"The stool is the right colour but the wrong consistency.
"There is blood in the stools.
"The doctor tested for blood and it came back negative. …….. "
"I don't think my depression is emotional or psychological, as there is a distinct difference. One site says IBS can cause depression. ……. "
I have suffered with depression for many years: clinical (emotional) depression is recognised by health professionals and is usually due to situations where people are unable to alter their life-style/problems etc.. Psychological is the same, in that life-style etc. impacts on how we feel. I suffer from organic depression in that my brain needs support. I also have clinical depression at times and there is, for me, a difference ….. are you depressed? low mood is totally different.
Immodium and other types of such drugs are NEVER prescribed for daily use for IBS or other conditions. I am a recovering anorexic and eventually my bowel almost stopped working. The spasm which pushes food through the system forgot to work.
I became bloated: I could put on a skirt first thing but by mid-afternoon the belt was undone and by T-time I couldn't take grub/fluids on board because my body tried to vomit them back. I became suicidal and went to the GP who after many questions and gentle probing, diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome. He gave me several medications and after 3 weeks I began to feel well for the 1st time in over 30 years.
Reading the internet will confirm any disease/condition that we believe we have. However, many of the sites we have access to are 'wrong' and at best, unreliable
…….. as we age we can develop allergies and the GP who said we can't become allergic to oil seed rape should be dismissed
…….. I never had allergies: apart from to onions: until I was in my mid-20s and then I became sensitive to odds and sods. Oil seed rape is a 'new' crop and I noticed in 1999 when it was first grown in large amounts that my chest became wheezy …….
You will have read my report about how hormones caused sudden diarrhoea …….. and our bodies are never 'perfect' for too long, there are always variants in how we feel depending on 1000s of reasons …...