscopy. There I got diagnosed with Gastritis and IBS-C. I was put on Linzess, IBgard, Prilosec and I take probiotics everyday. I’m […]