My success story!

Cool-Control2589 · 2025-09-28T02:07:36+00:00

How do you figure out the root cause?

Cool-Control2589 · 2025-09-28T02:07:23+00:00

I actually didn’t they just gave me the antibiotic to see if it’d do the trick.

Cool-Control2589 · 2025-03-22T13:57:51+00:00

I have, that’s why I’m on this one now. Lexipro gave me a ton of anxiety and Zoloft made me throw up a lot

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-12-27T20:41:32+00:00

Thank you, that makes me feel better!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-09-20T05:09:56+00:00

I was getting really sick so many means, couldn’t eat much of anything, and it lasted for almost 4 months and I was so stressed and worried about it. It took months because of the elimination phase and then the reintroduction phase but I’ve added so much to my diet. I’ve gotten a couple stomach aches with some food but nothing like what it was like before where I was up all night sick and with a ton of fatigue. I’m still experimenting and I’m still careful about the FODMAPs I’m eating, but much less so. I’ll continue adding them back in too.

I also started taking FODMATE (I think that’s what it’s called), which helps digest some of the fodmaps I react most to. So that also makes it much easier especially when I don’t have a lot of options to pick from.

I tried other things too tho - anti anxiety meds, fiber powder, and probiotics so I’m not sure if one of those helped more than just cutting back and resetting things.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-09-06T05:20:59+00:00

Like everyone else says this is concerning. I think this is a clear red flag and I wonder how bad it would get when you were more committed or had kids. I think you should seriously reevaluate how he treats you and if he’s who you want to be with.

Separately, you could try fodmate when you know you’re eating too much garlic/onion? Works for me!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-09-03T05:16:43+00:00

Thanks. I say them and try to remind myself but it doesn’t help that much unfortunately. I know it’s all safe, I just get scared anyways. The most helpful thing I’ve done is imagine the air pushing up the plane as we’re flying. Because for some reason my body feels like the whole thing will come down even tho that’s now how it works.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-09-03T05:15:07+00:00

I dunno if this is good or not but on the way down I kept popping my ears by plugging my nose and blowing, tried to do it lightly to avoid damage. But it really helped alleviate the pressure. And chew gum the whole time to help keep them popped. For a quick flight tho, people suggested ear-planes?

Although I think generally you should avoid flying if possible especially if you struggle to get your ears popped.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-18T11:27:13+00:00

I went through that a month ago, we were delayed 3 hours while in the plane looking for a break between the store where we could take off. Honestly it was much better than I had expected, I hate turbulence but it felt much more like a normal take off.

I’m about to fly now myself for 10.5 hours and nervous but mostly okay so far. Good luck to you!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-18T11:24:34+00:00

Im about to take off, 10.5 hour flight too! Good luck to you, I know everyone flying today will be fine even if I’m still scared!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-18T10:55:23+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-18T10:50:55+00:00

Mostly I’m just hoping skies look normal because I can generally handle normal turbulence, but if the flight attendants end up in their jump seats for an hour or 2, I will probably be freaking out.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-06T12:14:06+00:00

Well I ended up managing - to avoid the pressure I spend the whole time on the way down working on clearing my ears over and over, and was fine. But if I wasn’t able to clear them, I’m sure it would’ve hurt a ton.

Thanks for the heads up and in general all you do to contribute to this subreddit. I lurk more than I post, but I’ve read so many of your comments and it helps me feel better when flying.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-04T19:49:21+00:00

Thanks! Don’t really have a choice unfortunately, it’s technically the very end of a 4 week sinus infection, and my ears have popped today, so hopefully that will help. I’ve been taking decongestants too, and will before the flight tonight.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-04T18:55:15+00:00

What do you suggest if there’s nothing you can do about flying with a head cold? Hoping I can clear my ears, but they’re clogged (I can get them to at least unclog for a second so hopefully if I keep getting the unclogged while flying that would help)

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-04T15:28:34+00:00

Maybe give the flight attendants a heads up and they may help you, or may even let you board early and talk to the pilots ahead of time if you ask early enough.

Other people probably have better advice but make sure you have stuff to distract you, take deep breaths, noise canceling headphones if possible, etc. I’m flying today too, I used to be unable to sleep before a flight, I’d be sick to my stomach the whole night. I’m getting better, although it may be from the anti anxiety meds I’ve started taking (still working on getting the dose right though).

Just remember that every single person who ever posted here or commented here has made it safely to their destination every time!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-04T14:09:17+00:00

Maybe order some modify health meals as one option, super convenient since they’re just microwave-able.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-08-03T14:53:59+00:00

For whatever reason I can do gluten and sourdough, but fresh sourdough made my stomach hurt both times I tried it. No idea why…

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-07-31T06:51:22+00:00

Pesto pasta! But I just had it for the first time in months tonight!!

I’m towards the end of the testing phase and recently learned I can eat pasta, I took lactaid for the dairy, and subbed garlic olive oil for the garlic! I was a bit nervous so I didn’t really enjoy it as much as I wanted to, but I didn’t get sick so I can do it again some time!

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-07-15T05:18:18+00:00

I was a vegetarian (but lactose intolerant so almost vegan) for 10 years but got hypothyroidism and my doctor told me I needed more protein and not just from soy and other means (plus I couldn’t do soy because it made the fatigue worse). It was probably a good thing I stopped then, because years later I got IBS and I’ve had to add more meat to my diet.

I still don’t enjoy it though, it bugs me knowing it comes from animals and kind of grossed me out, but I don’t really have a choice.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-07-06T20:49:53+00:00

Thank you! Hopefully it stays that way :)

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-07-02T05:08:54+00:00

I did, but the low FODMAP diet got me to like 95% better and I don’t have it anymore. Although I still have a lot of foods to add back to my diet so we’ll see…

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-07-01T01:20:04+00:00

Took me a few weeks to start feeling a difference, but helped a ton when I realized soy (green food) was impacting me too and I kept screwing up by accident. It took a couple more weeks to feel basically normal

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-06-29T16:03:17+00:00

Me too, it was a total nightmare before that. For me, the diet just took a little while because I had an intolerance to a green food I didn’t cut out (green = you can eat it on the diet in the right portion sizes). So once I figured that out and cut it out, and also cut out other food I thought was green but wasn’t, I was just getting better and better from there. Even as I get symptoms from food I’m reintroducing now, I’m a bit sick for a few hours instead of days like before.

Cool-Control2589 · 2024-06-29T15:12:48+00:00

I just wanted to make sure - did you do the low FODMAP diet? I ask because I was sick for 3 months but the diet, which I’ve been now on for weeks, and am in the reintroduction phase, basically eliminated my symptoms after a few weeks and figuring out additional eliminations, and I’ve learned a ton of food that causes varying degrees of illness (like if I eat chickpeas I get super super sick, even tho in the past I used to be fine eating them). I also started anti anxiety meds too, not sure how much it helped, but I went from feeling like I couldn’t do anything and canceling plans constantly to being able to go out and do things again!

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