The Wedding Guest’s Guide to a Flare-Free DayWith the wedding season in full bloom, one cannot help but wonder: how does an IBS sufferer survive the wedding season without flying from flare-up to flare-up and collecting bad... By Karina4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
CatastrophizingCatastrophizing is a word that is used a lot in the mental health field in which I work. This phenomenon can also be called a cognitive distortion. Mostly associated with... By tmholland2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Is Licorice Helpful for IBS as well as GERD?As I have written here before, in addition to having IBS I have another digestive disorder: GERD. GERD is characterized by heartburn and reflux issues. About 4 years ago, in... By Laura Kiesel3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Keep Fighting the Great Fight by Using the Power of PerspectiveI am a part of many IBS communities on different social media platforms, and one common theme I keep noticing is many people with IBS having a hard time with... By HessP3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Pets and IBS: They Go TogetherWell, crap. Here’s some news I didn’t need: Apparently, pet owners are at higher risk for developing IBS. Researchers at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) did what’s called a meta-analysis... By Lisa Carr2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What Does Your Mental Health Look Like?What does that mean, you might ask? What does my mental health look like? Does it look like anything? It is very rare for me to have a conversation with... By tmholland3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Fecal Transplant: A Breakthrough Treatment for IBS?I remember when I first heard about fecal transplants. I was driving home from work and listening to a segment on NPR about them. An older woman who got very... By Laura Kiesel3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
IBS Makes Regular Exercise SO Difficult!I don’t know about you guys, but it sure has been hard for me to get a handle on my weight lately, especially due to my IBS. When I try... By HessP3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
My IBS is Gone – Goodbye IBS!My IBS is gone and it looks like it’s gone for good! I feel incredibly lucky and privileged that I no longer have IBS and it really has changed my... By Hannah Noonan2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Potential Topical Treatments for IBSAs I've been writing a lot about lately, I've been waking up at strange hours of the night, with really bad abdominal pain. This abdominal pain is also commonly accompanied... By Laura Kiesel2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Medical Cannabis for IBS Symptom ReliefI’ll be honest with you folks, if it weren’t for medical cannabis, I don’t know how I would be able to function every day while dealing with IBS. That sounds... By HessP3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The New YouI fear change. Some folks embrace and some actually thrive on it. But, when it comes to changing what may seem like your entire way of life due to illness... By tmholland2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
IBS - A Female PerspectiveIBS isn’t fun for anyone – I honestly don’t think that it makes any difference whether you’re male or female. And yet, I feel like some specific struggles are probably... By Karina4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
My Pain is My FuelI have been living with irritable bowel syndrome for over eight years now, and the first few years were torturous. I didn’t know what was triggering my pain or how... By HessP3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
IBS EducationRecently, I have spent a lot of time going over the website that is IrritableBowelSyndrome.net. I have been a contributor here for more than two years and I am pretty... By tmholland3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Connection Between POTS and IBSIn addition to having IBS, I also have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which is a connective tissue disease. I've already written about the potential connection between IBS and EDS here, but many... By Laura Kiesel2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Proof That My Mindset Around My IBS is ChangingI had a proud moment where I changed how I dealt with my IBS symptoms and I wanted to share it because it’s taken me a while to get to... By Jo Coates2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
I Have No Choice But to Keep Pushing (No Pun Intended)Pushing – in almost every sense of the word, has become a big part of my life ever since I got irritable bowel syndrome. I push myself daily to do... By HessP3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Musculoskeletal Pain and Tightness and IBSWhile some of the most profound pain I routinely experience is in the pelvic region, it's not exclusive to that part of my body. I experience chronic pain and muscle... By Laura Kiesel2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How Well Do You Cope with Coping?Last year, Health Union’s IBS In America 2018 surveyed about 1,500 people like you and me, individuals living with IBS, to better the impact the condition has on our lives... By Lisa Carr2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments