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Reported that group CBT with graded exposure changed how he read the urge to go, from needing a toilet immediately to a signal he could wait on, and that he no longer plans his days around toilet access.
Reported the diet helped her identify specific triggers (garlic, onion, gluten) and improved symptoms partly, then plateaued; she still has symptoms, which she links to stress and to some foods classed as low FODMAP.
Reported that daily porridge, eating three regular meals slowly, limiting caffeine, takeaways and solid chocolate, and starting evening yoga noticeably reduced her bloating and pain in the month after a bad Christmas; she still turns to laxatives after long stretches without a bowel movement.
Reported that blackberries, beans and dark chocolate chips passed with no change in energy or digestion, while apple juice and a whole apple left her overly full, tired and unsettled for a day or two; very ripe bananas caused immediate upper-stomach pain.
Reported fewer and milder flare-ups after cutting back greasy, sugary and dairy-heavy foods, dropping beef and pork, exercising more and working on stress; she says the IBS has not gone away and that eating old favourites still brings attacks.
Reported that no single change resolved his IBS-D; combining identified food triggers, short-term symptom medication, nortriptyline, therapy, hypnotherapy and gradually facing avoided situations left him able to work, travel and socialise, with flare-ups still occurring.
Reported that strict avoidance of dairy and gluten at home, plus peppermint oil capsules before riskier meals, reduced the severity of her reactions; she says the capsules lessen rather than remove symptoms and that cross-contamination still makes her sick.
Reported that a nightly teaspoon of psyllium keeps her stools more consistent and eases her night-time nausea, and that temporarily raising the dose settles bad spells; side effects she noted were hunger, frequent urination and harder stools if she drinks too little water.
Reported that nausea, appetite loss, weekly headaches and fatigue eased about four weeks into elimination; reintroduction pointed to fructans, lactose, mannitol and sorbitol; staying restricted too long brought food anxiety, so he is now widening his diet with a second dietitian.
Reported that the low FODMAP diet calmed her symptoms enough that she was reluctant to reintroduce foods; unmeasured reintroduction attempts failed, measured monthly trials have added back only a few foods, and eating garlic bread and legumes over the holidays triggered a multi-day flare.
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