SERIOUS IBS attack

[CraftyGirl]

Anyone out there have IBS and any attacks while living the Atkins WOL?

I had my diagnosis after years of different types of symptoms. There were many unpleasant tests involved but finally I knew what it was. Only then the advice I got from doctors was "here's a list of the foods that might be creating attacks for you". Not very helpful b/c the list was VERY EXTENSIVE. I ended up going to a holistic healer who took me off virtually everything and we slowly started adding things back in until I knew what my triggers are.

I haven't been having foods I know are triggers for me while on Atkins. But I started having some intermittent cramping in my lower abdomen Wednesday and by yesterday had been running in and out of the bathroom for 3 days. That's when it got much worse. My stomach got HUGE with gas bloating and EXCRUCIATING pain. It's so painful to the touch that I can't really hold my one year old right now and every time I try to eat anything (or drink water) my stomach starts in with more intense cramps.

It's from the lowest part of the abdomen all the way up to the sternum. It's painful upon engaging muscles, to the touch, on putting things in the stomach and HUGE. It feels like my insides have been seriously beaten up and I'm bruised in there. Nothing is helping and I'm pretty much out of commission for taking care of the family right now.

So, if anyone else is on Atkins and has IBS I'd love to know if you have any advice or practical experience to share with me.

[jimmie 48]

Re: SERIOUS IBS attack

my first inclination is tell you get your self to the doctor. this sounds very seious.

i would say do this very soon. we are not doctors here and although someone could relate an experience, by the time they might post here, you might be in very dire straits.

[jimmie 48]

Re: SERIOUS IBS attack

also, you could do a search typing in irritable bowel syndrom on our site. there are quite a few threads where it is mentioned.

first, i would get doctor help though.

[2big4mysize]

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how you feeling now? any better? what did your doc say? are you on liquids now?

[CraftyGirl]

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Thanks. I was working back onto more solids yesterday and drank water like crazy. It's VERY slowly getting better. This morning it's finally moving down out of my tummy and back to just being in the abdomen and the pain to the touch is way less. I'm also having less pain when engaging muscles.

The problem with going back to the doctor is that I've done that over and over and the only thing they do is reconfirm the diagnosis and throw more of the same drugs at it. That'd even be something worthwhile if they'd actually do something to prevent the attacks, but the don't.

[2big4mysize]

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okay so you got an IBS notebook to log what foods irritate yours? you getting lots of fiber?

My neighbor has IBS and went from being allowed nothing to now getting everything but whole nuts and corn. The thinking about IBS has changed over the yrs. and now when it isn't active the treatment is lots of fiber and water unless you have a motility issue or food sensetivity. Are you using psyllium or flax as your induction fiber additive? Eating lots of healthy high fiber veggies from the lists?