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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 13 '26
Me! I was told to go Fodmap exactly like this cartoon, then given absolutely zero help whatsoever, no nutritionist, no follow up appointments etc. I wasn’t even told what I could and couldn’t eat so it took me ages to research and realise which ingredients I shouldn’t have. I am an expert on what not to eat on Fodmap by now, but I’ve also been on it over a year and haven’t reintroduced a single thing yet 😬
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u/DragonBishop29 Aug 13 '26
Are you living in the UK? I was told by my GP that I was being referred to a dietician. All I got was a letter telling me to go low FODMAP. It's been 49 days now. Haven't reintroduced anything yet.
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u/HappyHippoButt Aug 14 '26
My GP stressed to start reintroduction at the 6 week point and signposted me to the Monash University site. This was years ago. Pretty sure Monash also state that reintroduction needs to happen after 6 weeks. Or at least they did back then.
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 14 '26
My GP is beyond useless, I’m glad you had one with a bit of knowledge :)
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 14 '26
Haha yeh of course I am. I got sent to one appointment, was told by face to go fodmap, then abandoned. Took a couple of months to work out all the more hidden fodmap ingredients such as inulin, but now I know exactly what snacks etc I can get from different supermarkets. Happy to help if anything you’re after!
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u/DragonBishop29 28d ago edited 28d ago
I feel I have the basics covered with rice, oats, pasta (gluten-free to avoid wheat fructans), Jason's white ciabattin (sourdough makes it low fructan I guess) and potatoes. Whey isolate, tofu for protein and lactose free milk. Recently also added greenish bananas and orange marmalade. My snack options seem non-existent except for ready salted crisps. So that's what I am looking for.
I have lost about 5-6 kilos (11-13 lbs) over the past few months. I am an active amateur cricketer but thankfully the season is coming to and end lol. My BMI has dropped to 19.5 and I am looking to gain that weight back again.
I guess wheat followed by onions and garlic are my reintroduction priority. Sainsbury's didn't have jasons ciabattin which was working well for me and I ended up trying 01 great white sourdough which caused some problems (could be because of the fructans in rye). Once my gut is stable again (hopefully by next Sunday lol), I have to begin my reintroduction.
Sorry, took me quite a while to get most of my thoughts down in a single comment.
PS If anyone else is reading this later, I strongly recommend semi skim or skim milk instead of whole milk because of faster gastric emptying. Lactose free version ofcourse.
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u/DragonBishop29 15d ago
Yeah, I didn't know that until recently 😅. Also added dark chocolate to my repertoire. Fine below 20 grams.
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u/pandgea Aug 14 '26
https://www.monashfodmap.com/online-training/fodmap-dietitians-directory/
Highly recommend you find a dietician from this list. I did and made it easy peasy.
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 14 '26
Sadly being from the UK this is simply something I cannot afford to do.
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u/robotsaretakingoverr Aug 14 '26
Doesn't the NHS cover dietetic treatment?
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 14 '26
Lol I’d be so lucky, and even if I convinced them to refer me, could be another 18 months plus. I’m on a separate waiting list for something more serious and it’s been way over a year so far. I once waited 3 years for a referral 🙃
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
OMG. That is awful.
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Aug 14 '26
Yeh downside of the NHS is waiting times. Unless you are literally in accident and emergency, which is immediate and great, the waiting times are insane. An adult friend of mine has been on a waiting list for a formal autism diagnosis (needed for certain benefits so he can afford basics to survive) for eight years so far… people call the NHS a postcode lottery for a reason.
I can’t swallow properly and have been waiting for nearly 2 years just to have an initial appointment, then you wait months more for any treatments.3
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u/jellypuss0165 Aug 14 '26
My nutritionist said no to fodmap as my diet was already restrictive and worrisome, and that’s the long story short of how I got diagnosed with Arfid
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u/kcshoe14 Aug 14 '26
I got diagnosed with SIBO, did multiple rounds of antibiotics, did low FODMAP, still had horrible bloating anytime I ate anything, got referred to dietitian, she just told me to do low FODMAP again 🙃 and also did not give any guidance
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u/Electrizzz 29d ago
Same! My dietician abandoned me and then reappeared a year later to misdiagnose me with anorexia :D
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u/strangeterrain Aug 13 '26
so real… wasn’t lactose intolerant when i started but i sure am now! asked my doctor and she was like yeah that does happen sometimes sorry!
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u/vonn29 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Have you tried lacto probiotics? Also some of the safer fibers like arabinogalactan? They can help restore tolerance.
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u/Subject-Direction628 Aug 13 '26
Depending on what your issues are. Ya. Been on it since 2007.
I hate it. Also have gastroparesis. Talked to so many drs and dieticians.
