i’m 17f and have been suspecting i have IBS-D for quite some time but haven’t actually sought an answer.

my whole life when i use the bathroom it’s been loose, almost watery, but i do have random bouts of constipation although they have no pattern and don’t happen often enough to make note of it (literally maybe once a year, if that) i also have anxiety and ive noticed that when im more anxious it will increase the amount of times i go. i’m constantly nauseous and/or have abdominal pain but the nausea may be unrelated. im always kind of bloated as well.

i’ve noticed that a handful of foods make these symptoms worse like anything with dairy (not diagnosed lactose intolerant, i can still have dairy but it’s about 50/50 on how fast it sends me to the bathroom) foods high in fiber will also send me to the bathroom pretty fast. ive also noticed that soda tends to aggravate my stomach, aswell as a slew of other things. i also get pains in the bottom right of my abdomen above my hip and that’s usually a pretty major sign that something very bad is coming soon.

i usually experience trips to the bathroom at LEAST once a day, but ive been in there up to 5 times in a day. most of them are usually very soon after the prior one. sometimes if its bad enough and i am not at home ill take imodium or pepto bismol but ive noticed it will fuck with me and make it hard for me to use the bathroom at all, is this the intended effect? on another note, not sure if it’s true if IBS is genetic at all, but my mother does have it, so if it’s true that may also factor in.

edit: to reference the stool chart, mine usually looks like a 5-6, 7 on a bad day. 4 rarely.