I used to have that problem... for me it was more the coughing...
I would have servere stomach pain, and I would cough alot which induced the vomiting.
I would always make sure I was close to a restroom.
Also once in a restroom
I would stay in the bathroom stall till every one would leave the bathroom.
I would feel so anxious as I left the bathroom also as I entered the bathroom...
The fear of what people would say, or the way they would look at me as I would leave.

Then I realized that people really didn't care.
I was putting on all that stress for nothing..
Some people sound were worst than mine, and it came out the way God intended for it to come out.

As weird as it sounds,,,
As soon as I would feel a slight feeling of panic..
I would start telling myself... who cares what people think.
so what if I vomit, I know I will get better..
And try to focus on what thoughts I was telling myself.. and confirm to myself that it was only thought... that it can not harm me.
Hope this helps
Ciao Steven

hi- i want you to know that you are most definitely not the only person who deals with this. In the past 6 months or so I have realized that I am dealing with depression and anxiety and have always had digestive problems that have kept me from doing everything I want. Most of the time I am able to deal with this by keeping Immodium in my pocket and taking it the second I feel like I need to. More recenctly however I feel that my anxiety is what is fueling my IBS and that other symptoms of anxiety make me plan my whole life around whether or not I will be able to get to a bathroom or not. I only feel comfortable going somewhere if I know there is a bathroom somwehere nearby. I am hoping this mini program they are offering online might give me some insight into how to change all this. Anyway, I definitely understand how you feel and am always willing to talk!
Thanks!

This is the first time in a really long time that I don't feel so alone. I suffer from the same problem and until I received my cds I thought I was the only person having this form of anxiety.
I'm practically agoraphobic because of this constant fear that I will not be able to make it to a bathroom in time. So I only ever leave my house once a week and of course it's only with my safe person. Oh and I always take two imodium before I leave.
I wish I could just get to that point where I can take the imodium only when I feel like I have to go. But it is such a struggle.
THe fear for me is just too strong. So I hope these cds will help cause this is no way to have a life.
Well wishes to all that we can get through this.

Hi,
Boy do I ever feel what you are feeling. I live out on a farm and my fiance and I like to go on fishing trips or day road trips with our best friends. Needless to say being out in the timbucktoo there are no bathrooms around. This means that I have to take TP and stop numerous times, find a spot far enough away from the vehicle so that they can't hear my stomach exploding. Recently our friends son got married to a gal that also has IBS. When she goes with us I don't feel so uncomfortable or embarrassed to stop as she is in the same boat. Hang in there. Since I have started the good day vitamins it seems to be helping regulate things a little better. Best of wishes to you.. Kimberly

Hi Kim, thanks for your words...feels good to know that someone understands me. I use to go on road trips too but in the last two years my symptoms have just gotten worse. That's why when I saw Lucinda on tv I jumped straight on the phone to get the cds. I want a better life for me and my family so I'm really going to put my all in this program.
Thanks again.

Has anyone been using the Probiotics for the IBS? Although I don't have IBS, my food seems to go thru me very quickly if you know what I mean and daily use of probiotics in either capsules or the new yogurt, or even the non dairy soy yogurt with active cultures helps me tremendously.

Ok, I just had to reply to this one. I'm 45 years old and had the same fear when I was in elementary school. In fact, I think I had a few accidents then to reinforce that fear. It was a Catholic school so bathroom runs were scheduled (like you can really schedule nature and you were only allowed to go twice. Being a stressed out kid my parents took me out and put me in public school in the 3rd grade and the anxiety kind of went away. Years later when I had my panic attacks and anxiety the bathroom fear came flooding back. I couldn't go anywhere without knowing where a bathroom was and it was the first place I'd look for. I got so good at it I could tell you what stores or restaurants had the best and cleanest ones! Well, to shorten this, one day while shopping with my wife at one of those outdoor outlet malls I passed a little gas and then my stomach rumbled. I wasn't nervous or anything, I just felt like I had to go. I calmly told my wife that I needed a restroom and I'd meet her back at the store. I started walking to the restroom but it started coming, thats right, my worst fear in life was about to happen. Halfway there I had an accident in my pants!! Oh My GOD! I couldn't believe it, and I wasn't even in the bathroom yet! Now what? I wrapped my coat around my waste like I was hot and just prayed that I hadn't messed my jeans. Finally I made it to the bathroom and immediately went into a stall. I undressed, used a little of the toilet tank water and paper to wash up, threw away my underpants when nobody was there, and went back to my wife. After years of fearing an accident I'd finally had one and you know what, I survived. It really was no big deal. So what if that happens. It was how I reacted to it that made it "ok". Yeah, I had underwear full of poop but nobody even noticed, until they went into the restroom that is but that was kind of funny in a sick way! I could have made the whole situation much worse by getting upset and embarassed but I chose not to. I just dealt with it and went about my business. My suggestion to you all is don't let IBS scare you. You're not the first or last person to not make it to a bathroom and you shouldn't be ashamed if you don't.

