Spotlight: Living With IBS & Other Chronic Conditions

Hi,

I suffer from IBS, and I'm often tired, especially when I have diarrheas...

I sleep well, but in the morning, after breakfast, and after lunch around midday, the digestion must be difficult, my belly usually start to be noisy and painful, so this must be the cause of tiredness...

It's sometimes difficult at work, because it's already shameful to have diarrheas at work because you have to share the toilets with other colleagues... but in addition if you're tired and yawn...

Hi,
I tried to start the low FODMAP diet, in the beginning of the week, but I stopped, because I had to go to the restaurant with colleagues, and I couldn't avoid this restaurant. (Even if I was sick just after, as usual...)

My doctor also wanted me to go to an Allergists that could better identify my allergies / intolerances and make a check-up before starting this diet.
And this was a good idea, because I already knew that I have some allergies to some food, vegetables, fruits, pollens, grasses, but I wasn't expecting some others that the allergist discovered, like peanut for example. I don't eat peanuts often, so I didn't know that I could be allergic.
But he also confirmed some allergies that I presumed (like strawberries, apple etc...)
He told me, that all these allergies (I've been allergic to pollens, grasses... since my teenage years) ,also causes intolerances to products containing wheat, orgen, gluten ... And makes digestion difficult

So, now this check-up had been done, (I also had a colonoscopy last month) it's confirmed, I'm gonna start the low FODMAP diet avoiding what I'm allergic too, tomorrow !