This is all very frustrating. When I started trying to get stable it seemed it would never happen. It is a gradual thing and I first had to get the diet under control. That meant french or sour dough bread ONLY (no subs, no regular bread, etc.), peeled thoroughly cooked potatoes, steamed rice (only white), cream of rice and that was it for about two weeks. I had been taking Metamucel and it gave me terrible gas and D. I stopped taking a fiber and upped the bread and potato and rice for the SF. After a bit I began to get the nondiet element under control - stress. I was constantly frightened of being in a public place where I couldn't get to a bathroom or where I would pass gas or do some other horribly unacceptable thing. I had developed a phobia. It took about 3 weeks to get everything under control with the diet and the calming down. I signed up for a hatha yoga class and learned relaxation breathing and meditiation techniques that I would employ when I felt an attack coming on. I order Acacia but didn't start taking it until I had calmed down. NO DRINKS OTHER THAN WATER AND HERBAL TEA. NEVER. Once I was semi stable (not having constant bloating and gas and D), I began to add protein in the form of poached or baked white poultry (chicken or turkey) and applesauce. Slowly over the following weeks I added a little IF each week in the form of mostly fruits and vegetables. I found out I can't digest soy at all in any form and I am fructose sensitive so I avoid high fructose which is in almost all processed foods. I found a Whole Foods within driving distance and stocked up on organic. It has now been a year and I feel like I eat well. I have lost about 10 pounds but I needed to lose that much. I only have attacks now from stress (the tough thing to control). Good luck to you and if I had any advice it would be to try some form of relaxation like hatha yoga or hypnosis along with your diet. I now enjoy rice and almond milk and some variety in my diet that includes green beans, carrots, squash, berries, mangoes, etc. I occasionally try to get away with a forbidden food like milk chocolate but I always have a reaction. Maybe someday. My family is thankful that I have calmed down and am stable but they also wish I could eat steak, drink wine and enjoy Mexican food with them. That may never happen but I am soooooo happy with my current digestive system as compared to a year ago. Hang in there.
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