Do I have irritable bowel syndrome?

[Addledsenior]

A doctor told me years ago that I had IBS based upon the following symptoms.  I have periods of time from 1 day to 1 week when I have loose watery bowel movements with no accompanying pain or bloating.  I have gone for months without this occurring, but have had periods when  it occurred frequently. The one consistent feature that goes with it is a feeling of extreme fatigue nearly identical to when I'm about to have an oral herpes outbreak.  When this condition is "active" it occurs immediately after I drink my daily cup of coffee in the morning, however I drink a cup of coffee every morning and more often that not I do not have loose stools.   When it  is bad I may have loose stools all through the day for several day and at one time I kept extra underware and slacks in my car for emergencies.  Usually though, it is just one or two episodes in the morning after I drink coffee.  It will typically continue like this for 2-3 days and then will disappear for weeks to months only to pop up again for no apparent reason. Does this sound like irritable bowel syndrome?

[patient915]

You should probably have some testing done to see if this is IBS or something else.  It could be an allergy.

[Addledsenior]

I haven't had any testing done.  It doesn't usually cause me a lot of problems.  I've sometimes wondered if it might be some type of allergy.  

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  This could be IBS.  Have you had any testing done?