Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | IBS newbie, question about significant weight gain

Hi, all. I'm a mother of a soon to be 19 year old young lady that I'm sending off to college in < 7 days. She has been through an excruciating 9 months having been diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypothyroiditis back in September that when on Levoxyl cleared up some symptoms but produced others. Since March, she has put on some significant weight (30+ #s) that we thought might be attributed to the hypothyroidism, however, having been diagnosed with IBS back in May, we are now wondering how the two might influence each other. Today she went in for a college check up and is still in the overweight category. She has never been there and she remains so frustrated and angry regarding how to manage these two significant health challenges that I'm desperate to continue to throw any education or recommendations her way.

First question is once you all were diagnosed with IBS-C and began to change your diet (that seems carb heavy), did YOU gain weight? If so, did you try to lose it and if you did, how?

Ever grateful.
Stef's mom

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