Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

I've been adding acacia to my diet and trying to follow all of the EFI guidelines. Last two days I have not been able to sleep because of the gas and bloating, plus daytime has been a nightmare too. I'm only just up to 1 tsp acacia 2x/day. Started at 1/2 tsp 2x/day about a week ago. Thinking of dropping all supplements except acacia (or maybe I should change to a different SFS)--I am on Align and Digestive Advantage Gas formula, each 2x/day, 450 mg Ca Citrate, 500 mg Magnesium. I may have precipitated this current attack by adding a Vit C fizzy powder to my banana(SF)/pear (IF) smoothie the other day (yeah, I know, dumb, but I was feeling pretty good and wanted to see if I could tolerate it since I'm fighting a cold). I also take a full dose of Miralax AM and PM, which could also be causing a problem--I've noticed in the past that I cannot take this every day for a long time without a break and I've been taking it for awhile now. I'm starting to lower the doses; wondering if I should just go off it cold turkey, but that could cause other problems, like no BM or hard to pass. I'm wondering about all the wheat I've been eating, too, in the sour dough bread, etc. Maybe I should drop that too. Sigh. Too many variables. My life sucks. I'm in pain all the time and sleep deprived. I've also developed a sciatica thing (totally unrelated to digestive issues, of course) out of the blue which really flares up at night. And I have to go out of town on business the end of next week. Joy.

I just want to feel better. Being able to sleep more than a few hours at a time would be a nice.

Right now I'm trying to make myself eat some lunch. I'm hungry but I don't know what is attacking me so I'm afraid to eat anything.

--------------------
IBS-C, gas, bloating
female, age 48

Print Remind Me Notify Moderator