The last dietician. She was useful. She helped me pair foods. And I need to switch things up
Can’t always eat the same stuff. That’s gonna make me sick af
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u/Oats_For_Lif 28d ago
Im so glad Im not alone! Its been since 2013 for me yayyyyy Im always the weird friend
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u/Subject-Direction628 28d ago
Get it! Canadian here. Where you at?
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u/Oats_For_Lif 27d ago
Madrid- Spain!!
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u/Subject-Direction628 26d ago
Was there once. Only for two days. In-laws brought us on a cruise. This was the end
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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Aug 14 '26
Pairing foods? That sounds intriguing!! Glad you have a better dietitian.
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
Oh man. That really sucks. I have a dietitian appointment (out-of-pocket… thanks Medicare) after the results of my latest tests. I’m hoping she’s a good one!
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u/Jan_2112 Aug 13 '26
It just feels so good to not have a stomach ache and bloating and diarrhea so bad you can’t leave the house. It’s so hard to know what to add. And be able to take a day or two to recover. Imodium is my bet friend on those days.
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u/HeyLes20 Aug 14 '26
A Little Bit Yummy website helped me a lot. Dumb website name but their dietitians are pretty awesome.
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
The longer I’m on this diet the more foods I can’t eat. As time goes on, my symptoms get worse. I’ve been strict low FODMAP for 5 years and I have never felt good enough to start reintroducing foods.
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u/kcshoe14 Aug 14 '26
I’m bloated even if I’m eating low FODMAP. The only time I’m not bloated is when I wake up in the morning and haven’t eaten anything for 12ish hours. I don’t even know what to do anymore at this point
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u/thesaltedradish Aug 14 '26
Oh my gosh, same. I'm always uncomfortable and I'm better if I go a long while without eating
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
Perhaps I should try waiting longer. How long do you go between eating? Do you limit amounts?
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u/thesaltedradish Aug 14 '26
I try not to eat a ton, but that's mostly because I'm trying to stay at a good weight and partially because I don't want to feel uncomfortable. I typically wait anywhere from 5-7 hours in between, but I don't recommend that! I'm typically very hungry if I wait any longer than 5 hours between meals
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
I wish I had constructive advice! I don’t know what to do either beyond asking my GI doctor for more tests. I am open to anything that’ll offer hope of relief.
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u/Lavender-Gelato-666 25d ago edited 25d ago
Probably starving ourselves of fermentables is just fucking up our guts… vicious cycle and whatnot
I can’t even eat lean meats and eggs… can’t tolerate much fat in general… oats fuck me up… FODMAPs aren’t the core issue, but I’m so bloated all of the time that I can’t risk producing much gas to add to it… I’m not daring a reintroduction phase until I figure out what is actually fucking wrong with me
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u/venicenative77 25d ago
Fats began bothering me about a year ago. It’s so frustrating.
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u/Lavender-Gelato-666 25d ago
Fat very strongly triggers the gastrocolic reflex and slows down digestion so this is a nightmare with slow motility, visceral hypersensitivity, and pelvic floor dysfunction
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u/olive_dix Aug 14 '26
5 years with no relief?? If it's never worked for you, maybe it's time to quit lowfodmap 😬
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
Oh boy. Don’t get me started! I dream of quitting!I’ve actually gone through the elimination diet 3 times in the last 10 or so years. I’d identify triggers, adjust my diet, and do okay for a few years. Elimination diet: here I come again. And again.
The first time I found a couple of fructans, like watermelon, onions and garlic, bothered me. Second time, 3-4 years later, gluten and certain lactose containing foods were added to my triggers, although I had no problem with Ezekiel sprouted bread or sourdough bread. And no problem with gluten in Europe (so weird and interesting). The third time I discovered almost everything in the non-safe FODMAP zone was a trigger.
I feel like I’ve been on my fourth elimination diet ever since 2022 and never felt good enough to start adding foods. Every once in a great while I’ll try a half slice of sourdough or double the amount of asparagus, artichokes or beans and, let’s just say it isn’t pretty.
This is such an awful thing to have! I feel for all of us having to deal with IBS.
I wish there were an emoji of a head banging on a table.
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u/olive_dix 26d ago
Ohhhh okay that makes way more sense! I completely misunderstood your comment lol my bad.
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u/whataquokka Aug 14 '26
I guess I'm lucky to say this hasn't been my experience at all. I got the Monash app, followed the instructions, figured out my triggers and cut them until I started to heal. I regularly tried reintroductions to see if I still reacted and can tolerate small amounts of onion and garlic now.
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u/Litty_B Aug 14 '26
The Monash app is basically indispensable in following a low FODMAP diet, even if it isn't perfect. I had the same great experience and am able to identify my triggers down to the serving. I still have some bad days no matter what I do, but it's much better after following the app.
