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Anonymous Personal Story: IBS Symptoms After Gallbladder Removal I started having pain and heartburn after eating certain foods and at one point went to the emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack when in fact it was my gallbladder. At age 40 I had my gall bladder removed. After that I started having […]
Maureen’s Personal Story
Maureen’s Personal Story: “I’ve been struggling with IBS since my early 20’s and I am now 52” I must agree with many of the people who have posted on this site that IBS can be very isolating and debilitating. I’ve been struggling with IBS since my early 20’s and I am now 52. I’ve been […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: A Lifelong Battle with IBS-D I am a 38 year old male and I have been suffering from IBS since childhood. I’m not sure at exactly what age the symptoms started but I was not diagnosed until my early teen years. I must say that it has destroyed my life. As a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]