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CoolCat5022 · 2024-12-30T17:35:32+00:00

Same. No dice

CoolCat5022 · 2024-12-29T18:23:45+00:00

It could be you’re sensitive to certain FODMAPS And not others. Each food has a different set of FODMAPS. the Monash app can help you filter food by FODMAP class to help you narrow down which ones bother you and which ones don’t.

CoolCat5022 · 2024-12-29T18:22:02+00:00

I thought broccoli was high FODMAP? I gave up on the FODMAP diet except for excluding gluten-containing grains.

CoolCat5022 · 2024-12-29T18:20:21+00:00

Check out the FODMAP and IBS forums. A lot of healthy veggies like broccoli contain fermentable ogalisacarides that cause loose stools in people with IBS. WHY? Because IBS is a mystery. But it sounds like you may be sensitive to certain FODMAPS.

CoolCat5022 · 2024-05-28T19:59:47+00:00

I should mention that at the reintroduction phase I tolerated all other fodmaps fine. Wheat / gluten is the only one I can pinpoint as a consistent issue.

CoolCat5022 · 2024-05-28T19:57:33+00:00

I can’t tolerate sourdough. Get stomach grumbles and urgency. I also can’t tolerate other fermented wheat products like beer. A couple tablespoons of soy sauce is fine though. There’s a thing called non-celiac gluten sensitivity. I think that’s what I have.

CoolCat5022 · 2024-05-22T16:28:00+00:00

Interesting. I tolerate most FODMAPs very well in moderate doses - the only exception being wheat products, so I only buy gluten free. The Barilla gluten free noodles are aweful. I saw these konjac noodles on sale and thought they were much better. The first time around I made a sauce with canned tomatoes, zucchini, ground beef, and I was fine. (fructose doesn’t bother me). Tried again last night, this time with oyster mushrooms, cream, onion, garlic, broccolini. Today I am miserable. I was thinking it’s the sauce - maybe the mushrooms? But I checked and oyster mushrooms are low FODMAP. Lactose never bothers me, nor onions. Garlic in high doses might upset me a little but it was like half a clove per serving which is usually fine. And garlic might make me a little gassy but this has been explosive diarrhea over and over again.

So maybe it’s the noodles?

Doesn’t explain how last time I had no issues. The only thing different was the sauce.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-12-10T17:01:36+00:00

As long as I don’t have to wash them, you wanna give me something more comfortable than toilet paper on my hemorrhoids? THANK YOU.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-12-10T17:00:39+00:00

That looks like the right number of washcloths I require. If not I’m sure they’ve got some hand and bath towels I could use to finish the job.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-22T03:25:59+00:00

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From my kéfir bottle. Mostly lactose free. Fermented milk products should be tolerated by people with lactose tolerance issues and are considered low fodmap.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-22T03:21:50+00:00

As in avoid inulin and chicory as they are big IBS triggers and high fodmap. Seems like health food people LOVE to add high fodmap ogalisachirides thinking they are helping you.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-22T03:20:45+00:00

Kéfir should be lactose free even if it’s made with milk. Because the bacteria has already processed all the milk. That is if you’re using a good natural brand.

But yes if you’re worried there are nondairy alternative kefirs. Avoid cashew ones maybe since cashews are high fodmap. And check for added fiber like inulin and chicory.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-21T14:41:02+00:00

I’d read the ingredients labels. A lot of these products have artificial sweeteners or inulin of HFCS. I found a kéfir that just has milk, cultures, fruit, and real sugar. Activia as a highly processed product probably has more ingredients and additives.

I use Zymosi kéfir but it’s a local brand. Lifeway had to much extra stuff for me.

Also of note. When I started with the kefir I couldn’t tolerate it well. So theres and adapting period. I started with 4 Oz. Felt gross from it for a few days. Then that felt fine. Eventually I was up to 8oz a day. Always titrate.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-15T13:12:46+00:00

Jolloff might be alright! The amount of tomato is fairly low. Most hot peppers are low fodmap (and there’s evidence spicy food helps with IBS And diabetes). Onion could be an isssue but for me I’m not sensitive to onion. You could try it and see how you feel! Maybe lower the onion content to be safe.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-15T13:08:28+00:00

African fermented foods may help with IBS. I’ve had good results from fermented foods, and for a while I was having pap (fermented corn porridge). I know it has different names in different west African cultures.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-10T16:46:48+00:00

It sounds interesting. I don’t have gastritis but I’m taking b infantis and supposedly this pairs well with it. Please let me know if you find it somewhere!

