People with IBS experience

Well I am not yet diagnosed with IBS, since I didn't visit dr or a specialist dr about GI issues.
But I had a strange thing last night, which gave me quite a bit of bad thoughts and slight panic.

I had no digestive issues yesterday, a little discomfort and gas, that's all. Then at night time before going to bed, on empty stomach I for some reason decided to eat 8-10 cashew nuts.
After 10-15 mins I had the worst lower abdomen and back spasms ever and got scared a lot. I almost never have diarrhea, I am mostly on the const. side of the digestion, so I didn't feel the urge to visit. But I had much spasms and discomfort for about an hour.

Then I read on internet that actually when we eat things, even when they are just in our mouth, body sends a signal to intestines to produce suitable enzymes for that type of food so it gets ready for digestion.
So if you eat a no-no food, with that signal your intestines overreact and contract a lot. Also resulting either with constipation or diarrhea.
The solution I read was, if you are not sure about the thing you plan to eat, you can basically eat a soluble fiber food before it, like oat meal or boiled rice, pasta (if your are not gluten intolerant), etc. So Your body sends a signal for the safe food first. Then your intestines will not be overreacting.

I don't know but I read this trick works for some people in order to reduce IBS symptoms.
Well I plan to visit a dr and rule out any other possible things in digestive issues, then I can calmly focus on re-scheduling my diet.

Sorry for the long text <3

Rr.,

I can certainly believe how the pre-digestive activity is true!

I have some trigger foods...and when I eat them, it can literally be minutes...way too little time for them to even begin to digest and go through...and I will get the intestinal 'activities', ahem ;p

You know, member Smooth also had a recent bad experience with cashews...

...they may be troublesome for some people!

Have you started keeping a food diary? This is a good way to identify them if you are just starting to piece your trouble foods/reactions together!

Best wishes in getting it all figured out.:)

**gives chocolate, (or other safe food) to friend Rr. ;)**

S.C.

You know...it should be, but everyone differs...so you'll just have to see what is good (and isn't) for you.

...but in general, fish is so healthy...and even has anxiety battling benefits with the Omega fatty acids!

...and don't be too quick to cancel nuts from the list. It could be that having them on an empty stomach was the issue. Nuts also contain really healthy fats...so eating them in combination with other foods may be just fine...even beneficial.

S.C.

Thank you very much for your reply Paddi.

I've always had gas problems all my life but this much amount of digestive discomfort is making me have fear thoughts again. Trying not to get effected by them.

The thing is I just watched the "What the #*^& Do We Know" movie again and I feel so disappointed with myself, knowing that we create our own negative thoughts. And I can't do anything to change them.