Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Well, ok... (explaining more)

I could have put a little more information into my initial post. Ooops. The reason I felt so "crappy" on Thursday is because I took laxatives on Wednesday. Colace does it to me all the time, but I was desperate and (foolishly) took them anyway. The cramping actually started on Wednesday, continued into Thursday, and eventually went away altogether.

I was able to eat just fine on Friday - and in fact, had herbed chicken and pasta for dinner, no problems - but I was anxious about being away from home, and chose not to eat much of anything while we were out and about. I really felt pretty good - I was just afraid of ruining that, and didn't want to eat!

Yesterday, I took my SFS, and it was a good 2 hours after that when I finally ate the muffin. I'd had a few crackers before then, and still felt fine. I ate the muffin, and within a few minutes, I had heartburn and my insides got gurgly. The feeling stuck with me till late evening, when I finally felt well enough to eat some plain pasta - and I was fine again.

This morning, I still felt fine... till I ate the darn muffin. Then it was the same thing, except instead of heartburn, I had D.

Oh yeah, and unlike you, nausea is a near-constant problem for me. I'm not sure why I even mention it as a "complaint" anymore! LOL!

Does it make a little more sense now, why I'm suspecting the muffins (even if I don't necessarily understand what in them bothered me)? I tend to just rant and ramble and never explain myself very well, heh.

I will try skipping a day with the fiberchoice, even if I doubt it's the culprit. (I've noticed, in fact, that I feel better taking it - it stimulates my appetite somehow, which is important, since I can go a week or more without eating... which is why I'm loathe to give it up.) It'll be hard to call it a conclusive test, though, because after the way I've felt the past 2 days, I'm NEVER touching one of those muffins again! LOL!! I've seriously just lost all taste for them now.

Anyway, thank you, as always, for all your advice and suggestions.

I really appreciate it.

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