My IBS Journey
I'd had the symptoms for as long as I can remember. Stomach cramps, trapped wind, er not so trapped wind, C and D, fatigue, brain fog, bloating. Often the bloating is so bad I can't fit into my jeans! Yet I was never taken seriously by GPs. My first memory of mentioning IBS as a possibility was when I was 14, and I was completely shut down. I brought it up to every GP I saw throughout my undergraduate degree and was told to eat more fruit (which probably made it worse!) and it wasn't until 8 years later, just before I turned 22, that someone took me seriously. I was finally given the blood tests I needed to rule out IBD and Coeliac, given the preliminary IBS diagnosis and referred to a dietician.
