This is my first post...I'm a healthy, active 19 year old college student. But for years I have dealt with chronic stomach aches. Nearly every day when I wake up in the morning I have 3 bowel movements, often diahrrea-like. I also have a lot of gas, despite what I eat for dinner the evening before. Even after all this in the morning I still feel like my stomach is upset and sometimes I have to go back to the bathroom again. On top of this, after I eat anything, I feel like I have stomach cramps and often have to go to the bathroom to have a bowel movement soon after (or sometimes during) a meal. If I can't get to a bathroom right away, the stomach cramps feel so terrible that I get hot and clammy, feel like I might pass out or soil myself. Usually after having a bowel movement I feel better. I might also add that I swell up like a balloon after a meal, and once I have a bm i'm flat again. Does anyone have any clue what this could be? Could this be ibs? I would love any input. I'm too young and outgoing for this; i'm sick and tired of it and this frustrates me greatly.