AIBU to think I should be able to eat whatever the fuck I want?!

[Thorsday]

Apparently so, because I'm running back and forth to the toilet again trying not to puke up from the agony of IBS cramps. I don't even know what it was this time! I tried something new like...4 days ago, which by all standards should have caused a reaction way before today if it was going to. I've also been having that new thing every single day since then so I'm buggered if that's what it was.

I'm sick of my diet being so limited. I'm envious of people who can have SALADS. fucking SALADS. I'd kill to have a salad with green leafy bits and fresh vegetables without having to worry that I'm going to shoot myself to Mars on the toilet later while screaming in pain.

(ftr, I've been to the doctors multiple times and had everything tested - I just have really severe IBS, the worst my particular doctor has seen and they don't give a damn about finding out how to help me so I have to help myself with a boring low FODMAP diet).

I just want pizza. Or garlic bread. Or anything nice.

Have you tried colonic hydrotherapy

I’m going back years but my exh suffered from IBS and he swore by them

Have so considered going on something like the POP pill to see if your periods stop? It saved me from the IBS pain. It was chronic every month.

@littlepeas I had similar. Dismissed as IBS and anxiety for years until I landed in hospital. After which I was told it was actually crohn's and I'd ended up with so much damage I'd need surgery.

Completely sucks there are so many people suffering like this.

OP, Have you been tested for a parasitic infection?

Re stress, are symptoms better at weekends when you are more relaxed?

Both the above were partly to blame for my IBS - D.

I’m so sorry, OP, it’s no way to live, you must be so pissed off. I hope you find out triggers soon.

I had very similar symptoms and was tested and prodded lots over a six year period, to be told it was IBS and that all I could do was try and map and avoid triggers. It all ended when I went to see the nurse for a pill prescription and she got really angry that nothing conclusive had been diagnosed. She demanded the GP tested for H-Pylori, results came back positive and after a super strength dose of antibiotics I've been symptom free ever since. I've met so many people with exactly the same story, I don't understand why it's not a standard test. I hope you get some answers OP

Dear OP,
I also was diagnosed with ibs in my 20/30s. I think that anxiety, depression, worries, etc. Are major contributing factors.

I find exercise, yoga, helps. So does writing about your unhappiness and destroying the words so nobody else reads them.

Try to get things under control and then write down (And print!) a plan that you can follow. I conquered my ibs without drugs. But by taking care of my brain.

Apparently bile acid malabsorption/diarreah is major undiagnosed reason for what’s fobbed off as IBS (say 30%). I had similar issues but ongoing treatment with questran has turned my life around after 4 years of suffering l.

I don't have gluten issues so getting rid of it did nothing. Tried a yeast free diet and bingo, normal poo, no cramps and a flat stomach. Apparently yeast can ferment the sugar in your gut causing IBS. I do still eat pizza but know it's going to cause hassle. I now eat bread in small amounts but the slower it's been made the better. Sliced white can have me cramping barely before I've finished eating! I can now eat pasta and cake though!

I had IBS when I lived in the UK. When I moved abroad I was diagnosed with severe diverticular disease and 2 duodenal ulcers. A course of antibiotics and lose and I have never, years later, ever suffered. And I used to shit myself regularly

right there with you.thankyou for posting.its feels so depressing and lonely sometimes doesn't it.i find too that it really does just smother everything.put a dark cloud over anything.
also I don't think diet will always trigger it.its stress too.even subcontious bloody stress. its like im having to try lying to myself sometimes that something "isn't bothering me im fine" just incase the sneaky bugger IBS hears my worries and flaires up.its doesn't work!it has ears everywhere.
massage can help with the pain sometimes.and doing the cat pose.rocking sometimes.gtting someone to rub your back almost like they are winding a baby.
fearing it makes it worse and the cycles continues so really try to get your mind to something else.to something comforting.mindfullness.trying to relax it down.
also as silly as it sounds.if you eat salad and then think it might have an adverse IBS effect it will do.ibs and emotions are so tightly linked.
ive been on many controlled diets and it never changes the ibs.so maybe its different for everyone.
I was also told if you eat something thinking it will trigger it your gut and nerons are already tightening and dis-functioning.its already getting ready to fight or flight.so will bring on the symtoms your fighting against.i found this to be rally true.but easier said than done to stop.

I found medical investigations and drugs cured mine. I still take Duspatalin if I get the odd cramp but apart from that I haven't had diarrhoea since I had medical treatment. Luckily you can just self refer to a consultant here with no fuss.

I have had IBS on and off, recently no symptoms really. Coincidentally I had a dna-test, 23AndMe. That told me I had coelakie ?!?! I asked my doctor and she said a lot of people have it without knowing it, and usually it shoms as..... bingo! IBS! So I guess you should be fine if you cut out the heaviest and most obvious sources of gluten. Go and buy gluten-free-bread, easily available. And yes, do have that salad! Don'forget to check the label of the dressing though! Enjoy'

Did you know trauma can cause physical illness such a chronic disease and autoimmune disease.
Stomach problems like the one you are are describing can be resolved through a form of Pychotherapy called "the journey healing"
By Brandon Bays
She reversed end stage ovarian cancer, certified complete remission 6 weeks later by the oncologists and from a flash of inspiration she hit upon.

A method was developed that had helped millions. You can research it on youtube. books which teach the method are available very cheaply on amazon for a few pounds.

It's so easy it can be learnt by parents for children with anxiety and illness.

I had a child suffering from migraine from bullying and racism, she experienced in a school and was offered mind numbing medication offered by an consultant to stop her feeling stressed, and she's tiny. The migraines resolved within a few sessions after I read the book and took advice from a Journey therapist.
You don't need weekly sessions if you go to a therapist either. It's could be 3-6 sessions total depending on the problem.
For serious abuse and trauma you may need a session every few months, and again a few sessions will resolve the issue rather than years of psychotherapy using the conventional way.
Costs are between £150-300 per session that lasts 2-3 hours.
There is a counsellor called Jan Ricketts from Kiddiminster who charges £50 per hour who I recommend.
Not just because she is more affordable, but because she is outstanding and very very caring. You will get the feeling of you have encountered someone who is not of this earth.
Although it seems a lot financially , you only ever need a few sessions.
It is amazing good value and a drop in the ocean financially compared to weekly psychotherapy of £40-60/ week, that may never reverse the disease state you suffer from, and are not designed to reverse disease either.
For those who lack financial resources, the book and the audio book are Good enough that you can easily learn this method .
I'm posting because I had numerous health issues including severe asthma that became much better after starting the therapy or completely resolved inside of a session, I still need one or two more and I'm done. Bring my session count to 6 max.
My personality changed and softened. I've stopped blaming others for their actions and and forgave where no one who know me would say forgiveness was ever an option. But it has become part of my healing process .
I no longer need an array of chocolate to get through stress, just insight. And KFC has lost their best comfort eating customer!
I hope this helps

thanks slinkyB, well, braising meat, involves browning/searing/ in fat, then just cooking in liquid, hardly any different, and it did say "loads" of oher way to cook", steaming keeps in goodness, and poster, deffo sympathies, atm, suffering both IBS AND diverticulitus, ice-cream envy!!!