Is this IBS or something more serious? I am serious worried!

I have had symptoms of IBS for the past week and a half and they seem to not be going away. I have had IBS symptoms in the past — but nothing like this before: bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, gassiness, mucus in stool, etc. I went to the doctors before and they examined me and said that it was more likely IBS and that I should up my intake of fibre (fruit and vegetables).

I used to suffer from health anxiety and when on holiday or away from home used to hold by poop in for several days (unless it absolutely necessary to go; which I have stopped now) due to fear of viruses and germs from toilet seats. I read it could increase your likelihood of developing colon cancer and now I am freaking out that I may have CC. I haven't had any blood in my stool (apart from when I strain due to being constipated and it has gone away after a few days). I feel like I need to have a urgent need to go but very little comes out. After I have a bowel movement I either feel full (still) or super-hungry.

I was recently sick from flu or a cold (not COVID) and all of a sudden started with diarrhoea which has gone from the latter to normal stool and then back again. I have also stared with a pain in my left-side (almost like a throbbing sensation that doesn't really hurt) and pain underneath my rib cage.

I am also autistic — I have Asperger's syndrome and suffer from anxiety (more precisely heath anxiety or hypochondria) which my grandmother also had the latter and I have heard that both anxiety and autism is connected to IBS and GI issues.

I am going crazy over this... please help.

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