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Originally Posted by mymorgy
There’s also evidence that people with IBS tend to suffer from mood disorders such as depression or anxiety. “There is a high overlap between the two,” says Jeffrey Baumgardner, MD, a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. “A significant number of people with IBS also have a history of some kind of abuse —emotional, physical, or sexual.”
Though he isn’t sure why, Dr. Baumgardner does think that IBS has something to do with how people process stress.
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yes, interesting, Bobby.
kinda related- is "anxiety" a mood disorder or even a
mood? I thought it was an "anxiety disorder"...I get confused by this stuff.
I'm curious to maybe find out in therapy if I had some sort of emotional trauma growing up to have gotten IBS...because I can't think of any physical or sexual. where else would this crap come from?? (ha! no pun intended
) Really hard to sort out which came first for me, IBS or anxiety, or both! hmm...