Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Catch 22, Water and Bloating Notadoctor

Quote: Do you know what it's like to have your body flucating between mildly bloated and severely bloated every 5 minutes?
to answer your question yes I know what it is like to go from a flat stomach to severe bloating in no time for what seems like no reason at all. Bloating is a huge part of my IBS and if I could get that under control as well I would be in heaven. Unfortunately, I don't think there is one clear set answer to your question on how to stop the bloating. It seems to be a combination of things that cause it for us. Yes you can sip not gulp your water but if you eat dairy after that you are still going to bloat. I know how frusrtating it can be. I had a laady that I work with all the time come up to me one day touch my stomach and ask me if I was pregnant. I wanted to cry, well I did, later on the way home. At the time she came up to me I felt like my pants were going to burst and I was having pains and felt really sick. I know it was IBS but it still hurt me to think that the image I saw in the mirror is what other people see as well.
So my answer to your question about how to stop the flucuating is thta there isn't one answer. Yes, there are people on here who have got their bloat under control but I think it would be very hard for them to pinpoint the exact thing that stopped it. For them dairy might have been a trigger so when they eliminated dairy it stopped. dairy might not be as big of trigger for you and there is something else that is causing it.
You never know, if I knew the answer I would be the first to share to stop ALL OF US from suffering, because yes we do suffer as much as you.
All we can do is try the suggestions and see what happens.

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Microscopic Colitis, IBS-A, GERD, Hiatal Hernia
Bethany, Ontario, Canada

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