Living

How many of us have used melatonin to help us fall asleep? I have, as well as my children. Along with myself, my 9-year-old suffers from lots of tummy issues. I...

My stomach is usually at its most active and vocal in the morning. It’s had time to repair overnight and is raring to go from 6 a.m., ready to start...

Ever since I got IBS, I’ve felt almost forced by life’s circumstances to pay attention and listen to my gut. After seeing many doctors and specialists over the years, I...

We talk so much about the bathroom. Where are the bathrooms? Will they be there when I need them? I don’t know that town…WHERE ARE THEIR BATHROOMS? Sometimes there are...

One thing I experience often is an unusual and hard-to-describe sensation through my body. Well, I’m going to try my best to describe it here, because I 100 percent believe...

With 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...

Catastrophizing 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...

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...

I 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...

Well, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As 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...

I’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...

I 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...

IBS 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...

I 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...

Recently, 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...