After 3 years of searching, I'm FINALLY feeling better! Still unsure what the exact problem is, but I went to a functional medicine doctor who put me on a different diet that is actually working. It's very strict, but in two days, many of my symptoms went away. TWO DAYS!!!! I don't have pain anymore, I can breathe, my innards don't feel like they are on fire, and I am not horribly bloated.
Given the fact that the diet is used to determine allergies or intolerances to certain foods, I am assuming that part of my problem is that I am allergic or intolerant to something(s). I am having some more tests run, but am confident that I will get some answers.
Even if I can't add any foods back in to my diet, I am happy. It's really draining to be in pain for 3 years and so it's really motivating to eat in a way that I'm not in pain.
Interestingly, I grabbed a can of lentil soup yesterday and looked on the back for offending ingredients and it said it had less than 1% soybean oil (bad for me) and sugar (also bad for me). I figured- gee- that not that much. I'm sure I'll be fine. I ate it and some of the symptoms came back. I'm going to have to be careful!
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So is this the "no more happiness" diet or something new?
ReplyDeleteThis is new. The "no more happiness" diet didn't really work for me. I didn't notice any difference. And it so stricly eliminated carbs that I had a hard time staying on it. This one limits the foods that causes trouble in the digestive tract. I am going to have to alter it to deal with the PCOS because that's a whole other issue, but it will work fine! I'm so happy!
ReplyDeleteOh, hooray, that IS good news! So are you going to share a list of what helps and what doesn't?
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