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Oh my gosh, last night I had the worst D attack of my life. I know I brought it on myself because I went out on Friday night for my friend's 21st birthday and had a couple of drinks (was feeling stable and foolishly thought I could handle it). I hadn't drunk any form of alcohol for 3 years previous to this so I was kind of expecting to get a bit of a funny tummy, but not this bad. I thought I was going to die! It seemed strange to me how it took so long to have this D attack though and I even managed to get through a 6 hr shift at work the day after I drank after only having a half hr sleep! I didn't eat much when I got home after drinking, only a few low fat oat cakes because I had major munchies and thought the oats might soak up the alcohol in my stomach. But then after work I had a backed potato and some mackerel in tomato sauce (usually fine for me) and that's when I got really bad. I've been up all night (it's now 13:55 Sunday morning here) and I am so exhausted. I can't seem to stomach anything right now, even a sip of water gives me major cramping and I have to go and lie down.

I don't normally get D attacks as I am IBS-C, so can anybody offer any advice on what they do to help settle their stomach? Really need help on what to eat. I think bread or toast is meant to be a good but I'm wheat intollerant and don't have any of my wheat free bread in the house! Eeeek! Please help

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