Hello, I’m happy to be here. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis thirty years ago. The worst symptom by far has been severe constipation over the last decades. No doctor could help me, but finally I found a “solution” on a website for disabled veterans: Magic Bullet suppositories. It was really inconvenient to have to use one every day, but at least it provided relief.
Then I went on the Carnivore Diet, two years ago. It helped me in some ways, reduced my fatigue, improved my balance, and then, most happily, I thought it solved my constipation. My happiness was short-lived. After awhile, poop became very sticky, very hard to clean, elimination was slow and even turned black and tarry. I took some bile salts to try to help my body digest fat, but I ended up in the emergency room with terrible stomach pains. I learned I did not have an ulcer and all the other tests they did were normal. They told me I did not have stetorrhea, though I was sure I did.
I started a keto diet and went back to being constipated.
Then I learned about Dr. Gundry’s lectin-free diet. After a couple of weeks on it, I thought I was in heaven. My fatigue REALLY went away (no more afternoon nap), my balance got even better, and for the first time in almost 30 years, my elimination was daily and normal! I thought my problems were almost “cured,” by avoiding the foods on the Lectin-free Diet “No List.”
Four weeks went by. Now I’m having problems with elimination again. At least it’s not constipation, but it’s rumbling stomach after eating, diarrhea, sticky consisteny, even though I have stayed strictly on the No List. It is affecting my social life.
Today I am just having scrambled eggs and coffee, as a kind of elimination diet. I can’t yet pinpoint what foods are causing the digestive problems. Fodmaps? I did eat a lot of cooked cabbage yesterday (I could not leave the house last night). Fiber from Flaxseed meal? I’m planning to add a new food every day to see what it does to me.
Am I doing it right? Does anyone know about these diets I’ve tried? Can anyone relate to my experiences? Any suggestions?
Thank you so much.
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