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Guess you are aware that FODMAPs are inorganic problems, with which the hypno can't help. I for instance am lactose intolerant, hypnosis won't cure me of that.

And dietary management is never going to be perfect. If I eat according to my guidelines (which take experimentation btw as there's a lot of individual variance on top of the general rules) I still get bloating esp if there's a more emotionally straining day or something. Some people still have spasms even with the right diet.

As for hypno working better face-to-face, think that comes down to how wild you let your imagination run. I can absolutely imagine that I am with a real person and these tapes are surely better in that they are perfect quality, no background noise, no slurring of speech etc. But I do believe that the more you put it the more you get out. (ie it never even occurred to me that this is somehow artificial cos there's so many advantages to this over a real session). Another example of how you can be a participant here: although Michael says that even if you fall asleep/you just listen it is still effective, for me it has worked a lot better when I set out to take a more active role. I mean to say that I used to just listen, then found my attention straying and increasingly difficult to bring it back. Now I try to take a more active role through repeating some of the things he says. (Obviously when he says 'you're surrounded by this calmness' I repeat 'I am surrounded by this calmness'). I think this makes a difference for me, but it's also something to do with my own experience. Before I bought this 100 day Audio programme, whose role is to 'cure' you (you are not meant to listen to it every day of your life

), in the past I used self-hypnosis all the time for immediate pain relief and for bloating (ie you are telling yourself all these things, not listening to a recording) and it worked wonders. Some people are more hypnotisable than others but my considered opinion is that it is even at variance in individuals, sometimes you being more open to it/ more easily entering that relaxing state where your subconscious may be influences, other times being stiff, anxious, not being able to relax, etc. Just my two-pence.

If you were interested there is a pdf file on hypnosis with a sub-chapter on IBS I am happy to send you, email safo1611@gmail.com

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now: stable through EFI+FODMAP dieting (no lactose/no fructose/some fructans and some polyols)

before: IBS-D(pseudo-diarrhoea), bloating, often unbearable pain esp from too much fat: Apr 2007- Dec 2010

FODMAPs: http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/072710p30.shtml

[I've tried VSL#3 -> I could tolerate v good amounts of IF (even with less SF), it worked great (but overall I find it too expensive)]

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