Ibs-d for 3 years and i desperately need help!

What age and weight are you hope you don't mind.

How active are you during the day

Just so I can give you a decent cal count to aim for

Foods changing diet and stuff daunting worrying about the food you eat not knowing if its doing you good.

This is where sacred traditions of food prep comes in.

Cals can be a head wreck counting and working it out but once you learn its easy and once you understand the importance of food prep you'll be home.

I'll give you more help soon but answer me your weight and age first pls so I can help you

But you must follow a strict regime of eating at the same time everyday plus only healthier well prepared food two weeks to rule out food intolerances.

Hope to here from you soon

I have been suffering from IBS for 10 years, I know how bad it gets affecting your life-style and mental health.

After trying almost all kinds of medications with infinite number of doctors, I found that the main key is to control your anxiety and your diet.

the tricky thing is food doesn't affect ppl with IBS all the same, so you have to figure out what irritates your stomach and eliminate it from your diet.

Here's the awful part...the anxiety will exacerbate your IBS. What's helped me is breathing (meditation, yoga, relaxation of any kind that is meaningful to you - a puppy, time with family and friends, holiday), venting my frustration to friends and loved ones (yes, complaining helps me...we're all different) and volunteer work or focusing on others. It's the type of advice that is SO much easier to give than to take, I know. But, some of it is mind-over-matter. And, that is a part that you can help to control. In the early years, breaking up with my then-boyfriend did wonders!!  Job stress was a trigger and changing jobs helped me again.

Of course, foods are triggers, too. We're all different so only you can tell what foods are hurting you and need to be eliminated.  I guess a food diary with details about what you ate and how you felt each day can start to paint a good picture. You can also try an elimination diet.

But, before you eliminate foods - are you certain that this is only IBS? Have you been tested for Coeliac Disease (your "D" and anxiety/mental health both fit CD pretty neatly). You need to keep gluten in your diet for those tests if you haven't had them done recently.  Not trying to provoke further anxiety, just hoping you can find answers and treatments to get yourself well again!

With so much "D" you could also be deficient in certain vitamins that keep a vicious cycle going.  Please help yourself with enjoyable activities while you seek further testing from your Dr. 

Im a male, 59yrs and my so call IBS started at the very beginning of last year.

My symptoms are very severe cramps in the lower abdomen just above my navel. The pains creep up with bloating and lots of gurgling and when these symptoms are triggered it's hard to stop them. 

I was in the position to retire from work as I thought this was the reason for my problems as I had got very depressed.

I am now learning to live with IBS day to day.

I have tried checking on what I eat with no real success. 

Its very rare that I get constipation or diarrhoea just severe cramps and bloating.

What works for me is..

Keeping stress levels to a minimum at all times.

Eating a healthy diet making sure you eat slowly chewing everything well before swallowing, not to stress your digestive system too much.

My symptoms only occur when I'm awake..I have no problems during the night time.

Hope this helps.

That's a good weight 8/1 how tall are you

5 foot 4 ish I would guess.

At that weight and size you could get by quite easily on 1500 cals providing your not to active.

The importance of keeping cals the same each day and eating at the same time is essential to a balanced

diet just so you know some IBS sufferers will not reverse there condition 100 percent until they do this for at least a a month to 3 months until they do.

Now having said that the choice of cals we put in there is vital.

Take oils like extra virgin fish oil or rape seed oil verr y healthy and only 15 mils 3 teaspoons holds 100 cals there about.

Take almonds just 25 grams holds 160 cals.

Brown rice is a good one too.

By far one of the best carbs but like almonds rice contain phytic acid so for much easier digestion I soak my rice in fresh filterd mixed with a fresh lemon.

To do this drain every bit of lemon juice from one lemon add that to one cup of mineral water prefably or filtered and add that to the rice let it soak over night.

You could add a bit of apple cider vinegar to the cup to one teaspoon.

Now for baking the rice prebaly bake it for 2 hours at low temps like 50 degrees to 75 for a bit quicker to no more than 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

But me personally go for about 50 for two hours

Some go lower.

It tastes great and its clean because youve purified it over night.

But the best thing is you've kept all it nutrients and cals by not boiling it

And you feel 100 percent safe eating it because you've purified it.

This helps you to relax and feel at ease at the start of your meal which is always important.

If your going to boil it just do it on the lowest gas light poss on the smallest gas flame.

And cook for 1 hours at least.

Now that rice need oil for sure before you eat it.

So please make sure you add some preferably fresh and healthy .

Always keep oils cold and in a dark place out of sunlight and heat it can go rancid and you not know it.

The oils will help the release of precious nutrients in the food plus help with wind that may get trapped while your digesting.

The oils will help the flow of your own digestive enzymes in the small intestines.

Plus the oils will soak up baddies in the food.

Its so important Nina to do this with each meal including smoothies like green one I mentioned earlier.

But you know now that it may only be as little as one teaspoon and its healthy oil that lowers cholesterol so your safe.

OK no for other soaking of foods you roughly only need 1 table spoon of apple cider vinagar to one cup water or 1 teaspoon of salt cooking size 5 mil

You can go more for meat I normaly go 1 tablespoon for meat and veg.

Rinse before cooking the meat.

And you should rinse the rest you soak in salt. Before cooking.

The apple cider vinagar and lemon you can cook with its OK I just don't want you getting to much salt OK Lol.

OK well take care hope to here from you soon.

ive tried so many food diets but it does seem that stress triggers my Ibs. I have to take one Imodium a night and morning just to be able to leave the house and they do work to an extent, but there's the odd day here and there were they aren't enough.  I'm in a vicious cyle where I worry about having the D word and getting caught short (sorry if this is Too much info!) but I wrry and that brings it on. I don't know how to break the cycle so I can enjoy my life more and not worry every day. Food wise James I will start trying everything you've said to see if it makes a difference. My main issue is trying to stop the worrying and stress its so difficult.

thanks everyone for your support.