Could work be causing my flare up?!

[PM097]

Hi all

So since the end of November all of a sudden my IBS flared up. I’d be constantly bloated day and night which isn’t normal as with my bloating it comes and goes . I usually wake up with a flat tummy and towards the end of the day I’d be bloated. This time the bloating does not go no matter what I try. I take peppermint oil capsules which help a bit but not much and they’re pretty high strength .

I don’t have problems with constipation as I have been going for what it is normal

For me. I do get constipation with my ibs but this moment in time my bowls are normal .

Well I went to a gastroenterologist and they did a ultrasound to check my pelvic area and for ascities. It came back clear so now I am working with a dietician . I tried the low FODMAP back in August , but never followed through the re introduction phase throughly as life got in the way.

So now the dietician has put me on another kind of diet which is just limiting high fructan foods and focusing on high polyols and fructose . and I am also waiting to do a SIBO test.

WI’m still really bloated everyday and it just gets me down. I try and think what could have caused this flare up as I haven’t been particularly stressed but I did start a new job in November which leads me to believe it could be the cause .

I work in a warehouse and it’s pretty long hours standing in one place for most part with not very many breaks. I’m wondering if anyone else has done a job like this and has IBS where it’s made it worse ? I’m trying to reduce my hours but not sure if this would help very much.

I feel so stressed I hate looking like this it’s knocked my confidence and feel I can’t wear the clothes I want . If there’s any advice I’d be grateful !

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I take it you have already been tested for h pylori

[Chefboy2478]

Hi PM097For 12 months i was constantly bloated day and night. It then stopped for 3 months. I now have it periodically. I cannot work out our what causes it. I constantly check what i eat , take Alflorex, peppermint capsules. I have decided that i will always be like this now. Hopefully you can work out what is causing it. Keep persevering!!

[Ritornello]

Hi, I do think that being at work could affect your gut. It sounds stressful, and our guts are so sensitive to stress and disruption to routine. Good that you were given all-clear, but constant bloating is exhausting. I did low fodmap via hospital dietitian, and it made incredible difference. Once you have done it,, you know hingswhichh ich aagh stupid typing.. which things to avoid avoid and which and which to moderate. Just two slices rye bread last week caused loads of discmfort (idiot me).. Anyway, just saying, in long-winded (eek!) way that I hope you get chance to try fodmap diet. I had decades of bloating and wnting to hide ballooning tumym ,and have so much more control over it now. Good luck!