Bella,
I have this problem too. I've been in chronic pain for years and this has brought on terrible anxiety. This causes terrible stomach cramping and of course, YOU KNOW. It's a terrible thing as my world had gotten smaller and smaller. I hope that this program will help. I hope to chat with you!
Marcie_K

Hello,
I'm new here and am so happy to have found a support group for IBS. I suffer from IBS, and I am paranoid about not being near a washroom also. I am very outdoorsy and active in the outdoors, and have had to urgently go in the great outdoors in the trees a couple of times. Once right in the middle of a jogging class. I took off in to the trees. No-one noticed I don't think. I didn't know at that time I had IBS. Anyways, I have good days and bad days. I am not so afraid of not being near a bathroom, but have a worse fear that I will collapse in a bathroom with bad abdominal cramps. This happened to me once at home, and I started hyperventilating and all the blood went out of my limbs to the center of my body and I couldn't move. I thought I was having a stroke so my son called the ambulance (at 34 years of age). By the time the ambulance got there, I had recovered and declined to go to the hospital. So I have a fear of that happening to me in a public washroom.
I am a bit paranoid of not being near a bathroom, and it causes me to limit how much I travel and certain things that I will choose not to do because of it.

Best to you, Genie

I just ordered this program and read your message- I could not have put it any better myself, it is so refreshing to know that there is someone going through the exact thing that I'm going through. I've tried everything! I would be interested to know if your symptoms have subsided a little bit since you started to use this program

Hi there
I always thought im the only person who always has diarrhea when i have to go somewhere and I cant seem to stop going to the bathroom..I guess its just my anxiety though..its nice to know that I am not ALONE!!

This is how I live my life 100% of the time. I need to know where the bathroom is, or how long my car/train/bus ride will be if its necessary to take them. I was unable to take the train to work for over 2 years and was spenidng ridiculous amounts of money and time driving in, until I started this program. I am proud to say that I take a ferry to work and the train home. I focus on other stuff like cell phone games or using the internet while I am commuting. I still have issues or urgency when I get to a new place or are around new people. Its not that I have awful pains, pass out or have fear of those two, its the fear of not finding or being able to get to a bathroom and going ON myelf in front of people that gets me all crazy. As soon as I get to somewhere new, I have to find the bathroom and sure enough ALWAYS have to go #2 and then I am FINE! I do pay attention to what I eat/drink but at 28 years old its so hard. I am slightly dependent on Xanax for such times when I can not find the bathroom and have panic attacks but since I am trying to have a baby I am trying to NOT take them ever but its hard. This program is the first thing that has made me feel strong in years. With this program I went from taking at least 5-10 whole xanax pills a month to taking maybe 1 -2 pills in a month. Any advice?

To Chuck-
I went to Catholic school for 13 years and boy did the bathroom regulations mess me up! I've always had a nervous stomach and sometimes you just really have to go. I would come up with the most ridiculous excuses to go to the restroom because if you just said you had to go they wouldn't let you. My most used trick was to pretend to sneeze a really big sneeze into my hands. Then I would be allowed to go to the bathroom to "wash my hands" because no one wants snot on the desks! It seems silly now, but sometimes I'd be so desperate!
On another note though, thanks for being brave enough to share your accident story. It's nice to know that you can have something like that happen and not spontaneously combust from embarrassment (which is my irrational fear).

Wow, this string of comments is amazing! I've lived with this fear of not being near a restroom for the last 4 years. Its been an up and down ride, mostly down, and my world has gotten so much smaller. Its not until you see all these posts of people expressing themselves exactly the way you think that you realize you are not alone. I've just ordered the program a few days ago, I can't wait to sink my teeth into it so I can finally shake myself of this problem and start living the way I want to again.