Dear Friends, INTRO LONG- QUESTION AT BOTTOM! Thank you in advance!!!!
I say friends because I have benefited on and off through the years from your kind comments and from Heather's wonderful guidelines. I have IBS, at least right now, and have on and off for 10 years (now 44), though the 2 good GIs I've seen over the year BOTH said I did not really have classic IBS, but more like an overall sensitive gut with regular mild - moderate symptoms(sometimes it's reflux, years ago nausea, sometimes its mild D, sometimes its gas, with a few bad flare ups lasting maybe 1/2 a day, per year, and w/ periods symptom free)....that comes and goes. I follow this site because regardless of my true diagnosis, at times I DO have classic IBS symptoms, if on the milder side, and my life has been sorely effected at times, and the EFI diet really helps me. Tonight coming up on the boards I teared up seeing that I wrote onto the board in 2003 in the midst of stress and a flare up, only to write in 2005 how happy I was, how the IBS was mostly gone and how most of the month I could eat whatever I wanted, newly married and in a much more stable life. Since I have gotten divorced, which was an act of hardship but of real integrity and self preservation, and did so w/ a toddler in tow who barely slept the first 2 years (though a super bright healthy happy boy!). Anyhow, after several years of VERY HIGH stress, no sleep, and now being a single working mom w/ financial and other stressors, the IBS/gut issues have really come back in the past year or so particularly. And in a way I had not "caught up" with the fact that I needed to return to more careful eating, since I had several years of relative stability- maybe a flare up a few hours maybe 1-2 days/month, eating most of what I wanted, (though avoided the big triggers and in retrospect almost ALWAYS dreaded and felt sick after Thanksgiving, Christmas dinners, etc...why didn't I just say NO??? NOw I do!). But now it's back on. I try to remind myself I am lucky i have a mild case- rarely have pain or cramping, and if so, mild....mild D but it can be DAILY a.m. at times, wake me up, lucky in that one immodium or even half can stabilize me for days (C notreally a problem, though I do see w/ the immodium it could be, try to stick to pepto bismol instead ).. insol. fiber veggies seem to be a big trigger right now, even if taken w/ lots of white rice etc other times and the worst part is I can get these wierd attacks where my stomach just feels all spasmy I guess- it's not exactly pain but the feeling like my GI tract is seized up, and I go to the bathroom many times (though not bad D) and I get SOOOOO tired and also QUEASY, and often this is while trying to care for my son, that is the worst part...I even looked kind of green while in the attack today! SORRY SO LONG TO GET TO MY QUESTION- decided to go BACK on the Acacia after not needing it. I started lowish- teaspoon or less, when having a really bad gas phase, for just 2 days. It seemed that my d got worse, that my stomach was less stable w/ it. Is that normal for some people and should I continue if that happens- w/ the expectation that after a certain period my body will adjust and it will stabilize me? I'm fine suffering a bit more if that's part of "adjusting" and it will help ultimately. Thoughts?? Thank you! Maggie
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