IBS can wax and wane and if you made it really irritable it may take awhile to settle down even if you don't do anything to annoy it during that time.
Also sometimes diet and diet alone will not be a 100% total control so you may need to add something else especially when it is flared up.
That it worked at all seems like a reason to be hopeful that it should be a good thing to continue doing as the flare could be a lot worse if you were dumping fodmaps into it.
That the diet isn't a complete control during a flare doesn't mean it is totally useless and you might as well eat all the foods that probably bother you from now on.
I would add something (a bit of Imodium, some probiotics, Calcium Carbonate) to the mix and see if that helps restore control and then see if I can back that off when things calm down, or if I get constipated from them. I wouldn't give up on the diet completely.
And you may need a little something else to get really good control more of the time. Sometimes 2-3 things that give some control some of the time will add up to near total control.
Also sometimes diet and diet alone will not be a 100% total control so you may need to add something else especially when it is flared up.
That it worked at all seems like a reason to be hopeful that it should be a good thing to continue doing as the flare could be a lot worse if you were dumping fodmaps into it.
That the diet isn't a complete control during a flare doesn't mean it is totally useless and you might as well eat all the foods that probably bother you from now on.
I would add something (a bit of Imodium, some probiotics, Calcium Carbonate) to the mix and see if that helps restore control and then see if I can back that off when things calm down, or if I get constipated from them. I wouldn't give up on the diet completely.
And you may need a little something else to get really good control more of the time. Sometimes 2-3 things that give some control some of the time will add up to near total control.
