Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Hello lovely people- alkaline water?

Hello- Hope you are all feeling loved and supported by life today, regardless of your punk tummy! I come and go on here, probably as my mild IBS-D comes and goes- low grade and very manageable weeks at at ime, then flares up to a worse level sometimes. This morning did not drive my son to school bc I had to go like 10X between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., which is extremely unusual...never get up to go but did today. Could be a touch of a stomach bug as there was a child here playing this week w ho parents failed to tell me had been sick the night before

, and I shared my water bottle w/ him too that day on a field trip. Not sure what some parents are thinking, or not thinking. But anyhow, this weeks bad flare up w/ no obvious trigger leaves me always a bit anxious- I can exacatly identify lack of sleep, hormones, high stress or spicy food, cruciferous food (too much garlic, broccoli etc) or fatty cheeses- which are my main triggers. I WAS feeling "extra stable" early in week and sprung for a "kale shake" as I adore veggies and had been wanting one for months! Maybe that set me off all these days- but it was weird cuz usually if I'm going to have a reaction something like that will go right through me and I'll be sick within hours...it's been a the days after. ANYHOW to the point of my post- I DID change over to high alkaline water a few weeks ago, for a variety of reasons. Could that be causing the increased diarrea of late? I'm confused as I thought I would feel worse and then lessenin side effects for the first sfew weeks. I did have a little looser stool at first, but it's goteen worse. I wonder if that's it?? It really upsets me when I can't figure out a "trigger," where timing of flare up, and stress level etc don't point to a trigger. Because then I feel helpless and scared it will just get worse and I can't control the symptoms... single mom w/ a ton of t herapy patients and A LOT rests on me. Learned a lot of tools here (grateful) and elsewhere and need to remember that I do have a good grip now, keep the faith. BEST TO ALL!!!!

anY FEED BACK on alkaline water or my current flare up welcome!

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