Don't be embarassed to talk to your doc. i was diagnosed with IBS 16 years ago...and they threw pills at me which was belladona did take away the pain and some other symptoms. but still wasn't feeling well. i was on baby food for awehile and a type of ensure...to this day i can't eat fried foods i never could have milk which i'm not lactose intolerant i'm actually allergic to the protein in milk (big difference and a lot of people get it mixed up) i never grew out of it , as well as cows milk intolerance that puts me in the bathroom for awhile....goats milk is wonderful, so is rice dream! too much sugar and i get blotchy and my face gets hot.

i was born allergic to corn syrup so that in mind.... my doctor told me if i wanted to get rid of most of my symptoms elliviate stress and caffiene in my life (mind you i was 16 when he said that) i looked at him like a deer in heradlights and said...well when you find the 'secret' you come tell me....at that point i had it with the whole IBS THING, they really didn't know what was wrong and they just wanted to put a name to symptoms that they didn't even know the causing condition.

That's when i started scavenging about health food stores and trying different diets... that's how i started my Raw Food plan...now i'm only 60% raw in my diet.
but boy is there a difference and my stomach doesn't hurt all the time (i do a lot of green juicing as well) they r expensive but they have already juiced greens they sell at whole foods but a lot of the enzymes are killed off in the flash pasturizing, but what the hey sometimes.

Now when i'm truly stressed man talk about all those embarassing symptoms ..when it comes to pms a lot more people than you think get diahrea (sp) me included... a lot of hormonal changes happen and your body reacts in ways one would think it shouldn't. and coffee is a diaretic that effects everyone.
i take probiotics...i take theradophilus liquid becasue i can't have milk and it's soy based and i have been taking it since i was little and it works any probiotic will do wonders for you i also take Mega-zyme (gluten free). before each meal.
My body just needs outside help digesting even the smallest of food morsels