Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Sick and tired of being sick and tired

In the past month, I've had two colds, and an ear infection. I'm going this afternoon to get antibiotics for the ear infection (and acidophilus capsules since I can't have yogurt or soy yogurt since I can't do soy). My IBS right now is ok, I'm not having attacks daily, but I am in pain sometimes, and there are days I have no BMs, small BMs every time I have to pee, or 4-5 BMs, depending on the day. I think I may need to change my diet some but I need some help. I'm a vegetarian, but I can't eat soy stuff because it very much does not agree with my stomach (I've tried to get used to it, since it is a bean, but my stomach just kept not agreeing). Here's a normal day:

*plain toasted bagel around 8:15 along with mulitvitamin and peppermint cap, then 30 min walk to work
*once at work, cup of applesauce, usually one of the ones with other fruit mixed in, I have mango peach applesauce this week, it's yummy
*around 10:30-11(which is when I'm usually hungry) lowfat honey graham crackers and FF pretzels
*sometime in the next hour, plain bagel with honey peanut butter and seedless strawberry jam
*a soft pretzel from one of the lunch trucks if I get too hungry sometime in the afternoon
*dinner around 5 or 6, depends on if I'm home or not. If I'm on campus still, veggie lo mein or a low fat blueberry muffin and plain bagel from Dunkin Donuts. If I'm at home, pasta or rice with some form of cooked veggie (like green beans or carrots) or veggie tomato sauce.

Did I mention that it's damn near impossible for me to gain weight, and I need to gain 5-10 lbs? I'm 5'4" and 108lbs on a good day.

So anybody have any ideas? Sorry this post is so long, I'm just tired of being sick.

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Melissa
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