Desperate:(. IBS (d)
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Hi
I'm new here but in desperate need of advice. I've suffered on and off with IBS since my late teens ( now mid 40's. I had several years without problems. I've always had a weak stomach so it doesn't take much to upset it. I started teaching 3 and a half years ago and since then my IBS is back with a vengence. I've tried everything possible...... peppermint capsules, tablets for anxiety, mebeverine tablets, taking away stress but nothing works. I love my job but the mornings are an utter nightmare at the moment. I am on the loo countless times before I leave for work at 7.30. Once I get through to the afternoon the symptoms ease and I'm fine at night I've begun to dread the morning and get anxious at the thought of them. I dread getting to work and having to rush to the loo. I don't have much pain just a desperate urge no matter how often I go to the toilet. I've begun to stop going places at weekends for fear of needing the toilet and even on holiday last year every time I ate out it was the same. It's really affecting my life and I need to gain back some control. Can anyone help?
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jan48389 loz23105
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Sounds very similar to me a couple of years ago. Like you, I had got to the point that if I had to go anywhere, I wouldn't eat anything for several hours before leaving home or whilst I was out in case I needed the loo urgently. The Low Fodmap diet has transformed my life. It doesn't work for everyone but it's well worth trying.
Jan
loz23105 jan48389
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Many thanks
jan48389 loz23105
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The concept behind the diet is to identify any food triggers you have so you can eliminate them from your diet. When I started LowFodmap I cut out lactose, gluten and all of the foods that are high in Fodmaps. I discovered I'm fine with lactose, can tolerate small amounts of gluten, but avoid most fruits apart from pineapple,and mushrooms, onion and garlic. I make most of my meals from scratch so I know what has gone into them - many processed/ pre packaged foods contain mushrooms, onions and garlic, even though you wouldn't expect them to. Breakfast is usually GF cornflakes, lunch might be a sandwich with GF bread and a filling such as hard cheese, tuna or chicken.Main meals are pretty much everything I used to eat, substituting onions with chives, or the green part of leeks or spring onions, and root vegetables ( green beans, potatoes, carrots, swede etc) or a very small amount of cauliflour or broccoli. For example, tonight we're having salmon steaks, new potatoes, green beans, and carrots with a GF watercress sauce. I don't have a sweet tooth so rarely have puddings but I know there are some good GF steamed puddings from major high street supermarkets. What suits me might not suit you, either from personal preference or triggers, which is why I think it best to start off avoiding as many high Fodmap foods as possible, then gradually reintroduce them to see if they are indeed a trigger for you. Once you get the hang of the diet it's really easy to devise your own nutritous, well balanced eating plan.
Good luck.
loz23105 jan48389
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Thank you so much for the information, that's really helpful x
evergreen loz23105
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loz23105 evergreen
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leeniepie loz23105
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Try the low fodmap diet. Get advice from a Dr or dietician tho as there's lots of rubbish out there on the net about it. If you don't mind paying there's a fodmap app done by the ppl who made the diet (minas universiry) it's about £6 I think.
Also try taking an immodium with dinner, it will help stop the rush in the morning.
loz23105 leeniepie
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Flik22 loz23105
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Hey, Awww you sound exactly like me, mornings are always my worse, I constantly feel the urge to go to the loo no matter how many times I go! It's affecting my life too and so I am reading up on the low Fodmap diet and hoping it will work, I've bought a book from Amazon which gives some recipe ideas too, it's looking like lots of rice veg and chicken for me😉 I have cut out dairy from my diet, only a week ago, hoping to do gluten once I get organised!
Keep me updated, we could help each other out here!
Jo.x
loz23105 Flik22
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I've done the same! Cut out dairy this week and will try to swap to gluten free to see if it helps x
pippa58442 loz23105
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loz23105 pippa58442
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Imodium def helps but not sure if it's ok to take on a daily basis??
jan48389 loz23105
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My GP told me it's fine to take Immodium on a daily basis, just make sure you don't take so much you become constipated. I rarely have to take it for more than 2 or 3 consecutive days for things to settle down.
Jan