Hello fellow sufferers!

Sorry if wierd expressions, english is a second language to me (I'm Swedish)

Ok, my situation is I'm quite emetophobic but try to ignore it. Lately my emetophobia has been worse than usual, it's getting close to winter and winter's v* disease is rampant here in Sweden, this year's prognosis is that it's going to be worse than usual. 20-30 % get it. I think I'm sort of resistant or Immune, but I have kids who get it which always scares the shisszle out of me. I get other things still, though.

The problem is I've had a lot of stomach problems for a few years, something like Colon Irritable or IBS, not diagnozed because they want to do colonoscopy and the symtpoms from the "cleaning out" you have to do beforehand is extreme d* and sometimes v*, so it's hard to diagnose. Usually the problems connected to my IBS comes and goes, some days I don't feel emetophobic or n* at all and can eat completelt normally.

These last weeks have been horrible though, almost consant discomfort, swelling, feeling n*, rumbling, a bit of d*. I've had a cold and a lot of n* and discomfort, no v* off course (I never do anymore) but I felt I had to. I got terrible d* one day for maybe 20 mins and then felt better, but not good. Now I feel like I still have a cold, a lot of snot, wierd taste and feeling in my throat, and even more stomach discomfort then usual.

So my first question is: Have you had the same symptoms when you had a cold?

The other is: Are there other people with IBS who recognizes my symptoms? Can it be something else, like Crohns disease or some damage or fault with my intestines? I hate the feeling of food going through my intestines, I almost always feel n* and discomfort when I've eaten or drunk anything, especially fatty foods and if I drink a lot, sometimes when I eat a lot, sometimes when I eat meat too. I've tried diets but they don't seem to work at least not short term.
Being emetophobic and having constant stomach issues is quite hard and makes me feel sad and depressed. I can never be truly happy or enjoy food or fully relax. Both work, social life and especially sleep are hard for me.

I feel constantly sick, which gives me angst. I almost always feel sort of sick, and now when I have a cold it has gotten way worse. Also these last weeks have been extra hard as I said, don't know why. Do I have to get that IBS diagnosis? How? Anyone gotten it? What are your symptoms?

Please share your tips and ideas. Help me emetophobiacs, you are my only hope :-)