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Struggling on....

by Yarnie
(UK)

Feeling a bit fed up now really. Started a new job last week and really thought I'd find things easier. But it's still an ongoing struggle. Worrying about needing the toilet in the office. Worrying about going out of the office in case I need the loo. Got a really important meeting tomorrow morning and am anxious about going into a panic and needing the leave for the toilet. Fed up with dreading doing the things in my personal life that I actually WANT to do. Long to just be able to do things and look forward to it and enjoy it. Mood gets miserable and I feel like eating. Worried to eat in case it sets the IBS off. Tried so many things to overcome these issues, even the mental health team don't know how to help me now! So frustrated!

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Struggling on....

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Mar 03, 2010
 response to Sian
by: Anonymous

Hi Sian

Sounds like a really tricky situation for temp work :( Don't forget though, IBS is covered by the disability discrimination act now, so i'm not sure they can get away with that sort of attitude?

Well i'm laying in bed feeling rotten, having had an almighty attack of diarrhoea, now i'm due to get up in less than 6 hours and I was already overtired. Had a major outburst of it at work the other day too, thank goodness I was in the office and not out at a meeting etc!!! Everytime this happens it dents my confidence even further. I hate it! *sob*
Feb 24, 2010
 I know exactly how you feel
by: Siān@IBS-Life

Especially with regards to worrying that you will need to use the bathroom at work.
I found that after being ill twice when temping for an agency, I was given no more work. I had explained what was wrong with me (which was embarrassing, as at that time IBS was less publicized) but that was not *their* problem, they simply wanted some-one who would not dash away from telephones or need to be taken home in agony. I cannot blame them, but it made some of my jobs a huge struggle, and more stressful, which only added to my IBS.

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