Suzie, nice to read your story. I hope you're right!
But I am dubious about how hypno will work if you don't have much discomfort because of the diet.. That's what my hypnotherapist also said, it's hard to imagine the (heavy) discomfort if you don't have it at the moment.
I agree with you about why people think dieting doesn't work for them. For me, it was a very long & difficult (&restricted&unhealthy&frustrating  ) way to find out what to eat and not have symptoms. I was really stunned that I would have to restrict so much!! I could hardly believe, but I felt I needed to try and continue.. I also found food that hurts me, which is not in both diets (sugar, corn starch)! But I would've never found it, if I wasn't on both of the diets.
It's almost impossible to stick with that diet for weeks-months, if you're not noticing drastic improvement. But I did, because I did feel slight improvement, although I kept having symptoms.
At home, I am indeed getting used to my diet. I don't have to think much about what I can and cannot eat.
A lot of food don't bother me I cannot eat, like alcohol, red meat, egg yolks. But there's also a lot of food I really miss. Like tomatoes, red fruit/yams, cheese, desserts (I can only eat semolina). I do not have alternatives for the food I would like to eat. My diet is really boring, I eat almost the same every (two) days. I think there's some stretch, but not in the direction I would like it to be . Adding food goes really slowly, most of what I try, gives me very bad symptoms.
Hypno also helps me with imsomnia sometimes. And the relaxation also sometimes helps me with pain. It's more the relaxation that helps me at the moment itself. I don't feal it really works through during the day..(?)
Thanx for your tips!
I'm not restricting all the FODMAPs. I fortunately can eat white bread/pasta, as much as I like. Potatoes&rice are no problem. I'm not sure about corn, but I do get symptoms from cornstarch.
I don't eat lactose (all dairy), fructose-FODMAPs, artificial sweeteners and sugar (although trying small amounts at the moment). I'm not really sure about which groups are not suitable for me, it doesn't seem to be that obvious. E.g. I cannot eat tomatoes or berries, asparagus, mango, apple, maple syrup. But wheat and banana is ok, recently found out peaches& a tiny bit orange juice(but not quite sure yet). I have to find out all for myself, I cannot rhyme those colums with my reactions(?) It's just trial and error and it goes really slowly to find out (max 1-2 foods a month or so..)
I'm allergic to all sort of beans and nuts.
Perhaps there's some stretch in the IF I can eat, but haven't found out yet. Now I'm eating courgette and a bit cooked sweet pepper almost every day for vegetables. Getting sick&tired of it!
I tried metamucil & benefiber for a few months. Tried to add really slowly, but it only gave me more discomfort. I quit trying, because I thought there was more progression to make in the diet. I use forlax (stoolsoftener) for my C, which works great, although I always have to look at my poo and change the amounts every few days..
Fat is absolutely a trigger for me. Although I can eat chicken or fish, just out of the pan, with oil or fluid baking-'butter'. Oven baked fries also go well!
The biggest restrictions for me are the vegetables and fruit (I really miss tomatoes and red fruit), no desserts (just semolina from rice milk), no cheese. I feel like I'm only eating SF, with not much taste to it.
What I eat:
Breakfast&lunch: white bread with chicken, egg white, rice syrup, banana.
Afternoon: banana (now trying some peach or a bit orange juice with the banana). Self baked low fat waffle.
Dinner: rice/potatoes/oven baked fries/pasta/noodles/bread; chicken/white fish/salmon; carrots/courgette+sweet pepper, sometimes a tiny bit broccoli.
Dessert: semolina with rice syrup
Evening: pretzels, sometimes self baked waffle.
I do have some discomfort, especially during ovulation/period; my stomach/bowel feels more sensitive. I cannot try new things during those days.
But normally if I stick to the diet, it's very light, doesn't really bother me doing my normal things, I can function normal. I frequently wake up feeling a tiny bit nauseated, it disappeares after a few minutes. but it's not at all like what it was before. I had to lie down several times a day, in heavy pain and very nauseated, exhausted.
I do get (bad) symptoms if I try something wrong now. But if I get it, I immediately go to my basic diet till I stabilise.
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PI-IBS-C/A nausea & very bad gastric pain
meds: lansoprazol+macrogol
started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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