When do attacks occur?
#47180 - 02/29/04 11:38 AM
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jamaxx
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Hi. I'm new here and have a question. When you eat something that bothers your IBS-D, when do you feel it? Can it be immediately afterwards, several hours later, the next morning, etc. When I get crampy and have to run to the bathroom, I'm wondering what it was that made me feel that way. Something from breakfast, last night, yesterday. How do you know? Any advice would be helpful! Thanks
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Your best bet is to Break the Cycle to get yourself stable, then start adding things back in to see what's triggering you. It would help if you kept a food journal too.
I've had attacks from some things as I was clearing the dishes from the meal, up to 2 days later. So, it all depends on the trigger - there can be quick triggers and delayed triggers. 
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It Varies
#47188 - 02/29/04 12:21 PM
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Bevvy
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Hi jamaxx,
The answer is all of the above: "immediately afterwards, several hours later, [or] the next morning." Now I can usually tell what caused it because by now I know what I can and can't eat. However, at first it was pretty much trial-and-error.
If I have too much percentage of fat in one meal, my attack may not occur until the next day. But if I have a salad -- even with a soluble fiber beforehand -- the attack will be immediate.
A good tool to determine what has caused your attack is a food diary. I've been keeping one for several years now (I'm on volume 6 so far). I list the item I consume, the time, the amount, and the reaction. I could tell you what my poop was like on any given day at any given time for the past 2 years. Fascinating reading, eh?
It really has helped me figure out what caused my attacks. Many times I would be doubled over and wonder WHY -- then I turned to my food diary, and bingo bango there it was, something I had eaten or drank the day before -- and forgotten about! That diary kept me from making the same mistake twice.
Bev
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I totally agree with Bev. My attacks also vary in length of time from the cause. A food diary was the only way I could figure it out too.
Good luck and welcome!! This board is awesomely wonderful -- keep coming back!
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Laura
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Hey Mags, I gotcha beat -- how about in the middle of dinner in a fancy restaurant, three trips to the ladies room. Talk about embarrassing! 
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Laura
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Gotcha Both Beat
#47211 - 02/29/04 03:29 PM
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Bevvy
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Laura, how about in the middle of dinner in a fancy restaurant, three trips to the ladies room, on your birthday, and everyone is waiting at the table with a birthday cake for you, while you're sitting on the pot, doubled over with cramps?! And when you do return to the table, there's a cake, waiting for you, and it's your fave -- chocolate, with chocolate frosting!
I've never been so sick.
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You know just reading about someone else's nightmare IBS attacks I feel so much less alone! Thanks everyone for sharing so much.
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Hey Mags, I gotcha beat -- how about in the middle of dinner in a fancy restaurant, three trips to the ladies room. Talk about embarrassing!
How about being at a fancy restaurant AND you are stuck at a table upstairs ALL the way in the back, and once you have to RUN to the ladies room, you have to go through the dining room you're in, downstairs, through two more dining rooms, down another flight of stairs, through two more dining rooms, then way in the back - all while trying not to do "the walk". Yeah, you know the walk I'm talking about. 
Not that I'm trying to compete or anything! LOL But, I'll never forget that obstacle course. I swear I was the furthest distance from that ladies room I could possibly be. LOL
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You Win - nt
#47225 - 02/29/04 04:38 PM
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Bevvy
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I am so glad I joined this board. I dealt with the IBS mess for so many year feeling like I was alone in this. I can't believe how good it is to talk to other people who are in the same boat. Yes I know the walk well. That hunched over, grimmaced look on face LOOONNNG walk to the bathroom. It seems no matter how careful I am in restaurants asking all the right questions the waiter/waitress just doesn't know everything and guesses and sometimes there is a little butter or MSG on something you'd never suspect and bam, crampola time.
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