Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Ulrika...we are on the same page!

I'm usually not too sensitive about what I eat, though I now follow Heather's diet. Since I started taking loperamide daily and especially since I got stable it's been much better. I used to feel so sick in the morning that just looking at a slice of bread could make me feel like puking.

Typically the earlier I eat the more careful I need to be. And the less sleep I've had the more careful I need to be too. Though less sleep is less critical if you get up at noon and have breakfast then if you get what I mean.

I typically have SFS, Oatly chocolate (it's like chocolate milk but made from oat and it tastes like oat chocolate balls - yum) and 2 toasts with marmalade (with no visible orange skin) or maybe a couple of tomato slices depending on what I feel like (I usually don't have any problems with tomatoes). I also have a banana or a peeled red apple (Royal Gala typically).

The tricky part when it comes to stress and IBS is that before my IBS got bad my bowels still got crazy when I was nervous, but it was managable and I knew I was nervous so... Since the IBS got bad it seems that more subtle stress also affects the bowels. I.e. sometimes I can feel fine about something, not worried, and still have a reaction. So it's like the bowel-brain-connection remembers stuff so to speak. Weird. Or I have to look for stress factors. Like now for instance I'm just going back to work after the summer and I guess that can cause stress even though I think it's nice to work again...

/Ulrika, IBS-D

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