Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Finally getting somewhere

Phew, seems like a long time since I last posted my sorry woes on here. Taken a little break (been busy at work and stuff) and concentrating on the IBS hypnosis which I'm about half way through and it seems to be helping.

It's taken a looooong time for me, but this diet is finally starting to work. It seems that my occasional cheats that I could once get away with can no longer be done. After eating a handful of fries one evening, followed up with a breakfast cereal that must have been too high in insoluble, I had the worst bowel spasms in years - so bad that (how can I put this???) it left me feeling bruised - I could barely sit down or stand up all the next day. So thanks to my body for that wake up call: I realised I was gonna have to be far more strict with myself.

I'm eating much more soluble fibre and feeling MUCH better. What a relief. I had to cut out the SF supplement because I felt it was a bit too much for me to cope with and I seem to be doing very well without it, just by concentrating on eating high soluble fibre foods.

For me, varying the types of SF foods I eat through the day seems to work best. I think before I was just supplementing my normal diet with extra SF snacks and pre-meals, mostly of the same stuff. Perhaps the variety is key. The good news is I can now eat porridge oats for breakfast and I even seem to be able to tolerate small amounts of wheat which I struggled with before, so that's making life a little easier.

I have been trying to keep up with the boards from time to time, hope I'll have more time to post too in future.

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