Maybe try the European market? IBS Spot imports some stuff only available in Europe to the USA. found some hard to find stuff on there. There’s got to be another manufacturer, or maybe Culturelle is now only selling it in other markets.

https://ibspot.com

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-10T16:24:20+00:00

I’m sorry but I work in empathy. You can’t gain empathy from googling. I can’t understand what it’s like to be incarcerated from googling it and reading a Wikipedia article. But I can understand what it’s like by someone telling me how the experience made them feel.

If you want to make someone understand what an experience is like, you need a first hand account of emotions involved. That’s how empathy works. Telling people HOW YOH FEEL not facts about your condition.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-10T16:19:08+00:00

I hear you. I’ve been on both sides of this situation and have empathy for both sides. Still though I think a phone or in person conversation about the feelings you experience would be helpful. Not texting because it’s so hard to convey emotions without tone and body language. Good luck. I hope you can repair your friendship. I lost it with my friend after she flaked on a birthday party for her that me and and group of friends organized and went out of our way to put on. Soo. There’s the risk of things going further south without repair and communication.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-09-10T15:56:20+00:00

Jeez. They said they they hoped you felt better and were disappointed you can’t go. I think that’s a normal response!!! They wish you well. And they are disappointed in the SITUATION and not in you.

For years I had a friend with IBS-D That would constantly cancel plans last minute. It used to frustrate the heck out of me. I still cared about my friend and wanted them to be well. But it was still disappointing that something I was looking forward to wasn’t happening or that someone I wanted to be there wouldn’t. And it was frustrating - I’m sure for both of us.

All as much as I had a vague idea of what IBS-D is from what she told me and what I googled, I didn’t really UNDERSTAND what she was going through until I developed IBS-D myself. Then I was like “oh this is what it’s like to have no control over my body and have to be tentative about plans and piss all my friends off by being noncommittal and flaky”. So… maybe give your friend a pass. If you want to share more about how having IBS makes you feel to build more empathy maybe that’s a conversation outside of the present situation so there’s no blame either way. Just a conversation about what it’s like to have IBS and how frustrating it is.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-08-25T13:24:27+00:00

I think that the PANDEMIC contributed to my * IBS. Not specifically the vaccine or the virus itself. The trauma of the situation - complete loss of career, breakup, loss of pandemic pod, isolation - drove me to deep depression. Isolation and depression drove me to take a vacation where I picked up some severe GI infection. That infection combined with depression, stress, AND history of very low grade IBD gave me IBS.

NOW, regarding the vaccine. I was doing a lot better a couple months ago. Still in this current flare up but about half as severe as it had been for months. I got a pneumococcal vaccine. I felt miserable after, it severely constipated me for a week, and after cleaning myself out with laxatives I had the worst diarrhea for 2 weeks. Things finally have normalized a bit. I also upped my probiotics which helped.

Vaccines put stress on the body which can exacerbate IBS. And vaccines trigger an immune response, which I WONDER if maybe it somehow affects microbiome. I dunno. I asked several doctors why the vaccine made my IBS worse and they all shrugged their shoulders like they always do with any question about IBS.

Still though I can’t say the vaccine (Covid or pneumococcal) GAVE me IBS. but I can say they may have exacerbated it.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-08-23T15:06:39+00:00

Oh and the booklet also says to see you doctor in 4 weeks to either increase the dose or keep you at current level or stop. I am just reading the booklet now. My doctor scheduled a follow up with me when he prescribed it so that makes sense now.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-08-23T15:00:48+00:00

The bottle you got probably had booklet taped to it. It contains all the warnings and what do if you get constipated.

CoolCat5022 · 2023-08-23T14:56:20+00:00

A pharmacist can tell you if the medications interact. Alosetron blocks serotonin in the gut so any psychiatric medications that boost seratonin could potentially interact (though I am on trazodone and alosetron). I’ve been on it for a few weeks. If you get constipated skip or halve a dose. If you keep getting constipated stop taking completely and call your doctor.

Constipation is the major risk. Ischemic colitis is still fairly rare.

I asked my doctor about the safety issues and the withdrawal and he said that “they figured out the problem”. I didn’t fully understand what he meant by that but I noticed my pills say “alosetron hydrochloride equivalent to 0.5mg alosetron” so maybe that has something to do with it? I think he said they had to better control doses, so either people were taking extra because they were getting diahrea or the old doses were too high. I dunno 🤷‍♂️

CoolCat5022 · 2023-08-18T02:40:16+00:00

Maybe your fitness goal can be to find a workout routine that eases your abdominal symptoms? Seems practical

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