So I'm Dustin, I'm 16 years old, and I've been lurking the helpforibs boards for a while now, but decided I'd join you all and see if I can't help others and possibly get help myself!
as for a background on myself, I'm not unfamiliar with IBS and what it has to bring. I've been IBS-A (streaks of C with bouts of D) with really bad gas since I was 5, and my mom also has it.
I started doing Heather's peppermint caplets and acacia fiber daily, along with hypnotherapy treatment in January, and have noticed that I have a lot more control and understanding over what I'm dealing with.
But, the sad twist on the story is that my gut is completely random, as far as food and symptoms go. I can be very strict on what I eat one day, making sure I take all of my peppermint doses, and take a half teaspoon of fiber in the morning and before I go to bed, and could have a horrible bout of diarrhea.
But then another day, I could miss a dose of peppermint and only take a half teaspoon of fiber all day and completely binge on foods that should double me over in pain such as hot cheetos, fast foods, greasy foods, and soda, and be perfectly fine and have normal BM's.
Sorry for typing a novel, but I just wish I could figure out what's going on and get a hold on it, because it has really held me back from a lot of things normal kids my age go and do.
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