Anyone with IBS?

I have had IBS with constipation most of my life. My triggers are soda ( I have not had one in 10 years), bell peppers of any color, cauliflower, alcohol, orange juice, apples, pineapple and grapes to name a few. Oh the biggest and the hardest for me to control is nuts of any kind. I know if I have any I will be miserable for days. Sometimes I still break down and enjoy them even though I am aware of the consequences.

I have a mild case of IBS and I've never been able to nail down specific triggers. The only ones I know for sure are Conecuh sausage (southern thing) and pizza. In general, fatty foods tend to make it flare more than others.

oil/grease, sugar, and anxiety (so that's a fun one - give the person with general anxiety and social anxiety IBS-D that is triggered by anxiety!). Oh, and pork - I think it's the grease? I don't eat pork at all, I keep my refined sugar to a minimum, I avoid fried foods, I don't eat the skin of any animal (grease), and I limit the amount of butter I use.

I have found that pork is a huge trigger for me. That and stress!

I've been diagnosed 8 years and I still haven't been able to 100% say what my causes are. I think more artificial ingredients, fatty foods, pasta and bread! but mainly stress, but once in a flare up, stress just cannot be helped.

I have. I had major problems with heavy carbohydrates, so eating better has pretty much made my problems go away.

EDIT: the big trigger for me seemed to be corn and corn products. A little corn on the cob is not so bad, but corn chips, corn bread, corn meal...

I'm on the fodmap elimination diet. Otherwise it's hell

I came to be diagnosed with IBS in the middle of my A-levels. From then and up until my time in university I tried various drugs, but nothing really helped. If anything I felt more bloated, cramped and miserable than I did before so I stopped taking them. When I moved in with my boyfriend I began to relax more, and my eating became more or less "normal." Well, OK perhaps not as since my mid-twenties I piled on a few stone >.<. As soon as my body *could* eat, it did.

My trigger foods are largely things like hot bread (even now smelling toast makes me gag - and I love toast) and Weetabix. I suffer a bit from social anxiety (it's gotten a lot better since losing some weight and I'm more comfortable with my appearance again), so that along with heat set me off still. It's not as bad as it was. I think fasting has helped me a lot, as this summer wasn't nearly as bad for me as previous ones were. Usually summer is a slow, long slog for me.

I don't take any medication. As a student I found all medication did was make me feel ten times worse, and cost money I didn't have. I know it works for and helps a lot of people, and I'm happy for them. I found usually something like a long walk, meditating, minty green tea works for me.

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I found usually something like a long walk, meditating, minty green tea works for me.

Peppermint works great for me too. I've never had prescription medication for IBS, but I found Mintec tablets worked really well for calming a rumbly tummy, and Imodium for when you've got the runs

I don't have IBS, at least I've never been diagnosed with it...but I cannot eat spinach unless it is ground up in a shake or something like that. My stomach literally doesn't digest it and won't pass it. The only way it will come out is the same way it came in, which sucks because I actually really like spinach.

Follow the fodmap diet. There is a list of things to cut out and a list you can replace them with.

For example. I know cows milk sets me off. I have coconut milk instead. Regular wheat sets me off so I have 100% spelt homemade bread instead.

Get in touch if you want any help.