Is IBS reversible?

I haven't seen anything about this, as it seems everyone continues to have IBS problems. But is it reversible? Will I one day wake up and this will be over?  Has anyone been completed cured and not had a relapse?

Mine won't be reversible until they start growing replacement organs in petri dishes. Then I can get a new gall bladder!

I haven't heard much in the way of complete cures for people, but then it may just be that people drop off the board when they aren't sick anymore and so we never hear the end results. Most people do go through some sort of remission period when their symptoms get less or even go away, but they do typically return. There's no guarantee that you will go into any kind of remission and there's no guarantee on how long it will last or how long it takes to go into it in the first place.

I think Lil was the one to point out on another posting that most all IBSers are some sort of worrier and I really don't think you can overcome IBS without first overcoming the constant anxiety. And since that seems to be a born-in personality trait, I don't know if it can ever be overcome. But it does seem that people who are going through a good spell in their lives are more likely to be doing better gut-wise than others, and that they tend to relapse during a period of prolonged stress, such as getting married, moving, losing a job or a death in the family. Then they go back to worrying about their IBS again and it becomes a never-ending cycle until life gets so good again they can't worry about IBS.

But I'm not really a worrier or nervous person- Until this happened. Now I worry about going out and where Im going and if they bathroom is adequate. I was travelling aboard and domestically with my friends, no problems. I used to go out to the bars every weekend. I used to eat out a lot with my friends. Then bam! One day it started and never stopped. So I really wasn't a worrier until I got symptoms.

Yeah, I thought I may have something wrong with my Gall Bladder because sometimes my D burns serverely but that is the only symptom that I have that is connected to GB. I even asked my GI and he didn't seem to think I had anything wrong with my GB but he did say If I wanted to, he would perform tests such as the hidascan, etc.

hey shelly hope those tests go okay tomorrow - I'll be asking for them soon as they are also the only things they haven't tested me for, either!

I got the D outta nowhere, too. I was all stressed out (health anxiety) at the time. Trying to treat the anxiety through therapy, medication, and relaxation techniques seems to have helped - it's not nearly as bad as it was at first. But it is still a daily thing!

Will it ever go away? I hope so, at least for a remission for a while! My aunt has it and she gets times when she will be all better for a while- says she does know it is during stressful times when it returns.

Sami