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IBS-D urgent diarrhea

I’ve had IBS-D for about a year now and have been having a lot of episodes of what I call urgent diarrhea. This is when you feel like you have to go to the bathroom and you literally have to run and hope you make it in time and there have been times when I didn’t make it. It’s very frustrating and embarrassing and I feel like I can’t leave the house. Does anyone else have this problem and if so have you found anything that controls it? I have just started taking Colestid and has seemed to help but I have still had some episodes out of the blue so I don’t feel confident enough to leave the house. Any suggestions welcome.

  1. Hi, juat wanted to say that you are not alone and so many of our community members deal with the urgency issue: https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/accident-urgency That's just one of the articles, and as you can see by the many comments, it is not an unknown feeling to many! Hoepfully this site will help you to find some suggestions but, as always, let us know if there's anything else we can do to help! Keep on keepin' on, DPM

  2. Thanks for reaching out and for the information.
    Take care

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