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...reactionscomments
CatastrophizingCatastrophizing is a word that is used a lot in the mental health field in which I work. This phenomenon can also...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions4comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions6comments
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...reactions8comments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions1comment
The New YouI fear change. Some folks embrace and some actually thrive on it. But, when it comes to changing what may seem like...reactionscomments
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...reactions2comments
IBS EducationRecently, I have spent a lot of time going over the website that is IrritableBowelSyndrome.net. I have been a contributor here for...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
Vitamin D for You and for MeA couple of years ago, when I was particularly unhealthy, my doctor told me I had a vitamin D deficiency. Somehow, I’m...reactionscomments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactionscomments
The Invisible WarI thought I might say a word or two about the ‘invisible’ nature of IBS. We ‘just’ have IBS, right? The stigma...reactionscomments
The Role of Tryptophan in IBSI've been writing a lot lately about the brain-gut axis, and the role the brain can play in IBS. More specifically, I...reactionscomments
Depression and IBSI've seen a lot written (and have written posts and articles myself) about the potential connection between stress and anxiety and IBS...reactions2comments
Parenting a Child with IBS: How to HelpAfter living with IBS for more than 25 years, I like to think that I’ve dealt with my fair share of pain...reactions1comment
