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[Patsy]

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Hi! I suffer from IBS-C with horrid gas. I can't seem to eat any fruits or vegetables without causing a gas problem. I take Culturelle and digestive enzymes, but they still cause so foul of gas that I am hard to live with. (And impossible to sleep with.) The problem is that the bread group is the only one that does not add to the gas. By bread I mean biscuits, oatmeal, and regular bread. Bran cereals kill me. I am sure that my consumtion of bread products adds to the constipation.Any suggestions? Would any fruit drinks not cause gas?

[bonniei Ph.D.]

I eat whole wheat bread so I have regular BM. I find the fiber in the bread helps to trap the gas because without it my gas is uncontrollable. To avoid constipation when having fiber be sure to drink a lot of water I too suffer from horrible gas but I take some psychotropic medications which help. I take chlorofresh which helps with the smell. Isn't gas the pits? I hate it

[shelly2]

how often do you have bad gas and what is a typical day for you in terms of quantity. -You sure sound as if you have a bad time of it?

[Patsy]

Hi! The only test that has been done is a colonoscopy. Everything appeared normal. The doctor told me to educate myself self on IBS and let him know when I need a perscription. I have seen him only once in the past two years. He has called in Miralax for me. Miralax helps with the constipation but magnifies the gas.What test should I ask for? I feel like a whiner when I have to ask for something.

[moms777]

Hi Patsy,I have a problem with gas too. I also take Culturelle everyday and have had some improvement, but it's still there. The only time I didn't have a gas problem was after I was treated for H Pylori (which which found when I had a colonoscopy/endoscopy). After being treated with two antibiotics and Prilosec for a two-week period, the gas was pretty much gone! It was amazing! I even ate a spicy chinese dinner one night (which would be a MAJOR gas problem) and had no gas at all! I felt NORMAL. Of course, that was short-lived. Little by little, the bad gas came back and now I am back to my "normal" gassy-stinky self I wish I could be on that medication for the rest of my life! For me the worst part is that I can't control the gas, which makes going out anywhere something I dread I wish I had some advice for you, but it seems that just eating gives me bad gas! I seem to do ok with brown rice and plain hamburgers. Of course it's hard to live on just brown rice and plain hamburgers everyday!!

[Mike NoLomotil]

MATT makes a good point...identifying what each individual CAN tolerate can be very arduous to do it correctly thus with some success. And if you don't do it correctly it seems you cannot eat anything. Most people get instructions from dieticians or doctors that are used for food allergies as to how to assess what bothers them and not. This works poorly. This often leads to frustration for some people who have multiple, overlapping and/or very delayed-onset symptoms...so they never get the foods that aggravate the condition(s) isolated.So the easiest approach to start with, which some people get "lucky with" is the simple approach above instead of the full and ardsuous stoneage-diet with serial oral challenge separated by washout periods.Another alternative is the 3-step Dietary Modification Program Brostoff describes in detail in this book of food allergy vs intoolerance, written for the patient not the doctor: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089...6487508-3420903 If that program he describes, developed over 3 deacdes in his clinics at several medical universities where he has been dept. chair, is followed as he instructs there is a high probability of significant symptomatic relief.This is the cheap way out...it does take work time, and patience. But the symptoms are not going anywhere anyway.This is probably a persons best bet for a first step. The book will give way more inofrmation than I could ever hope to find time or space to trnasfer here.Have a DFDMNL_________________ www.leapallergy.com

[NoSpice]

Patsy,I have the gas problem after dinner as well. When I go for a two mile walk after dinner, the gas works itself out and I'm fine the rest of the evening. Hope this helps.

[Patsy]

Hi! I eat small portions for breakfast and lunch. I take Omnigest EZ with every meal. my gas during the day while I am moving around is possible to live with. I eat a moderate sized dinner. The gas problem starts around 9:00 when I start to get ready for bed. The minute I lay down the gas comes -one right after another. It is awful. Culterelle has helped cut down on the gas, but I still can not eat "healthy" meals. Thus the constipation continues.

[Mike NoLomotil]

HI PATSY.There's a whole host of things to eat that should not cause gas in a normal person. If your problem is as you say then those rules will not apply to you across the board. Before going off on stuff that may not be helpful, the first question is have you been worked up for these symptoms by a board certified gastroenterologist?There are possible, solveable organic causes for your problem that should be ruled out before resorting to dietary manipulation or anything else. If left alone these things would not resolve themselves.If you have been worked up by a GI doc, what were the tests, results, and the doctors opinion on this? If not, my best advice is to get a referral from your PC if needed and have a GI doc look at you sooner than later.There are many possibilities beyond the scope of discussion here. I am not trying to tell you "what to do", but having been around awhile this is my best advice.If it has been done, then pelase fill in the blanks and maybe we can all help you.Best regardsMNL_______________ www.leapallergy.com

[Mike NoLomotil]

PATSY:"....The doctor told me to educate myself self on IBS and let him know when I need a perscription. I have seen him only once in the past two years. He has called in Miralax for me. Miralax helps with the constipation but magnifies the gas."You are serious I assume.1. Find another board certified gastroenterologist and have your chart transferred, as you want to seek another opionion.2. Stop telling yourself you are whiner. You are ill. It is your right to seek help until you find relief.While you are waiting to see the new doctor (I am not meaning to be blunt but its getting late and I am getting hungry for my yummy grilled chicken breast and steamed rice)a down-and-dirty quickie diet change:eat no cruciferous, sulfurous, gaseous noxious veggies (you know the broccolis and cauliflowers and cabbages and brussels sprouts etc); eat no lectin containing foods (like beans of all kinds esp. favas...go light on the wheat as it has lectins too); eat no onions, eat NO potatoes...substitute rice...and barley is good to try too (rotate them as a side dish). Remove strong spices like garlic and those wild mixtures like ADOBO etc. and MSG is a nono. Oh yeah stay away from the nasty sorb brothers too(sorbitol and his pals polysorbate 60 and 80).Just try to eat a soft plain diet for now and see if any reduction in the gas occurs.If you have more q's check me tomorrow. I will be in and out.have a GFEMNL_______________ www.leapallergy.com