Readers Share: Real Life Tips & Tales

Many IBS sufferers find that they need to use several strategies at once in order to experience IBS relief. What sorts of things are on your IBS management plan? Share your tips and find out what other IBS patients do for IBS relief.See submissions

Share your tips for reducing stress as a way to deal with IBS and find out what other IBS sufferers do for stress reduction.

It can be quite upsetting to experience a bathroom accident. Here is a place where you can share your story and find solace in reading about the experiences of others.

IBS symptoms can be very disruptive to one's quality of life. What is your worst IBS symptom? Share your experience here and find out if your symptoms are similar to those of other people with IBS.

Here is a place for you to put into words your IBS pain experience. Share what it feels like when your IBS is acting up and find out what IBS pain feels like in other people.

What are your must-have items for leaving the house with IBS? Share your essentials and find out what items other IBS patients carry with them at all times.

For some people, IBS starts after an identifiable illness, a condition known as post-infectious IBS (IBS-PI). Did that happen to you? Tell your story and find out what other people see as the reason behind their ongoing IBS symptoms.

Dealing with alternating type IBS (IBS-A) can be challenging as you are forced to deal with a digestive system that swings between the bowel symptoms of diarrhea and constipation. Share your tips for dealing with IBS-A and find out how others approach the problem.

The quality of your family relationships may have an effect on the severity of your symptoms. Do you think your family helps or hurts your IBS? Share your experience here and find out how family relationships affect other IBS sufferers.

What has been your experience in terms of dating with IBS? Share your story and read real-life tales of trying to have a love life with IBS.

IBS can have a negative impact on your sex life. Share your strategies for keeping your sex life going in spite of your IBS and find out how other IBS sufferers deal with IBS and sex.

What have you done to make your bathroom an IBS-friendly place to be? Share your decorating tips and find out what other IBS sufferers have done to make their bathrooms a pleasant place to spend time in. See submissions

IBS patients often experience symptoms in other parts of their bodies. Find out what symptoms other IBS patients deal with and share your own experience.

People who have IBS often find themselves dealing with other health problems at the same time. Here you can share your experience in regard to other health problems and find out how other people cope when they have more than one health problem at a time.

Share your tale of the worst public toilet you have encountered and be entertained and grossed-out by reading the tales of others.

What do you do for financial stress so that you don't experience stomach problems? Share your tips and find out how others manage financial stress.

Here you can share your experiences with bladder symptoms and find out what bladder problems other IBS patients are dealing with.

How do you manage IBS during the busy holiday season? Share your tips and find out how other people who have IBS deal with the demands of the holidays.