Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Feelin' pretty gross

Welcome Holly Lu from one newcomer to another. I have been on the diet for one month. I still have some issues but they are mainly bloating and gas and I'm tailoring my diet to try to determine what is causing that. One thing I have found is that if I cheat and have any dairy (even hidden in the food - like a cream sauce or rich pastry) I have D within four or five hours. I let my husband talk me into having a piece of sausage and onion pizza and paid for it all night long. It just isn't worth it to me. I don't even consider it deprivation anymore. I am learning a new way to eat and it is working. The docs are not interested in this because to them it isn't scientific enough and each person has to have his/her own very special diet. What works for me won't work for you and vice versa. I have found that I have serious sensitivity to both milk and soy. Another of my triggers is too much corn syrup or fructose but I can tolerate a small amount. Another important thing is that I can't let my stomach get too empty. If I do the cramping starts and the bowel motility is effected and sometimes I get D without eating a trigger--just from being too hungry. When I get D, I chew the chewable extra strength Immodium (the one that relieves gas as well) and I usually get relief. Before the diet I would take an Immodium almost everyday. Since the first week of the diet I have only taken 2. Someone on this cite said that if they get are functioning without IBS controlling their daily life they consider that stable. I think that is a good prospective. Good luck to you.

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Barbara50

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