We still don't know what causes it, do we?
08/01/05 02:13 PM
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Anthem
Reged: 10/01/04
Posts: 76
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Hi, everyone. I have been so optimistic because I have been taking Lorazepam and paxil, both of which keep my natural anxiety at a very low key. I hoped that this would in turn keep anxiety caused IBS symptoms down to nil. In a sense, that is true, but IBS is so dang complicated. Today (after a respite of about 4 weeks) suddenly I have "D" again.
I am sure that I speak for many of us when I grab a teddy bear and ask God "WHY? WHAT CAUSES THIS?"
I follow Heather's diet impeccably, I take fiber each day, I exercise, I have a healthy mental outlook, and yet FOR NO KNOWN REASON suddenly my pattern of good days ends, and I am back on Immodium. THIS is when the lack of any sense of control kicks in and I just do not know what to do.
Heather seems to think that with proper diet we can lick this thing, but I have not seen this. THere are the proud few who claim "1900 days without a 'D' attack!!" and I want to be one of them. Yet, even with mind mellowing drugs to supplement the soluble fiber diet, and the peppermint caps, and the fiber pills, and a daily Quiet Time praying with God, etc., it is still there when I least plan on it.
Sometimes I feel we are just in the dark ages, like people in the 14th century trying to treat diabetes on our own with just food and faith, while the underlying cause requires much more than their knowledge could provide.
Come on, people! I am usually the happy guy who jokes around. Can I get a few strokes and sympathy? You know how us men are, we get a hangnail and it is a catastrophe. (smile).
Love, Anthem
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