Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Sorry lengthy, but I am ready to throw in the towel or die....LIVS

Thanks for the tips, I know everyone says I should know my body, but I get stable eating things that I do for weeks and then bam, I have attacks....never knowing what caused them especially if I"m eating the same things. Granted there are times when I may have a bite of a reese cup and get crampy and that one I can figure out, but before 15 years ago, prescription meds, and this board, a zillion tests, I used to eat ice cream, cheese, fried foods, taco bell, wendys, pizza and I never had attacks like I have now, there was a time in my life when I had mountain dew and donuts for breakfast every morning with no problem. I would maybe have an attack once every 6 months eating this way, it seems once I was poked and proded, offered all the soothing techniques, prescriptions, fiber, "safe" eating I got worse. I have read that IBS is supposed to get better as you age..... Please know, I do not eat ice cream, milk, cheese, fried foods, mountain, donuts etc.......but it does get very frustrating when you eat rice for days and you are fine then you eat it again and you get sick..........I have just had to eat rice before to stabilize myself. I used to eat apples, pealed and applesauce, but the board made me so scared of eating them because of the "fructose" levels, I gave them up. I used to love to eat a peeled apple with a little peanut butter or sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar.
I take acacia, Citrucel, eat what is called safe, no pop, no coffee, no grease, no fried foods, no beef. I myself cannot find any one specific trigger let alone many and that is what is frustrating. I do not have time to do an elimination diet, because as I said before, things that I had been eating for weeks, I eat and get sick and to get as sick as I did last night was ridiculous and I cannot live my life like this. Like today, I am frustrated after being sick last night I woke up and blasted some more, I have not eaten anything today because I am so scared to eat anything, even the so called safe stuff........so I'm having water and pepper mint tea.

I think if you directed your reply to me, I got it, sometimes I will put the person's name in the subject like so they will definitely read it. Thanks

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IBS-D, extreme pain and cramping - GERD - lactose/dairy intolerant, OCD, Fibromyalgia
DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me. Phil 4:13

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