Re: Marilyn? - HelpForIBS.com Message Boards

Hi Cyndy,

To answer your questions -

It is not necessary to follow the EFI diet or take supplements in order for the IBS Audio Program to help break the mind/gut connection of IBS. However, if you are currently following the diet, taking supplements, or medications, it is perfectly fine to continue to do so if you are finding these things helpful. But the hypnotherapy program can and does stand on its own.

Many individuals do become completely stable after completion of hypnotherapy without taking meds or following diets, etc. In fact, the vast majority of folks who use clinical hypnotherapy - either live or Mike's recordings - have found that they have eliminated or greatly reduced their IBS symptoms and usually do the hypno as a last resort, when everything else they have tried has failed. But those folks who use the program at the beginning of their diagnosis, have found that they do not have to look further for relief in most cases.

Take a peek at the hypnosis section on this website, and you will see clinical trials where over 20 IBS symptoms have been reduced.

However, this is not a cure, and there are those individuals who do not see relief, or see minimal relief - but the vast majority of patients - over 90% see a very good reduction or elimination of symptoms. Success depends upon many factors: severity of IBS, duration, outside health issues, and stressors, etc.

I did the IBS Audio Program 100 CDs which is offered here - I was severely housebound with D several hours almost every day - had been to lots of GIs, been to Mayo Clinic - was on every medication, diet, etc. before trying the hypno program as a last resort. I was so severely disabled with IBS that I was ready to give up.

My story is on this BB somewhere, I will post it again in the near future.

I do not follow any specific diet, and I can now eat once "forbidden" trigger foods, nor do I take any specific IBS Rx. For the most part I am stable - from time to time, I will get IBS if I am in a highly stressful situation, but I can usually override the feeling within a minute or so, sometimes in seconds, it will subside.

Clinical hypnotherapy has a good track record for the reduction or elimination of IBS and related symptoms - I was one of the worst cases and took the longest to see results - so since I did, I now encourage others not to give up on it...

Take care.

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My Journey and Success with the IBS Audio Program Hypnotherapy Program: www.helpforibs.com/messageboards/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=hypnotherapy&Number=224850

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