How have your IBS symptoms changed over time?
Have your symptoms got better or worse? Looking back, do you see a connection between your symptoms and diets or treatments that worked for you? What were they? What did you learn about managing your IBS?
Over time my symptoms have improved. Changing my diet was the biggest change I did that made me feel better.
Eating less processed foods. Understanding the health benefits of food and eating foods that improved my gut flora.
Concentrating on veggies, fruit, organic protein and fermented foods was huge. Taking probiotics but also eating foods that encouraged the good bacteria in my gut to multiply. Fermented foods are at the top of the list for that.
Over time, I have just gotten smarter about my diet and understanding that for my personal journey with IBS, my diet is everything.
-Elizabeth (team member)
My symptoms have improved.my gastro doctor suggested keeping a journal which helped with showing what worked or what to avoid.. I do not eat of a new food and see overnightight if and how my body does and bowels.did i have stomach upset. Digestive problems run on my mom's side of the family.i started IBS-M then switched to IBS-C. one bowel every two to three days unless laxative or a lot of fruit. I still need to change diet or medication. Change things to prevent having to plunge the toilet multiple times i week. Medications to be regular is helped with a gastro doctor which i highly recommend.
I'm so glad to hear that your symptoms have improved! Thank you so much for sharing what has helped you feel better.
Eating only a little bit of a new food is such a great suggestion. For anyone who might be interested, we also have a free IBS food journal to download here: https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/food-journal-download. I've also found that keeping one helped me figure out my triggers a lot easier.
Wishing you all the best, Karina (team member)
My symptoms have improved. I do still get symptoms but they are not as bad, mostly over the past year, and I haven't had a real bad flare up for a while (fingers crossed!!) I still can't eat all the foods I used to, prior to IBS starting a few years ago, but I am doing OK with pretty healthy meals.
I am very grateful for some improvement.
I took Homeopathic remedies, with the guidance of a practitioner who was very careful and sensitive. I have stopped taking them now, as I was feeling much more "normal" in many ways. If things go south again, I will contact my practitioner. But I am not too bad generally, though sometimes with ups and downs that don't seem to last very long (more or less one day)and are easily remedied by a quick tweak in my diet.
I can now eat more foods than before, and do feel generally better in myself. One sign of that is I can think of other things besides what my guts are up to ! Sometimes I can even almost "forget" I have IBS ! So that's pretty good.
