- Let's all play NICE!

[Guest guest]

Please take my name off of the Subject LINE.

I wrote about IBS and Activia and this thing has gone way too far

off in another direction.

I DO NOT want my name to be a part of this back and forth stuff.

I wrote ONE small comment...And, I see others have too. This is

getting blown way out of proportion.

Let's play nice, and drop this conversation about stress!!!!!!

MNCJL

If you have fibromyalgia and IBS you ARE

stressed! How could you

> not be? Your life is a continuous whirlwind of chronic pain,

> doctors visits, and a loss of joy of the life you once had.

>

> Most of us have lost friends, significant others, jobs etc...

And,

> we sit at home all day thinking we are NOT stressed. Of course we

> are!!!!!

>

> If you were not stressed and your life were perfect you would not

be

> here in the group listening and asking advice.

>

> I don't take antidepressants because they don't agree with me -

and

> though I may tell myself I'm not depressed, I have to be reminded

> that I really am due to my circumstances.

>

> Just my thoughts on this....

> mncjl

> >

> > A lot of fast moving IBS is brought on by stress, or stress

adds

> to it. That is why some docs prescribe the anti-d's. You may

> say, " i'm not depressed. " And maybe that's true. But balancing

out

> the seratonin in your brain can make it easier to deal with

stress,

> thus easing some of your IBS symtoms. Not saying you HAVE to take

> them, just explaining why they might be prescribed.

> > Jeanne in WI

> >

> > Sometimes mine is fast moving and sometimes not. I could CRAMP

> SO BAD and still have a few mins to spare.then there are times

where

> I HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW! I hate the horrible cramps with it! I got

> dizzy sitting on the commode one day because the cramps were so

bad.

> I hate IBS so much! I love love love broccoli but if I eat it,I

am

> going to be hurting for certain. I really need to take fiber

daily

> so it will help the IBS. I also found out that the doctor gives

you

> antidepressants for IBS. I REFUSE TO TAKE IT! LOL,I refuse to

take

> any meds so what am I talking about,lol

> >

> >

> >

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