I'm not Atomic Rose, but I can vouch that lexapro has helped me tremendously too. I was on my road to stabalizing when I started it so I had a head start, but I was still having d attacks, just much milder versions than pre-Heather and much less often (maybe 3 times/month versus 3 times/week). When I started the meds, I would say I was IBS-A instead of IBS-D. After about 5 weeks on the lexapro, I started to become more C and I wound up cutting back on my acacia dosage, stopping my Calcim Carbonate vitamins (helped me with the d before), and was able to/needed to eat much more IF than I had been. I still follow the diet but I can be much more liberal about having a bite or two of the "real things" every so often and I can definitely tolerate whole grains much better.
That's the physical side of it. Mentally, I am so much more relaxed and less anxious, as I had been a wreck previously about the IBS. I should mention that I was about 2/3 through with the hypno when I started the meds too so I'm sure that added to my success. In any case, I feel that the combo of the EFI diet, SF supplements, hypno, yoga, and meds have helped me to literally start living my life again. I also can verify that for me it could not have been a placebo effect b/c I had taken only 5mg of lexapro last year for about 9 months with no real improvement. This time I am taking double that and it is working. Hope that helps. Are you considering meds?
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Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C
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