Post Punk Kitchen Forum

I keep going back and forth between constipation and hurting tummy with lots of pooping & colon spazzing. It was similar to when I was first diagnosed. Figures, when I want to start training for a 5K again. This is totally ruining the beginning of spring.

I feel your pain. Well not right now thankfully but it sucks when you can't get it to stop and you need it to.

So, i made a shake today with: soy milk, peanut butter, dried dates, some cocoa and a little maple syrup. Now, my colon is on attack mode. What?
Also, does anyone else take fiber supplements? Not to be graphic, but when I first had IBS, it was a combo of constipation and diarrhea. I'd go 3-4 days without movement and then blame! Nowadays, it's mostly the big D when I have an "attack," as I call it. But I am still taking the fiber. Don't know if I still need it.

maybe the milk? i know my tummy hates silk soy milk but other milks are okay with me.

Mine's picky on the soymilk too. It could also be the dates though.

I am thinking dates. I didn't take my fiber two nights ago, but took it late last night. The running, which jiggled my digestive system around, plus the fiber-licious dates, probably is doing its havoc.

I take soluble fiber every day. I put it in my morning coffee. Without it, I have no consistent control over my IBS, no matter what I eat or what exercises I do. I have cut back to once a day and the minimum dose that works for me. I also try to switch up the type of soluble fiber I use. I don't want a dependent colon - just relief!

BAD MORNING. I guess I shouldn't be surprised - my tummy was gurgly yesterday. Possible culprits include:
Fresh pineapple
AFR Caesar Chavez dressing
New kind of coffee

I hope it was the coffee, because it wasn't good so I won't drink it again, but I clearly love the other 2 things.

Appifanie, it could be the pineapple. I have severe stomach issues when I consume it, even if it's mixed in as juice with other things.

Why is it that when I take a day off from exercising, aka giving my intestines a break from jolting around, it hurts worse than ever?

And why is it when I make delicious dinners to take to work, it hurts so bad after eating them?? UGH.

why do i always fight the fact that i can't eat peanut butter?

It probably is the pineapple :(

fupa - I keep trying nut butters of all sorts, but they all give me migraines :(

every since peanut butter day it's been yucko ville. i need like do a juice fast or something!

fupa :( i understand. i'm having pineapple after effects. also, i wonder if it's possible that pineapple only kills me when i have my period? hmm.

I got an IBS medication for the pain/bloat. Bentyl, or the generic Dicyclomine. I am SUPER excited!

i have some of that in my cabinet but am so far refusing to use. i thought it'd be nice to figure out the cause before i covered it up

i had an attack last night while i was out boozin! the worst part is my friends thought to prank me by waiting out side the bathroom door and yelling at me when i exited! eeep! and it continues today. all i've eaten has been carrots and broccoli with rice. sigh.

oh no! feel better soon!

And after I feel GREAT for weeks, my IBS decides to be stupid today, my birthday. OF ALL DAYS. Well, I should never eat popcorn, I guess.

Boo! Happy Birthday - I hope you feel better soon!

Took Dicyclomine for the first time on my birthday. Holy cow, talk about being loopy! It made me nuts for about 1.5 hours then it was fine. Driving home was a trip, though. And I felt so parched, like I was a sponge squeezed out.
It worked and did its job, but I don't want to become dependent on it.

Let's talk sneak attacks. I'm almost in the midst of one.

Ever feel AMAZING, like awesome for the day. Maybe a little bloat here and there but it's a normal day. So, you go about your routine & then BOOM. I begin heating up, my stomach feels like it will implode. (usually I'm at work at this point.) It goes from zero to 100 in 30 seconds and I feel like death.

Anyone else have this? What are your sneak attacks like?

uh yeah! i think that's a hallmark of ibs. got one today at work totally thunderdomed the b room and then when i exited there was some guy waiting to use it and he's a person i respect!

Darn potato, why must I LUV you? Now suffering and 4 hours left of work. ugh.

YES! I get all hot and nauseated and weak. The worst. It usually happens at a store (usually wal-mart or the post exchange - I have no idea why)


oh no! i hate pooing in public if it's a 1 stall kinda thing.

he knows what my poo smells like! i think i am going to DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.