Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Possible IBS but I'm more and more uncertain...

Hello, I've been reading this forum and Heather's two books over the last 4 weeks after being "diagnosed" with IBS and the more I read the more I wonder if I actually have IBS.

Back story isnt really that interesting. September or so I was on a road trip and stopped off for some dinner. Minutes after that dinner I started to have real bad diarrhea and an overall unpleasent evening. Something wasn't right. Things passed and a week or so later I had the same unpleasentness and it hung around for a week before I decided to contact a doctor thinking I might have a parasite or infection. Stool test came back negative which lead to a barium meal with follow through to check for Crohns or Colitis which again came back negative. Finally I went in for a colonoscopy which came back once again negative. Exhausting all the usual tests my doctor said it was likely IBS.

That being said my current symptoms have evolved since then. My biggest and most prominent symptom is the "need to go" but not "having to go". So basically I can be out shopping and desperately need to find a washroom but once I get there I got nothin. Lately its gotten to the point where simply the thought of going outside gives me that feeling making me stay inside. Anxiety seems to be the biggest trigger. Adjusting my diet to what Heather has suggested has had little to no effect on this one symptom.

So I wonder, perhaps is it in my head? Is it even IBS? I'm not sure I read about that particular symptom in the "First Year" book. It seems that you either have diarrhea or your constipated.

Thanks for any incite you can provide.

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