Well, I was doing pretty well until Thanksgiving. I "allowed" myself to cheat a bit at my mom's house. It would be virtually impossible to cook everything myself and bring it with me so I know I ate things with a bit too much fat and I had a piece of pie. Anyhow...I know...so punish me...my own fault. I guess I just felt like it was Thanksgiving!! I was doing so good for so long that I suppose I wanted to "reward" myself but the IBS diet is not just like a regular diet where you can cheat. I know, I know, I understand.
With that said, I knew I was going to have Fri. and Sat. to recover if I had a problem, but then we got invited to a social event Friday night that put me into a panic. Of course I was getting d (from the stress and from what I ate...or from the stress of knowing what I ate)...so I took some immodium and survived the evening.
Now here comes that vicious cycle again where I can be IBS-A too. No bm Sat., then one today but I have to go to a big social event this afternoon so I took Immodium b/c I'm nervous. I only took one but I think I might take one more. The problem is that with the holidays, there are soooo many activities...virtually every day there is something...some big some small...but even the small ones can freak me out. I was doing well psycholigically, feeling more confident if I ate safely, but now I'm so anxious about this month, that I feel like I am going to take Immodium almost every day, then get C a day, take it again, etc., etc...I hope I'm making sense. I know I'm rambling on.
Does anyone have any suggestions? As you can tell, I'm getting myself all worked up. Would you just take Immodium for the "big events" and try to eat only sf for the small events? I don't even think I'll need IF this month b/c the stress will probably make me "go"!!! 
Also, I'm taking 3 1/2 teaspoons of Acacia per day which seemed to be working well. Would now be a good time to increase?
Thank you for any encouragement you can offer.
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Originally IBS-D for a million years!
Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C
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help...starting to take immodium again!
