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Hi there! Welcome to the boards!

You and I must be kin. I have the same exact symptoms you have described!

The following is what I eat, most of the time, when I am trying to get "stable" or get my IBS under control:

Oatmeal
Bananas
Peeled apples
A little soy milk and/or yogurt
white rice, although, brown rice doesn't bother me (much healthier)
pasta (semolina and egg free)
fat free saltines
sweet potatoes (baked then peeled)
you can eat white potatoes, I just don't care for them
rice milk
lots and lots of hot peppermint and fennel tea
16-20 8oz glasses of water a day
low fat/low sodium chicken broth

I know it sounds bland, but try it for at least three days, and then start adding your insoluble fiber by a little each day. You can also start adding your protein as well, but to get under control, you really need to eliminate it for a few days.

I am also a "health nut" as my coworkers say, but when I am in IBS distress, I have to eat the starches. My dad says I am going to get fat eating all starches, but I haven't gained any weight, maybe lost a few pounds because I don't feel like eating.

When I do start to add other foods back, berries like raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, with a SF buffer, help me to have a BM. I usually have oatmeal with Acacia added to it with a cup of berries for breakfast. And people like us with C need alot more IF than people with D.

I also am on some meds that help to have a BM, but they don't help bloating, cramping, spasms, pain, nausea, etc.

Here's what I take
Miralax: one dose every morning at least an hour before breakfast (that's the only way it will work for me. If I take it then eat, I won't go)
Amitiza: 24mcg 2/day
Protonix for the stomach acid (don't see that much relief with it though)

I hope that helps! Ask more questions if you need, everyone on here is willing to help, if they can!!!

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IBS-C, Gas, Bloating, HURTING!

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