Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | ADs and Celiac and Food IMHO (long)

Sounds like a DREAM Chrissy!

I hope I get to camping one day...

I do speak to a counselor but it is about my abuse issues. The more I learn to love myself the less I overeat. I was in OA....but I just don't have time for it anymore

I am SOOO busy living my life I don't overeat so much!

I am NOT a doctor. If you would like MHO here it is: People that are abused/o through traumas do NOT ALL turn to addiction. I believe food is at the root of all. What we do/do not put in our bodies effects EVERYTHING. Our emotions, cravings, rain, cognitive abilities, etc. Because of poor eating habits, again in MHO, we have sooo many probs in our socety. We have food APLENTY and we EAT APLENTY as a result. This i NOt the way our bods were meant to be fed.

Sorry to ramble so. But I have to say that almost everyone I came across in OA had a MEDICAL issue. Sleep apnea, diabetes, fibro, IBS, etc. Think they were lacking something in their diet? Or that their diet had too ,muh of someting bad (ie sugar?) In OA they recommend eliminating sugar and white flour from the diet. I think the sugar made them sick (not ALWAYS but def. sometimes if not more0, in the st place.

Take the Twinkie Defense for exaple. Look at all the children with diabetes from too much sugar. Look at the folks in Oa....it just seems to add up.

I am NOT saying you should never have sugar and I am NOT a doctor. This is just my opinion. The meidcal world MESSED ME UP SILLY! Between antibiotics, my misdiagnoses for things, eating tons of sugar in my home, etc...it's amazing I can function properly.

I do NOT recommend using anything as a band aid. Period. i think counseling is EXCELLENT! and I recognize you did NOT mention using an AD. But I wanted to throw this in there because I am not surprised that people with celiac use food (LESS or MORE than needed), for several reasons. If you eat less it is because it HURTS to eat! If you eat more it is because you use the taste/texture to feel better (even tho it hurts in the long run. We grab at straws for comfrot as we are always in pain...and with the overabundance of food it is EASY to use and quite common....we learn it from society at large).

PLEASE do NOT think you are alone or a freak. This is NORMAL behavior. our bodies are soooo confused by what we have given it and denied it for so long. it is NOT our faults!

Please pleae know I am here for you and I have ben where you are and I am still working on things myself. It just hurts me that we suffer the way we do and that there are things we can do to get better.

We WILL do this together!!!!!!

You've helped me sooo much already. I hope I can help you to...

If I said anything offensive, please forgive me. I just needed to get this out I guess. I have been reading for close to THREE years now on IBS, fibro, migraines, celiac, etc. I was anorexic as a kid and compulisve overeater as an adult. it does NOT have to be this way! Life should not revolve around medical issues. And I believe one day things will get better as more and more people learn what they can get from what they eat!

Ok...stepping down now. Thanks for reading!

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Formerly known as Ruchie

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