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Have you attended a self help group for IBS?

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185
No, I didn't know they existed
92
No, but I would like too
21
No, it would not be helpful
6
Yes it was very useful
2
Yes but it didn't help me
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annekeith

no i hvent because i wudent be able to get to 1

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mrsbird2011

didn't know they existed so no

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whiteladder42

I tried one last year-a 5 week CBT course. I had waited nearly a year to get onto the course but when I went it was all very basic stuff. Perhaps useful if you are newly diagnosed but I knew more about IBS than the psychologist did having been researching it almost daily for several years. It was advice like drink enough water each day, get a good sleep pattern going, use mindfulness techniques to help you through the pain. When I asked how you can use mindfulness techniques whilst semi-conscious (or even unconscious-for me that is what pain does to me) she didn't really have an answer to that!

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trishyb59

didn't know about them, but would be unable to attend due to ibs-d