While it’s great to connect with people who are going thr...

Sometimes, whether you get a condition or not isn't always based on your habits. I eat better than anyone I know, I get 8 hours of sleep a night, and for a while I was working out regularly until my other conditions slowly made it impossible. Also got super high cholesterol despite all that, which runs in my mom's side of the family. While everyone in my family for example eats fast food, pizza, chips, cake, etc most of the time and are sedentary and they're all way healthier than me with no chronic conditions. Some of us just got a bad luck of the draw with genetics lol

It’s easy to loose weight if you have severe ibs. I always feel better when fasting or not eating breakfast or lunch! If you can limit intake without skipping meals you will be better off! Mine controls me somewhat so I can’t really tell you where the balance is.

I got an allergy test to see what my intolerances were and eliminated those foods from my diet. I mostly eat meet, rice, vegan protein powder w/ almond milk, and some greens. I try to drink lots of water and aloe Vera water makes my stomach feel relaxed. Daily exercise helps. I tried intermittent fasting and the only thing it helped was regulate my poop schedule a little better. I used to do breathing exercises and listen to 528hz for relaxation and that seemed to help a ton (I definitely need to start again). Staying away from anything that gives your brain a dopamine blockage is good (addictive substances). I wake up early to give myself plenty of time to push everything out before work. Don’t care about anything or let anyone put you down and that will help relief general stress.

I have my IBS, albiet very minor in comparison to others for which i am so so happy, under control pretty decently at this point. I drink 1/2 a gallon of water a day, drink nothing but beer water kombucha and tea, avoid any dairy/meat that isn't a fish, and have been trying positive mental exercises for my anxiety triggered cramps which has worked immensely. I definitely need to work on eating more and gaining weight personally, I don't know if it's common, but it's very hard to eat when you have a restricted diet on top of a wicked high metabolism, and would love to hear another person's way of coping w that stuff :)