Nervous!
#201215 - 07/31/05 01:21 PM
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Lucrece
Reged: 04/29/05
Posts: 150
Loc: Canada
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I made all sorts of plans for later this week. Im getting my drivers licence, I have plans with friends, family, everything! You know, things I wouldn't normally do because of IBS. Because, I thought to myself: Im starting Heather's IBS diet, and I'll feel fine. I can relax and move on with my life.
But now ..Im just freaked out. Like what if this doesn't work? Should I rely and trust a diet this much?
By making all these plans, I created all of this possible false hope and Im also creating some major depression once I get bloated again while still on the diet or just before some important event/plan.
I swear, if there was such a thing as a surgical operation to get rid of this, I wouldn't think twice about going under the knife.
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Re: Nervous!
#201219 - 07/31/05 02:23 PM
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Snorkie
Reged: 02/15/05
Posts: 1999
Loc: Northern Illinois, USA
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This diet will work. It may take a little time, though, until you feel (mostly) normal again. Take it one day at a time. I would say go ahead and make plans but if you are not feeling well, do not be afraid or guilty about breaking those plans. You need to take care of you! YOU CAN DO IT!!! 
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Try to chill out. Stress can be a big trigger. It's good that you feel that you can make plans. That shows a positive attitude and I'm sure that helps. Good luck.
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Carol
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Re: Nervous!
#201294 - 08/01/05 01:00 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: England
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Chill out, remember that even if you have a bad day at least you now know alot of techniques for helping and get on with your life. Letting the IBS control you is not a good plan.
Good luck! 
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Re: Nervous!
#201326 - 08/01/05 07:47 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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Something that helped me a lot in dealing with the psychological fallout from IBS was to stop making definite plans whenever possible. I just started telling people that I would love to do whatever they were suggesting, but that with my health problems I couldn't commit to anything. If they wanted to make tentative plans, knowing I might bail out at the last minute, I'd love to do so. If they needed a firm commitment, I was very sorry but I couldn't do it. That gave me the breathing room I needed to take each day as it came and do what I felt well enough to do that day.
As I've gotten more sure my IBS is reasonably under control, I've begun to feel more comfortable making some commitments, but I'm still taking it very slowly.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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Re: Thanks
#201358 - 08/01/05 09:58 AM
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Lucrece
Reged: 04/29/05
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Loc: Canada
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I just hope all of my 'positive attitude' won't enable me to fall within an unbearable depressive state. I just hope I can do this. And fast. IBS has been controlling me for too long..
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