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I'm not sure I understand the strength of your reaction. I was asking a simple question, and one that doesn't strike me as "off-topic" or inappropriate to this board: has anyone had success with this diet for IBS-C?
Hi there. First of all, I wasn't just addressing you. I should have made that clearer in my post, sorry about that. It seems like loads of people lately and getting upset, though, and starting to write aggressively against the people who are just trying to offer up suggestions. It's not just you, and I don't think that your initial post and question was a bad thing at all. It was what followed that bothered me.

Ironically, you are venting in almost the same way I was. You don't like it when you perceive that someone is disrespecting you and something you care about (the board). I didn't like it when I thought I was being accused (first indirectly in other posts, then pretty directly in your post) of searching for a "quick fix" or "miracle cure". If you've read any of my previous posts over the past several weeks/months you'd know what kind of effort I've put into making this work for me.
Again, this is something I should have made clear that I wasn't directly at you. I have read a lot of your previous posts and I know that you are trying everything and anything. I know that YOU aren't looking for a quick fix. I know that in one of the posts, someone accused the boards of suggesting that this diet is a quick fix and I wanted to be clear that nobody here believes that.
I'm not "demanding" anything of anyone. I'm here for the same reason everyone else is: to learn, give and receive support and hopefully heal. Part of the learning process for me involves questioning what I am told until I can understand it makes sense to me, until I can understand it fully, until I can verify it in my own experience.

Is there a rule here that I'm not aware of that states I have to accept everything Heather has written and people say here as absolute fact in order to participate? Believe me, I have the utmost respect and admiration for the work Heather & Co. have done and the contribution all of the folks here on the board make. But that doesn't necessarily mean that this approach that worked for her and so many here will work for everyone. And it doesn't mean that everyone who has gut troubles has what is referred to as "IBS".
This is exactly what I was trying to say!! That OF COURSE you don't have to accept that everything Heather has written is an absolute fact! OF COURSE some people won't do as well as others... I really think you misread what I wrote because you basically just made my point for me.. And that is this: For some people, the diet works. For others, it doesn't. This board is about the diet, not about all ways of dealing with IBS because most people here are using this diet at this moment in time to try and get better. There are some parts that don't work for me either.

If I offended you in any way, I apologise. Like I've said, it wasn't just directed at you or at the original post. I should have been more clear.

You have to try and understand that it gets exhausting dealing with this, and then trying to help people who sometimes lash out because it's not working for them. I understand it, but I'm also a person who does take things personally sometimes.. That's why I brought up the issue of people belittling what people with IBS-D are going through.

I really hope that you do find something that helps you, I truly do. I get that for you, the diet isn't working. I totally understand that, I am not one of the people that thinks it will work for everyone. So here's hoping you find something that does and that when you do, you can share it with other people.

--Steph


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Newbies: This board is about Heather's recommendations. Try them for a few months -- I'd say 6 months minimum -- and then if they don't work, go elsewhere. That's all.

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