Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Normal? Can't take it anymore

I am totally seeing myself in these posts - I read some of the lives of people here who are doubled over in pain etc and I think to myself that I must be lucky because my symptoms are not like that. I do get the unexpected urgent BM episodes and other bothersome things like the gas and the alternate D and C but it is more frustrating and anxiety inducing. It takes so much energy to always be planning the fastest route to the bathroom or to be planning my day around eating avoiding the trigger foods - it totally zaps my brain just keeping it all straight in my head. I have had IBS for several years but have had an ongoing problem with it since the Spring in that I am avoiding places where I know I don't have good bathroom access and I have so many days where I just have that feeling that my insides are going to play tricks on me or that even after a bathroom visit that I am not quite 'done' yet.

I wondered about hypno techniques but wasn't sure. I have recently started seeing a therapist because my anxiety and stress levels are high and when asked what was causing my stress I knew right away that it is the darn health problems that are made worse by worry - IBS, GERD and TMJd. I feel like it is a vicious circle that I can't seem to break.

I'd be interested in knowing more about the tapes like how long are you meant to listen to them each daily (is it a daily thing) and how long it took before anyone noticed an improvement and anything else that might help convince me to try them.

ann

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