I have been doing some extensive reading here and elsewhere about IBS these past few weeks. I've suffered with IBS-D for more than a decade following an extremely stressful (trigger) time in my life. When the stress level went down, the IBS-D remained, naturally!
I'm finding Healther's products and suggestions to be extremely helpful. At the same time, I am coming to the conclusion that causes and treatment are DEFINITELY a very individual thing, and vary from person to person. The end result of the condition (IBS-C, -D, -A) may be the same, though the causes aren't necessarily found in the same places of the GI tract. Even so, Heather's products are the perfect place to start and go from there to personalize your own program of success. These products are a perfect foundation, non-irritating, and soothing.
In building your own program, you may find that what helps one person may not help another whose problem rests in a different area of the GI tract. Seemingly, we have to 'fine-tune' our own program of success. I also have the thought that once we get our gut awakened to working properly, our symptoms might well be less when indulging in some foods in moderation that we are presently avoiding during this personal process.
I would guess that the timeframe also varies from person to person as to how long it takes to get symptoms under digestive control and become less symptomatic. This no doubt is linked to how dysfunctional a specific organ has become, and the duration of time it has functioned like that.
I suggest that you keep experimenting, absent introducing too many good ideas into your gut all at once. I personally have found this all to be a trial and error path to personal adjustments and recovery. If we try introducing too many things at one time, we never will know what helps and what is aggravating our own GI tract.
Also, never rule out that some 'people' can be stressors in your life and need to be weeded out. Such can be a matter of your personal survival and enjoying life far more. Some people can be stressors in life, while others are wonderful stress relievers (support systems). Such choices are entirely our own!
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Senior female, IBS-D, presently stable thanks to Heather & Staff
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