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I'm so worried because I eat these these foods everyday. And since I have gas/bloat/pain everyday it is impossible to tract down the culprit.
For anyone else, I would love your input on whether you can tolerate sweet potatoes and/or squash. Please 
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but I'll put in 2C to make you feel better, sweetie.
I never have eaten yams or sweet potatoes or beets-they all literally make me gag to even think of them. Maybe some infantile IBS thing, who knows. But carrots, squash and tatos have never hurt me one bit. I try to avoid the really really starchy stuff because it geneerally doesn't appeal to me anyhow. I eat a lot of zucchini, acorn squash, pasta and rice as my SF. Oatmeal bothers my tummy, so does almost any cereal....but that's ME. I'm weird, we all are!
I was saying I believe this is just an intricate series of food intolerances, rather than an actual syndrome, and in 5 years when they know even that much more, they will break us into smaller groups and IBS won't even be around anymore.
Beth, i think you are worrying yourself silly, girl! I think you're getting so worried about everything everyone is saying because you're so desperately seeking answers. Am I right? I know what it's like to be there. It's called "Medical student syndrome"-every disease they study, they dfeel they have because it seems so real to them.
We've all been there.
I wonder if doing some meditation stuff would help you out a bit? i know that's one big goal of mine-is to get ome time to just -ohmmmmmmm.....
Is there anything we can do to help you worry a little less, Beth, and yet not lose you?? I, for one, won't let you give up.
Your friend,
Shannon 
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Augie, please don't be scared.  I think you might be confusing yourself. You know we're each different and sometimes have triggers that not even Heather would consider a trigger. The same goes for what foods we can tolerate. For example, I have no problems with well-cook sweet potatoes, squashes and carrots. If anything, they are soothing to my digestive tract. Unfortunately, I don't eat them as often as I like, but when I do it doesn't affect me badly. I do experience some gas with regular potatoes, but nothing terrible. You say you eat these foods regularly, do you believe they're causing you problems?
I know you've been working on the diet for a while, but I remember some other posts where you mentioned drinking Diet Rite and having had an ED in the past--I'm not saying you're doing this now, but it just makes me wonder if your body needs a lot more time to heal. First, it had to adjust to the soda pop and ED, then it had to readjust when you stopped these habits and now it has to get used to the IBS diet, GF diet, and your other digestive troubles. I truly believe that you'll get better; however, I also believe that it's going to take a lot of time to (1)heal your body and spirit and (2)regulate your digestive tract. Please don't be annoyed with me, and please correct me if I have some detail wrong...  And I'm sorry about going off here, but I mean it with the best of intentions and lots of caring. I just worry about my fellow library employee! I want to see you get better!
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I eat squashes fine...we don't really get sweet potatoes over here. Regular ones are fine tho. These are a great SF source, unless you are allergic/intolerant of them (something that's separate to IBS).
If you're reallly worried, then why not do exclusion diets of each food family - nightshade, brassicas, etc.
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If I could ever get stable, I think I would be less afraid of foods and able to pinpoint my own unique triggers. But when I hurt all the time...and feel gassy/bloaty, constipated all the time...every food becomes suspect, especially when anyone reports having a problem with it. I automatically turn to myself and worry about how my own body is maybe not handling things that are suppose to be safe for most people.
I'd never, ever be annoyed with you Maria. You are always so kind to me and I know you truly care. For that I can never thank you enough.
I hope you are right that I will one day find some relief and that maybe my body still is dealing with the long term effects of having had drank soda and my past eating disorder. But I would think the soda thing would be an instant relief.  I'm actually thinking about starting to drink it again because I didn't feel any worse with it and it tasted so good and not boring like all this yucky tea...tea is getting very old!
