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Does anyone have their symptoms under control eg: no symptoms for days/weeks/months at a time if they follow the guidlines 100%.

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I can't believe I can report this, but my 13 year old daughter (just had a birthday) is now in this category!
In June, she was in about as bad a situation as any of the ibs stories I've ever read or heard, but now: She has not missed ONE day of school since September! She feels good. She has used Immodium exactly twice since September (and it's probably even longer than that, I'm not sure). Once was after she ate something that didn't agree with her one day and felt uncomfortable - took the Immodium preventatively and was fine the next day. The other time was just recently when she had a stomach virus that the rest of the family got a few days later, but because of her history w/ibs we thought the d was ibs-related, when it was really just a normal stomach virus! Besides those incidents, she has been living without digestive symptoms for several months now.

And I think I can even do one better than what you were expecting when you wrote your question . . . We are very gradually reintroducing more fats and slightly more IF back into her diet, so she's technically no longer sticking to EFI guidelines 100%, as she once was. I seriously believe we'll eventually be adding most everything back. !!! It appears that the hypnotherapy program (the very one available on this site) has made the biggest difference in moving her forward and away from the cyclical ibs patterns. I hope this gives you hope!

grateful mom,
kem (daughter w/ibs-d dx but living her life!)



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