IBS can be embarrassing to talk about, but I am happy to speak up if it may help someone one day. For me, my IBS is a combination of frequent, uncontrollable nausea and near-constant diarrhea. I have few “safe foods” and they change from time to time, where a safe food may begin to cause symptoms and a previously bad food may be okay for a while.
Oddly enough, I have found that greasy, fat-heavy food is easier on my stomach than fibrous leafy greens and lots of fruit. I do the best I can to incorporate good food, but it can often come at the price of a day lost to the bathroom. Other than diet, my symptoms are managed through medication to ease intestinal spasms and acid reflux. I'll also lump in my random symptoms of low blood sugar and SPD-related appetite blindness. I often don't realize I'm hungry until it's way too late and I'm starting to feel nauseous, simply because my SPD causes my brain to ignore a lot of signals. I try to eat at more scheduled times to counteract that, but I tend to stay calorie-deficient more often than not...yet I never seem to lose weight. Go figure. However, even when I'm eating as much/as often as I can, I still have sudden spikes of low blood sugar which can leave me out of commission for hours. Shaking, cold sweats, nausea, the works. I tend to be stone-stomached when it comes to vomiting (my innate stubbornness can usually keep me from actually getting anything out), but these hypoglycemic attacks are some of the few incidences I actually do end up throwing up. As always, I'm happy to answer any questions and elaborate on this topic. Gastro issues are so taboo in America, and it's just nuts. Everyone poops--why be embarrassed?
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