Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Bad, bad week...what to do?

I get a lot of that. I'm not a C - I'm an A, which is pretty darn difficult, because you swing from C to D without any warning - so I tend to go in cycles, where I feel good for a week or two or three, and then I'm back to having bad days again.

What I do is allow myself ONE DAY to wallow. I lay in bed with the heating pad, I eat nothing but bread and tea if that's what tickles my fancy (and usually it is), I whine and mope and have a good ol' pity party. Sometimes, if it's PMS time, I allow myself TWO days (because, you know, hormones suck).

After that, it's back on track. I force myself to eat well, no matter how much I don't want to. I force myself to at least be a little active, running errands, cleaning the house, whatever, just so I'm not sitting on my butt. I force myself to work. It stinks, but if I don't MAKE myself be good, I won't be good!

And surprisingly, after a day or two or maybe three of forcing myself to be good, I FEEL better. Maybe still not exactly good, but definitely improved mentally and more "in control" of myself, and that really does help.

My advice would be to just bite the bullet and eat well and treat yourself well. But that's just what works for me.

Good luck!! And feel better soon!

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