Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I thought I had found my cure

I haven't posted in ages - too much going on with surgeries and family deaths,etc. So - it is nice to be back and reconnect. Last fall I figured out that I am soy intolerant. Cutting out the soy isoflavones and the rest of the soy from my diet helped my D incredibly. And then I read Harvard Health newsletter about the effects of too much other supplements and realized that too much magnesium could cause D. I was taking that for menopause. I cut that out and it really, really, really helped. I was like back to normal more than I had been in ages. Then once I went into surgery I experienced the other side of IBS and was constipated for the first time in my life. I got that under control. Then my husband and I finally quit smoking and now I am back dealing with IBS from the other side. I am often constipated and other days doubled up in pain with D. I never knew this side of IBS - for me it was just always the liquid D five times a day. Now it is something else. So, I am back to the boards. I know I can get this under control again - I just hate the gas and bloating. I am eating all the right stuff and exercising and doing everything right and I think it just must be the nicotine withdrawal. Any thoughts?

Print Remind Me Notify Moderator