Re: ? about Peppermint, and GAS control for musician
12/03/05 12:28 PM
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Hi Nick. Since the returns thing has already been covered, I won't touch on that (though, sometimes people have made trades or giveaways of stuff like that over the boards, I've done it with teas and stuff, in case you have anything you can't return and don't want to just throw away.)
As for the other question, as Maria said, definitely get on the diet if you're not already on it. Basically you need to work towards stabilizing - your gut works as big system all together, so you need to treat it holistically. Cut out the triggers, be careful with IF, find a good way to relieve your stress and anxiety etc.
Also, I know that if I'm in a situation where I need to perform (i.e. I do speeches and presentations fairly often) and I KNOW that I can't start feeling crappy or have to the use the bathroom, something that really helps me (and I think this is from the hypnosis tapes, though I've never done them) is refusing to get stressed out or worried about it. I basically just say to myself (or, to my IBS I guess lol  ) - go ahead, do your worst. I'm not worried about it. If I need to I can pop some immodium or gasX. I can get through this. I'm not going to stress about it. And you know what? It always works. But if I'm worried about having an attack when I go up there, that can pretty much guarantee one.
If anxiety is a problem for you, you might consider trying the hypnosis tapes. So many people have loved them. Check out the hypnosis boards for testimonials.
Hope that was helpful to you!
ps Welcome to the boards!
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