Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Heather and friends, can bloating trigger "D"?

or is it just another nasty, seperate, symptom of IBS??

This question is really important to me. I've lived virtually bloating and gas free for many many months while on a very minimal diet (rice, chicken, rice cakes, stewed apple/carrot...). I could live on like that forever if need be but Heather's book has raised my hopes that I should be able to eat other foods. I haven't had a D attack for 6 weeks and there have not been any spasms either, so I thought I'll have a go. Two weeks ago I've started putting two teaspoons of oatmeal into my morning rice - some bloating, but okay. Last week I tried cooked potato a few times, just a small one, more bloating but okay. Now I've started adding half a glass of soy milk to my breakfast since Saturday. Incredible bloating and explosive gas! The gas is 'travelling' through which is a good sign but sometimes it hurts so badly, it feels exactly like I'm going to have a terrible D attack within minutes. But it moves through and I'm 100% fine just minutes later. This is inspite of the 6 "beanos" I'm taking per day!

I don't think 'avoiding anything that causes bloating' should be an option for me but I'm scared to death of getting worse again. At the worse point (in October) I was bed ridden and weak and deeply depressed. Am I rocking the boat too much or do you think I should stick through the bloating until I adjust????

My BM's are slightly more loose and a bit more rushed than on the minimal diet but they don't feel 'bad'. Is that normal?

Thanks for any advice and explanation!!!

Susaloh

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