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Groovy greetings ya'll. I'm Ray, a writer for the RLS community & someone who has lived with IBS since 2011. You can also find me in the Endo community as...

My IBS worsened after appendicitis in 2017, which was treated conservatively with antibiotics. When my innards refused to settle, after several visits to the GP, I was referred back to...

I have had IBS since Oct. 2020. I went to the Emergency Room with bad stomach pains. (They did at CT scan and a MRI). I had been seeing a...

I think it started in my teenage years, I'm 30 now. I'd dealt with problems with food, "anorexia" but it might have been a reaction to food intolerance in part...

Hey there, I've been living with IBS for a year now. Survived a lot of annoying stuff such as nausea, severe panic attacks, fever, chills, fear of death, obsessive compulsive...

About 1 1/2 years ago I quit drinking. About 1 month later I had horrible pain in my chest and had to get my gallbladder removed. Before that I was...

After two years of experiencing sharp belly, gas pains, and bloating in my abdomen after eating a deep fried fish fry or deep fried chicken dinner, I finally found out...

In March 2020, I suddenly developed a terrible, bitter taste in my mouth. It plagues me 24/7 and has not improved. Two months later, in May 2020, I was diagnosed...

I have had varying degrees of IBS most of my adult life and I am 71. I have had two bowel resections. Nothing was working. Then I found a functional...

Mime began in 1985. I ended up in ER from work balled up, hurting in my side, vomiting. Pain was severe. When they got me to hospital they thought I...

November 2019 I was diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder with anxiety. I was prescribed Buspar. I hated being on that medication. While I was on that medication I noticed I...

Hi, I am 61 year old male and have suffered for quite a few years now. About 6 years ago, my IBS became unbearable after an acrimonious end to my...

Hi. I am curious if others have had similar experiences as mine. I have always felt I had IBS, though never diagnosed. Just a very reactive system - my normal...

My daily, chronic abdominal pain started in December 2018 after 3 rounds of antibiotics prescribed for a cough that would not clear. Turns out the cough was caused by my...

It’s a day about the same as any other day BUT - I have somewhere to be! I actually don’t have to go anywhere. I just have a 15 minute...

Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing well and had an excellent new year. I want to have second opinion as I am already seeing a medical specialist in...

I’ve always had a “sensitive stomach.” But I have suffered for years with horrible anxiety. A few years back, the diagnosis changed from GAD to Illness Anxiety Disorder. Since July...

Readers that know of my blog will understand how the bowel system is activated by nerves. The same nerves that go haywire with multiple sclerosis (MS). Getting false readings of...

I never experienced any symptoms until I fell and suffered a burst fracture of my T-12 vertebrae. The prescribed tramadol constipated me so I got off of it as quickly...

Hello, I am a 56 year old woman that suffers with chronic gas, bloating, and stomach cramps. I also have acid reflux. I was diagnosed with IBS-C about 20 years...