I may not have been officially tested for
IBS until I was an adult, but I know very well that I was suffering in silence with
IBS for years before this! It wasn't as severe for me as for your daughter at her age, but I remember how I felt. The trouble was, I was never taken seriosly that I had belly pain. I was just labeled by my mother, who wasn't paying attention. I learned to shut up and just suffer with whatever this was until I saw a GI when I was a young adult.