Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Flare up of my symptoms IBS-C

Be proud that you figured it out on your own. I find the majority of the medical community is not that much on the ball for this. You could go from doc to doc and never get a "real" diagnosis. You did what you had to do so good for you!

I've had ME for almost 16 years and IBS is a hallmark of CFS/ME. Mine just came out of the blue. Like you said, I went for high fiber stuff and had horrible results. Because this came on all of the sudden and because of my age I had a colonoscopy which showed nothing. The gastro doc's instructions were to drink water and take Benefiber. She knew nothing about acacia fiber or the IBS diet. (My PCP doc does know this). As far as I know there is no test to dx this. It's all just common sense.

What saved me was this site, the IBS diet and like you soluble fiber vs. insoluble. I've had a problem the last few days just eating crap or too much in one sitting. I'm an emotional eater so doesn't work well.

I guess I don't miss that much foodwise since I had stopped red meat and dairy like you. But once in a while I just need a taste of something. I hate feeling deprived.

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IBS-C Started out of the blue end of May 2010. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and GI problems are pretty common with that. I've been fairly lucky up til now.

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