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Hi there,

First off, I wanted to say that I am really sorry you haven't found any relief of your symptoms yet. Notice I said YET, we will help you figure stuff out so you can start feeling better!

I think that everyone that has given you advice so far has given you excellent suggestions, I definitely think either keeping a food journal or better yet posting some of your 'daily menus' might get you some really good feedback.

I do have a few questions for you, too. If you have already said this stuff in other posts, I apologise for making you repeat yourself.
1) Have you been officially diagnosed with IBS? Have you had all the tests and everything?
2) How long have you been on Heather's diet? I ask because I know that it takes much longer to get IBS-C stable then it can for people with IBS-D. That being said, I (IBS-D'er) took ages to get stable. I needed the diet, AND other changes, which brings me to...
3) Are you on any medication or doing anything else to help stabilize right now?
4) What have you done in the past? I ask because it seems like a lot of people, especially with IBS-C, have done things before this that make it harder to stabalize like taking a lot of laxatives, for example.

Following that, I would say there are some other suggestions that people have said they found helpful. Drinking a glass of hot water with lemon first thing in the morning to get things moving and then drinking LOADS of water throughout the day. Getting plenty of exercise is really important for some people with IBS-C. Yoga can be especially beneficial. Abdominal massage can also help get things moving, do a search for posts on that if it interests you. Apparently blueberries are good for getting things moving as well.
When you say you are having insolubles, how much? Maybe you need to gradually add more to your diet until things start moving.

Good luck!!
--Steph

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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
IBS-D,pain.

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