Everyone is different on this, I'm sure, but I find that stress triggers (like a disturbing phone conversation with my mother!!!!!!!!) can cause IMMEDIATE spasms in my colon. Doesn't matter what I ate or what else I've done, it's practically reflex action... I have to consciouly relax, talk to somebody ELSE about my feelings, sleep works sometimes! But dietary triggers can take 12 hours or so to really kick in but can LAST for SEVERAL days. Also, I don't consider a certain food a "culprit" until repeated trials, one time it could be a fluke but several times with the same reaction, well that's clearly not something I can eat. Does this help at all? I sometimes feel like an ongoing science experiement, just call me "guinea pig".  But the information we get from this kind of observation is key, I think, to finding out what works (and doesn't work!) for each of us.
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Michelle
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Re: Identifing triggers
