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Hi,
As you know I have stopped Zelnorm since Saturday and have some strange symptoms since. I have extreme nausea-before and after eating, extreme hunger-can't seem to eat enough and more foods look less appealing, headaches, backaches-sore colon?, chills and "hot flashes"? I went to the GI yesterday and the nurse told me that the nausea could be a withdrawal symptom from the Zelnorm and said not to go back on it. She said to give it a week to see of the symptoms improve and I guess by then the Zelnorm is out of my system.
I'm only 28 so I doubt it's hot flashes, but the symptoms seem similar- get hot and cold with normal temp and face gets red.  I feel like I'm 50 at times with all this! 
On the other hand, I seem to be going regularly 2-3 times a day so it looks like my system is starting to work on it's own which is nice, but does anyone have any advice on how to ease the nausea foremost as well as these other symptoms that are starting to annoy me? I've also tried ginger for the nausea which works for a little bit, but then I really get sick to my stomach.
I read on the internet that the extreme hunger could be from lack of calcium and it dawned on me that I recently stopped dairy altogether so I'm taking Tums and it helps a little but not much. If I'm correct, the headaches and backaches are common IBS symptoms which seemed to have been masked by the Zelnorm when I took that. Now that I'm off the Zelnorm all heck seems to break loose! 
I'm starting to try other things like bananas, rice cakes, lots of toast and jelly and crackers with lots of water even those items have caused me trouble in the past, but they seem to be OK now. A terrible diet for someone's who's already skinny! I have to eat frequent small meals- not easy for someone who's starving as I'm sure you can imagine...
Thanks for any advice for a tired, hungry, and miserable person! :'
Marlies
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Hi,
Well I'm back on the Zelnorm once again, but will only take it as needed instead of every day and 1/4 of a tablet instead of 1/2. I made a mistake of trying a banana again... I've discovered that bananas seem to be a big problem for me and I'm wondering of anyone else has that because it seems like bananas are supposed to be OK to eat because they are easily digestible,etc. I read up on bananas and discovered they have starch in them. I also have trouble with any type of potatoes, but boiled so is there such a thing as starch intolerance? I also found out that bananas have soluble fiber like Citricel has and I had lots of trouble with Citricel too. Is there anyone out there that also has problems with starch or soluble fiber? Most of the stuff in the forum show lots of promises for soluble fiber so am I the only one that has trouble with fiber?! I can't have any fruits either- even a little applesauce gets me but I'm not sure of the high fructose corn syrup or fiber gets me there.
I'm learning a lot as the days go on! We would all make good scientists going through this...
Marlies
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I can't eat bananas either without having an attack.
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I found that Fiber Choice tablets work better for me than Citracel, especially with the Zelnorm. Bananas aggravate C from my understanding so I would stay away from them. I am ok with potatos though, usually baked is just fine.
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Hi,
Thanks for your input. I'll keep the Fiber Choice in mind. It just seems like I get just one *ounce* of fiber and I'm in trouble. I'm going to try raisins though to see how they work. One a day...
So bananas are not always good. I'm glad to hear that since I thought I was the one having the most pickiest digestive system out there!
I miss them already! That banana/strawberry milkshake looks so good in Heather's book...
Marlies
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