I ve been having some stomach issues for quite a while. I can go a few days to a week being constipated, or even having seemingly regular bowel movements, and then I ll spend a day having diarrhea and it keeps affecting what I can do without having to be worried about a restroom and where the closest one is no matter where I go. I have bloating and cramps/pains all along the lower part of my stomach and also up the sides. Often my stomach will gurgle. This problem has gone on for years, but it is progressively getting worse. I know I have IBS, I am on Prilosec for hiatal hernia and stomach issues. It has gotten progressively worse as I ve been under much stress of late. I went a few years unable to find a job and had to move in with my mom and I m a grown man of 49, that wasn t easy. Well, I recently was forced to move out and fine a place and ended up staying in a weekly rental motel while looking for an appointment and finally getting a new job I have to be in attendance at. I know on those stress tests that moving, loss of a job, starting a new job are all indicators of high stress on the body. Add to this an anxiety disorder (alprazolam) and I m just hoping this is a normal thing due to all of the combined causes. What is a good treatment, besides identifying problem foods, that deals with all aspects of IBS (those being alternating constipation, seemingly regular movements, and diarrhea)? I don t want to take something for diarrhea that will further constipate me, I don t want to take something for constipation that will give me worse diarrhea, and I don t want to take something that will stop my occasional regular movements. What can I do or take to assist with all of these areas of IBS? I think facing homelessness, having no job for years and then finally starting a new one, staying in a seedy, weekly motel until I find an apartment, looking for and applying for an apartment, plus my regular anxiety disorder is the primary cause for this recent flare up, but still, there has to be more I can do. Sorry this is so lengthy.