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Thanks for your story. Are you IBS-C, IBS-D, or 'other'? It gets so confusing with all of the conflicting information out there. My sister has Crohn's and picked up a book called "Breaking the Viscous Cycle" which is practically the opposite of Heather's diet. That one has you eliminating most of the carbs and sugars and supposedly you feel awful for a couple weeks as you 'break' your 'addiction' but then you start feeling really good. Sounds kind of like the Atkin's diet. Anyway, in my desperation for solutions I have tried several times to eliminate sugar and/or starches but it leaves me with zero energy so I give up in a very short period of time. Also my uncle had bowel problems in his youth and now migraines and says that the elimination of sugar prevents his migraines. Like I said, there was a study suggested a link between IBS and migraines so I keep worrying about the sugar. I get headaches a lot but never a migraine.

So there, I gave you an equally lengthy (but less coherent) explanation of...well, I'm not so sure. But this is appropriate because IBS information is all so overwhelming. I am having pretty good success on Heather's diet combined with Paxil, but I want to get my diet figured out exactly so that I don't have to rely on the medications.

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