IBS or something more sinister? Anxious.. help please?

Eat different.  Straight up just don't eat any junk and see what happens.  You have to see what is kicking this off.  I am banking the food you eat is contributing to some issue you have in your gut.  Parasites can cause gut problems too.  Have you ever taken antibiotics?  If so, you need to get your gut flora back up.  Try probiotics but first of all just change what you eat and try just wholesome foods.  No dairy and no sugar -- see what happens.

My guess would be your gullbladder .I had that problem for over a year and would though up just about every day then after a while I got to hurting in my navel and finally went to the Dr and he said that I had a hernia in my navel and that it needs to be repaired ASAP so I went in to get ready for surgery and was asked if I was feeling OK and when I told them that I had gotten sick and though up they ask me if I knew why and I replied it happens very often and for the past year or so. The Dr said that he wasn't going to do the surgery yet and was sending me for a test because he thought that my gullbladder was bad and if so he could do both at the same time and he was right it was bad,full of stones and the getting sick is what gave me the hernia.

Ask dr for a calprotectin test, this is a fairly new one that indicates inflammation in bowels, it can indicate ibd and even bowel tumors (not trying to scare you ) if it’s normal it’s most likely ibs

Stress can definitely trigger bowel upsets. I had that kind of symptoms for several years and got the all clear so many times by my regular Dr, until I finally insisted on being referred to a gastroenterologist. They gave me meds for it but eventually I had to get my gallbladder removed. The pain in the center of my belly stopped, but I still have watery stools several times a day. My gastroenterologist said that sometimes you produce too much of the digestive fluids.  I still had the watery stools a year after my gallbladder surgery so they gave me Colestipol which works to stop the overproduction of those  digestive fluids. 

I started out with 1 twice a day and increased to 2 twice a day. It took

A couple of months at the 2 tablets twice a day for it to finally stop the diarreah. I was so tired of having to go so much ( not to mention how sore you get from all that wiping)and having to resort to wearing  pads in case I couldn’t get to the bathroom in time. I hope you get it figured out 

Thank you everyone. I’m being referred for a scan on my gallbladder but if that’s normal I’m going to try & push for a colonoscopy. I’m just so scared/obsessed that it could be something major like bowel cancer.