just complaining!
#181343 - 05/26/05 07:56 AM
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I'm having a very tough stretch, after having done well with Heather's diet. I feel so bad that I just want to go to bed, which is possible (given that I work at home), but which will make me feel depressed, I know. Once I start having GI symptoms, they just don't stop, no matter how well I eat. I'm about eight days into really bad GI symptoms, and very down in the dumps about it. I feel exhausted. I wonder if other people get as worn out as I do by the GI symptoms. This seems like a particularly bad stretch, because it is so interfering with my life. Everything is hard to do.
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Complain any time you need to...we have all been there... when your not stable it can really take a toll on your body and your overall feeling about everything. I hope you have some relief soon.... what are your current symptoms? Maybe other can help suggest how to how you though this one.
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Debra:
My life-long experience with IBS has been that even the slightest wrong ingredient can trigger a lengthy attack. So even following Heather's diet may not be enough to prevent attacks. There will be some things that Heather says are "safe" that may not be safe for you individually so there's some trial and error involved in the diet.
If you want to avoid these surprise, sustained attacks, I highly recommend eating (wherever possible) organic food and preparing everything you eat so you have full control over your food supply/intake. (Don't buy prepared foods unless you absolutely know you are okay with a particular food.)
IBS is also very elusive in some ways. Sometimes you can tolerate something one day, but get sick when you eat it on the second or third day.
It took me a long time to get a handle on my IBS. Thankfully most of the time I am now its master instead of its servant.
When I used to get attacks, it would take me up to TWO WEEKS to recover and I would have to eat a very bland, boring diet during that time to allow my stomach a chance to bounce back.
I know setbacks are discouraging, but I believe it's possible for IBS people to live a virtually pain-free/attack-free life. Unfortunately, though, it takes awhile to get there and may involve some changes in which one may have to change their food supply and set aside more time for food preparation (a difficult thing for most of us to do in our fast-paced, junk food society).
Belinda
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I have been there numerous times. I had two separate attacks two nights in a row earlier this week and I am still recovering as well. I get to feeling exhausted and cry a lot because it just seems so unfair. I just try and bounce back the best way I can and try to live my life and not let it run me. Hang in there. 
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