Have i got IBS?

by Steven
(UK)

Is This IBS?

I’m 22, and for the past year a so I’ve been having problems with going to open my bowels. Basically everyday when I have to get up early for work, I always need to go to the toilet, it starts off and really loud farts, then all of a sudden I get the urge to have to go to the toilet, and then I get diarrhoea and have to go about 2 or 3 times to empty, but most of the time I just go once and I feel I need to go again about half hour later but I hold it all through the day and by the time I get home it goes back to normal and I get normal stalls until the next morning where it all happens again, and this only happens on work days, and some days it really is water. I never get this on weekend when I’m off work, it really puzzles me.

This week I’ve started taking Imodium Plus each night before bed and it works wonders for my symptoms.

So have I got IBS? It is starting to worry me because as I get older it seems to get worse.

Symptoms Are Compatible With IBS

Your symptoms are compatible with IBS. This is diagnosed by the Rome Criteria and you can read more about this by Going To The IBS Rome Page Click Here. You should see your doctor to confirm this.

The fact that your symptoms only occur during the working week makes it likely that work stress is a significant factor in your symptoms. Have you considered this as a possibility? Some people in this situation contemplate a career change or even to consider psychotherapy or acupuncture to try to takle these issues.