Set Back
#339106 - 12/09/08 08:23 AM
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ericai
Reged: 11/09/08
Posts: 102
Loc: Nassau County, NY
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Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to write about my setback that I'm really sad about. Sat. night I woke up in such pain and had really bad D from 330 to 7. I was ok on Sunday and Monday but again last night I woke up with a lot of pain and D (at the same times as Sat. night coincidentally).
I'm not sure if it's what i ate or if it's a bug. I haven't eaten that out of the ordinary (I've been trying really hard to stick with the SF diet and haven't really strayed).
So I'm feeling really crappy today (physically and mentally). I'm exhausted and feel very on edge...tingly everywhere.
Coincidentally or not I started ovulating Sunday so I wonder if there's a connection (I saw previous posts on it) and just never paid attention to my IBS and cycle.
Thanks for the outlet! I'm very grateful to have people who just understand.  I got the "it's all in your head" from my husband this morning and I wanted to rip his head off!
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Erica
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Sorry you are having such a rough time. It could be caused by any of the things you mentioned. What did you eat 48 hrs prior? Are you drinking fluids to replace what you are losing? Hope you feel better.
Karen
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Have you kept a log of what you eat and what happens within 6-8 hours of eating?
I'm a fellow Nassau County resident, and I started with a new GI guy (in Mineola) and he suggested I keep such a log. I was amazed to see certain "cycles" (salmon and lettuce made it partucularly bad for me).
If you're getting the diarrhea at about the same time (3:30 in the morning) it MAY be a delayed reaction to dinner or a late night snack. Was there anything in common on those nights that you had the diarrhea?
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Saul (IBS - D)
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Re: Set Back
#339158 - 12/10/08 10:51 AM
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Kappy
Reged: 10/09/08
Posts: 852
Loc: Mississippi
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It could definitely be your period along with IBS. Before I changed birth controls, I woke up every time, without fail, at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday morning and had D and vomiting. That morning, when I got up, I had started my period. I changed birth control and now I don't get sick like that anymore. It was an awful feeling though when it did happen! This may be your case too, but then again, it could be something else. Hope this helps.
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I'm married and it's so wonderful!
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Thanks for the posts 
So here's what I ate before hand:
Thursday night and Friday lunch and dinner: baked chicken breast, pasta with mixed well cooked veggies (onion, zucchini, broccoli). Breakfast was a bowl of puffins with rice milk. Snacks: rice cakes and graham crackers.
Saturday:
breakfast: Barbara's shredded oats and shredded squares in rice milk
snacked on rice cakes, dry shredded oats and shredded squares cereal and baked lays...all day (one rice cake had some peanut butter and chocolate chips )
slice of pumpkin bread
Lunch: same pasta with veggies
Dinner: had two soluble fiber supplements before dinner. Baked filet of sole. Bread dipped in balsamic. Veggie salad that had tomato, cucumber, peppers (I mostly ate the tomatos).
Snacked on Graham crackers after.
Before bed: peppermint tea and then within 10 min I had my regular soluble fiber of citrucel.
I think it was dinner or maybe too much fiber. I looked at the ingredients on the Barbara's cereal's and they look ok. But then I look at how much fiber is in it and it says the majority of fiber is IF. So it's either the IF or maybe the balsamic?
I didn't eat anything that was the same Tuesday night. But I don't think my system was ready for a mix of foods: I had, from Whole foods, chicken soup, barley salad, some grilled veggies and a few bites of mustard chicken.
I think mustard chicken might have done me in...it was pretty creamy. Who knows.
I started a diary but keep forgetting to fill it in. I'm going to try to be more consistent now.
Thanks again!
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Erica
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Yeah, it sounds like there's a bunch of IF in there that could have messed you up. I love salads but alot of IF and tomatoes too. Try with some shredded carrots more carrots than tomatoes next time. Or eat a baked sweet potato with your meal. I love the sweet potatoes! I keep them at the house for a quick high SF meal. Pop in microwave for a few minutes. they are good plain or with a touch of honey and brown sugar! Hope this helps! Hope you get to feeling better too.
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IBS-C, Gas, Bloating, HURTING!
I'm married and it's so wonderful!
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Oil, chocolate, and nut butters are high in fat and on the danger list: http://www.helpforibs.com/diet/trigger2.asp
Onions and broccoli are sulfur producing foods that cause a lot of gas and are on the caution list: http://www.helpforibs.com/diet/fiber2.asp
Safe foods to eat when you cannot eat anything:
http://www.helpforibs.com/diet/what_to_eat.asp
It really varies what people can tolerate; sometimes it is trial and error. I would have been sick too; I cannot handle oatmeal, salad, or oils right now.
Hope you are feeling better.
Karen
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Thanks for the links!
I don't have D anymore , but I still have the normal nausea and on edge feeling (that hasn't seemed to go away for me over the past month of being on the SF diet).
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Erica
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Just a personal question - you aren't pregnant are you? That sounds like morning sickness and irritability associated with pregnancy..
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I have the constant nausea and on-edge feeling all of the time too. I'm mostly C with a few bouts of D here and there.
In my case it's mostly anxiety related. My doctor recently put me on a low dose of fluoxetine (generic Prozac) and I swear it's like I've been given a whole new digestive system!
Just a thought - not calling you a basket case or anything 
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