Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: PLEASE HELPPPPPPPPPP!

Hi Andrew,

Adding IF back into your diet is one of the hardest things to do. I was scared of it for so long - still am!! But you definitely need more IF. It sounds like you have an omelet in the morning. Can you try replacing either the carrots or the zucchini with peppers, onion, spinach, or some other IF veggie? What about adding fruit by having a smoothie as a snack? You could blend a banana with some frozen berries; this is always my first meal of the day! With your oatmeal, you could either add some fruit, or try grinding up your favorite nuts (I like almonds) and mixing that in for some more IF.

As I suggested before, you might try switching the Natural Calm to the evening and see if you get better results. I have tried taking it at both times of the day and find that it works better if I take it after dinner. 3 teaspoons is a good dose for NC, but you might try increasing to 4 tsp and see if that helps until you can get your IF intake up.

It sounds like you're still at a fairly low dose of SFS. Keep increasing that along with your IF. I would actually suggest switching to Heather's acacia; it's actually cheaper gram for gram, and you don't have to take as much to get the same amount of SF. Benefiber, Citrucel, etc. always made me feel worse, but that's just my two cents.

Good luck, and get exercising, too!!!! It will get better!

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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