That's weird... I too suffer from panics, but don't know if it was the chicken or the egg...I also throughout many years have had bad lower GI problems, but once the upper GI started, I became quite regular and haven't really had the D problems. Though, I did also stop smoking, so that may have helped too. I am also a chicken and haven't tried the zelnorm I was prescribed for slow gastric emptying...which is supposed to help some for IBS also. The funny thing is... when I get up in the morning and empty my bowels, I can literally feel things begin to move again in my intestines and stomach. One GI doc told me that most of the time GI problems all orginate from the bowels. I'm pretty sure the panic started with my upper GI problems because it's such a scary thing to have strange unexplainable pain and sensations in your chest. My latest is horrible acute back pains that then spread to my entire back where my back feels electrified or like its on fire or like it is constantly moving. I'm having a chest CT today to see if it is anything serious.