Shade’s Personal Story
Shade’s Personal Story: Constipation and Debilitating Pain After COVID-19 Hello,I am new to this forum, but exited to have found something where I can express my concerns as well as seek answers. My story is, back in June of 2020 in the middle of a growing pandemic, I experienced passing a kidney stone after which […]
Margy’s Personal Story
Margy’s Personal Story with Diarrhea: Scared to travel I have my diarrhea early morning 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning. I have to wear a diaper every night. Not always needed but I never know. Wonder if taking antidiarrea when I go to bed would help? I’m scared to travel anymore. Back to all personal […]
Mr. G’s Personal Story 2
Mr. G’s Personal Story: “I can’t find anything or much on male conditions” I’ve read these stories on here, and it seems many with IBS get a lot of the same things happening. From reading these posts, its not just me that has these same issues with the explosive urgency as soon as you step […]
Maria’s Personal Story
Maria’s Personal Story: UC and IBS-D I have UC plus IBS-D. The UC is being controlled with infusions, but IBS-D causes lots of loose stools after an evening meal. Immodium helps but it plugs me up @ the same time! W/out it, I have eight loose stools after a small salad or even an egg. […]
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Jan’s Personal Story
Jan’s Personal Story: Suffering with Chronic Constipation Have suffered with chronic constipation my whole life.. I am 68 years old. I have tried linzess which worked for about 1 year and now stopped working .. have tried montegrity and trulance and amitza… nothing!!I don’t know what else to do.. have started drinking high fiber powder […]
Monique’s Personal Story
Monique’s Personal Story: IBS- “it’s like when I try to get a hold of it, it just gets worse” Lord where do I start? I’m 28 years old. I’ve been living with IBS since I was about 17 years old. Officially diagnosed at 18. I thought I got rid of it a couple of times. […]
Catie’s Personal Stories
Catie’s Personal Stories: IBS- “Chronic illness doesn’t discriminate” Im a 18 year old female, currently in my 5th flare, since I was little I’ve always dealt with severe IBS symptoms, it wasn’t until I was skipping school due to the pain, that I was diagnosed with IBS, things just got worse from here, it was […]
Kasandra’s Personal Story
Kasandra’s Personal Story- IBS and urgency I’m Kasandra, I’ve been fighting IBS mixed off and on since I was a kid. Im now 25 years old, currently in the middle of the second worst flare ever. I don’t even have to eat anything out of the ordinary to get smacked by an attack that leaves […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: The Low Fodmap Diet I am a 24 year old female who was diagnosed with IBS-D a few months ago. I had food sensitivities since age 12 or 13, but my IBS symptoms became severe 2-3 years ago. In order to have a functional life I have to follow a very strict […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: The older I become, the worse the symptoms get I*m writing from Europe and I don’t even know where to start this story of mine. I have lived with stomach issues majority of my life. The older I become, the worse the symptoms get, too. I’m almost 40 now. This issue does […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Even doctors have stomach issues I’m a recently graduated medical doctor currently working as an intern. I have been suffering from IBS for around 8 years now. Due to the nature of my job, I spend around 10 hrs of my day under intense pressure in the hospital and the time I […]