It's been a long time since my last soda and since my eating disorder has been "active" so I was hoping I would feel some improvement by now. How can you be so sure there will ever be relief. And yes, there is the GF, gallbladder dyskinesia, and gastroparesis to deal with and try to manage on top of the IBS. I just don't know if I can deal with all these factors anymore. The IBS alone is difficult...with all the others it just wears me out trying to find some balance. One diet requires low fiber, and one says more IF and SFS. What's a gal to do?
Thanks for your words of support though. They mean a lot.
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Thanks for your reply. You are so right with everything you said. Right on target, dear. You'd make a good psychologist! 
I am worried because I am so desparate...and so tired of feeling so bad. I just cry and feel so tired and worn out. I love the boards, but just don't know if maybe they may be causing me more stress sometimes. But one day, someone may post the magic cure for me and all others with GI distress and I don't want to miss it! 
I've never tried meditation...doesn't seem to be time for it as I am a Type A here and would probably be making lists of things I needed to be doing instead the whole time.
Just being here for me and telling me you can eat these foods helps some, Shannon. All of you.. I just was curious how others did with these foods...or if they are generally difficult for more people. That would be a good indication that I might be more prone to these foods as intolerances as well. Should I be worried about oatmeal now?
How do you guys pinpoint your tummy acher foods when we hurt most of the time? Or don't you guys hurt most of the time. What effects do a problem food cause that is different from the normal yucky feelings?
I wish there was an accurate test to take that would tell me what I am intolerant too...Not an allergy test, but a reliable intolerance test to give me some answers since I have yet to be able to identify one trigger on my own! And I'm not stupid...just always feel yucky and so unable to notice any difference no matter what I eat.
BTW, are you able to eat white rice without it constipating you? I don't seem to be able to and brown rice seems a little harsh.
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and I think I would need some nutritional expert to help and I really can't afford that. I know I need to try and increase my foods since I am under weight. Just wish this was easier to figure out.
Thanks for reply, Linz. I know I must be frustrating for you since I tend to post and not get very far. Wish one day I could post you a message saying I have been symptom free for 3 months and counting, like Laura Sue.
I know these are great SF basis, which is why I was eating them, but I don't no if I am intolerant of them...thus the "panic" here.
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I was having problems with potatoes until I switched to organic Russet potatoes. I am fine with them. I am also fine with organic carrots although I had problems until I stopped eating conventional carrots and switched to organic ones.
I still have problems with squash, whether or not it is organic. However, I find I can tolerate winter squash and "sweet potatoe dumpling" squash (sorry I think that's the name ... it's a short elongated squash with bright yellow and green stripes) better than butternut squash.
I also have some problems with sweet potatoes (even organic).
My strategy is that if I do eat squash or sweet potatoes, I just have one small serving of each no more than once in any given day.
As an aside, it is interesting to note that I had problems with white rice (including organic) until I switched to organic white Basmati rice.
Sometimes it seems I just have to try a number of varieties of a particular food until I find a variety that I can tolerate. As well, I find my chances of tolerating a given food are much higher if it is organic.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I appreciate the tip re: organic russets being most tolerable to you. I think my potatoe problem is mostly due to my nightshade sensitivity/allergy. I may attempt potatoe again and if I do it will be ORGANIC RUSSET. However much time needs to pass before I get the guts, the gumption to do so. I know that russets absorb less water when boiled due to their skins. Squashes and sweet potatoes, for me, will never be on the menu.
Your note re: organic basmati white rice being the most tolerable for you is interesting. I find white jasmine and longrain white the most tolerable of rices and white basmati one of the least. Maybe it's due to the amount of amylase each of us secretes or something in response to the cellulose. Once again, I appreciate your wisdom and experience.
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Dear, dear Beth. The last thing in the world I would want to do is make you leery or suspiscious of potatoes/sweet potatoes/or squashes. I do know however you have issues re: bloating/gas/C etc. I just don't want you to let me and my experience fearful of something most people on the boards seem to find tolerable and soothing and delicious. So, how do I say this--take it with a grain of salt.
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