Can't understand it
#371738 - 12/18/14 08:12 PM
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belinda
Reged: 10/09/03
Posts: 474
Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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I've had IBS all of my life.
For the first 30 years I was IBS-C predominant, Then, all of a sudden I switched to become IBS-D predominant ... and I've been that way for the past 25 years.
This past October I went on a vacation to California. Usually, when I travel, I bring my own milk-free, preservative-free, white bread from a local bakery in Toronto because it's very difficult for me to get bread that agrees with me elsewhere.
The local bakery was closed on the day that I flew so I had to go to California without it. Over the next 10 days, I didn't eat any wheat and I felt great.
Immediately when I got home I suddenly became IBS-C predominant. I went back onto bread although I don't know if wheat was related to the switch or not.
Anyway I am now IBS-C pre-dominant and I am very annoyed because it makes me late for work every morning and is so aggravating. I tried going off bread for a few days to see if it was somehow related, but there was no change.
I am eating ample quantities of cooked organic oatmeal, cooked organic beets, raw organic apples (with no peel or core) and other foods that used to give me instant diahrrea. Now, they're only having minimal effect, with no diarrhea at all.
I can't understand it. How could my whole system just suddenly switch like this? It was so much easier to manage IBS-D. I hate being IBS-C predominant again. Does anyone have any explanation for my situation? :-(
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Body working better for you lately?;We hope!
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Try adding ground flaxseed (linseed) to your diet. There is clinical research showing that it can be quite effective for IBS-C
Flax seed for constipation and IBS
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Belinda,
Try adding magnesium to your diet. Magnesium deficiency can cause constipation.
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Cassandra
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IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up! 
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I was just thinking about how constipation can be due to liquid decrease, or too much protein or calcium, which magnesium could help balance. Didn't realize there was so much mag. in quinoa milk, which was loosening me up lately. Also, I know as we get older we can get more easily stopped up. What about stomach acid change;Just read about lower acid causing constipation or another thought..prescription changes.
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I have migraines too, partly because of hormones (progesterone isn't eliminating totally, so imitrex nasal spray) and neck spur at the top of my neck and allergies. Now I have pain in the top of my shoulders and sides of my neck, especially on the left due to more recent compressed neck disk;no decent help for that, except I got an inflatable neck extender/decompressor through Dr. Ho's site and "some" slow stretching. Physical therapy made me sorer and pain specialist's options were too much on the addictive medicine side. Still though, the migraines started about the same time as the "back then" really mild ibs-d, in my 20's. Then, "lower" back messed up, but got better;Yet stressors added in more and ibs-d became really bad at age 40. I think my disk in lower back compression at age 12 (not bad growing up) had changed and put pressure on some important nerves that regulate the colon motility as I got older? If that's possible. A naturopathic doctor said that they'd seen IBS due to back problems in general. I just don't need any additional problems adding to IBS, with this neck thing sending spasming signals to the rest of back also occasionally. So, needed some extra mag. for that..just not too much with IBS-d..and keeping back warm helps alot. It's hard to keep mag. leveled when haven't been able to eat the outside of some things;But, (properly soaked, then made into) seed/nut milks help.
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