On the night of my birthday I had a 7 course Moroccan feast filled with trigger foods and countless glasses of red wine. While I was stuffed afterwards... for the entire next week I felt the best I had in a long time! I even thought I was "cured"! (this was before I was diagnosed with IBS but during the time that my symptoms had already been around for quite a few months) Doesn't this make no sense? The only thing is-- that week when I was feeling good I was on vacation. Also it was after my period had ended (the 2 weeks after my period are typically my best time for the IBS symptoms).
So-- the whole food thing just seems really weird to me. It makes me question if this is actually IBS or a menstrual thing, etc.
I believe that I developed GERD from the IBS as I never had anything like GERD until months after I had been experiencing the IBS symptoms. GERD was really one of the biggest continual problems for me over the past few months-- whereas the IBS kind of comes and goes. I generally always have to strain to have a bowel movement-- but for the bloating and gas, it comes and goes (like I said bad before my period, good after).
Does anyone have thoughts on this?
-------------------- IBS-C, GERD, Lactose Intolerant, "Allergic" to Legumes (Soy!), Tree Nuts.
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Re: No Rhyme or Reason-- Several Questions-- Doesn't seem like food is trigger!