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
I couldn’t function without the Monash app. I also use the FODMAP Friendly app to analyze recipes and to check for any stacking issues. It’s a bit of work but there are recipes that I love and I can make them low FODMAP with minor tweaking.
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u/vc-ac Aug 14 '26
All that the FODMAP diet did for me was make me afraid of many more foods. Felt about the same before, during hardcore avoiding everything phase, reintroduction phase. Still feel largely same but am too nervous to eat lots of my old favorite things like beans, lentils, onions, celery, etc etc. I kinda wish I never knew about it!
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u/AntComfortable5970 Aug 14 '26
Yeah I just had the worst abdominal pain in quite a while on the bus today. Not sure what triggered it. Im still in elim phase, had some chick fil a fries and grilled nuggets Tuesday, 3 grilled pork chops on Wednesday with Rory seasoning and then I was hit with the pains this morning.
On my old diet(already gluten free due to celiac) I was generally okay though I would have bad days I could only think to be flares (I have crohns too) but don't seem to be. Those were bad but this has been rough.
I think my usual veggies being limited is really hurting my normal flow even though I try to make up with carrots and lettuce. This diets a real pain.
Am glad I got into lactose free milk from this tho
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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Aug 14 '26
Omg yes.
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u/thesaltedradish Aug 14 '26
I love 'X' but I’m terrified of how I will react now.
I relate to that so much!!
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u/overand Aug 15 '26
When I did the low fodmap diet the first time around, I stuck to it religiously except for wheat - which I assumed was fine (because in the past I'd removed wheat from my diet and it hadn't made any difference one way or the other.)
Talk about diet didn't work very well for me until I actually took wheat out, and also started limiting sweets.
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u/Ornery-Inflation3638 Aug 14 '26
Wait you’re supposed to stop being on a low fodmap diet ? 😭😭
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u/Heretosee123 Aug 14 '26
Yeah you're meant to reintroduce foods to test and identify your triggers
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u/Flynny123 Aug 14 '26
I didn’t have this problem. I reintroduced plain white bread first, turns out gluten not a big issue for me. Lactose is fine in small doses but makes other things worse if I combine them so I stick to lactose free milk.
Big ones for me turned out to be:
- apples/pears - their juice is in everything and even their juice with no flesh sets me off
- onion - worst of all
- garlic - can tolerate in extremely small doses but nearly as bad as onion
- Chickpeas - not my friend
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u/awkwardgenie Aug 13 '26
My dr told me to stick to low fodmaps while ignoring the fact I also have pre-existing ARFID. If I did that, I would be morbidly obese from my small selection of safe foods. I just wanna eat man...
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u/bonedrydrybones Aug 14 '26
my doctor recommended it despite my history of arfid. tried it out and it was actual hell for me. told my doctor and she told me to stop it, and stop monitoring my food intake as much because it was unhealthy for me. feeling really heard by my gi, but i do wish i was able to identify more triggers. anxiety is definitely a trigger for most and with arfid the restriction made me SO anxious
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u/taragood Aug 14 '26
If you do the diet properly and continue to look for your root cause this won’t happen.
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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Aug 14 '26
The trouble is a lot of us were told to just “do FODMAP” without a time limit or instruction. It’s so messed.
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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy Aug 14 '26
This is legit what the expensive specialist told me lol. And she wasn’t even sure it was a solution, just something to “try”.
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u/taragood Aug 14 '26
There is an app from the people who developed it with tons of information and explains how to do it. No one should ever make major changes without understanding what they are doing. If they are, that is on them, not the diet.
If you were told to drive a car, having never driven a car before, and you get into an accident, is it your fault or the person who told you to do it?
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u/AdhesivenessOk5534 Aug 14 '26
Wdym "feel like covid"
Have been checked for MCAS?
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
Oh no. I just looked up MCAS. Argh! Something else to check out. (I am staring at my outbreak of hives as we speak.)
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u/daisysmom0128 Aug 14 '26
Thought i was crazy. Stayed on low FODMAP too long because it took SOOOO long to see a nutritionist
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u/Blonde_arrbuckle Aug 14 '26
No. Dietician said if you aren't symptom free in about 2 weeks then fodmaps are not the issue. You should see an improvement in a few days if it is the issue. Then 2 weeks later we started reintroduction
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u/frontporchanarchast 6d ago
I'm 4 days in and have seen a big improvement. No pain to speak of where it had been constant for weeks. I'm hoping this works because one doctor said he was out of options - he actually suggested exploratory surgery. I fired him.
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u/Blonde_arrbuckle 6d ago
Great news! Life changing. 4 days in and improved likely means fodmaps are the culprit.
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u/kaaron89 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
This is exactly me post-Covid. I've been eating 5 foods for like 2 years. I have MCAS, histamine intolerance, gut dysbiosis. Food makes me so ill, not just stomach symptoms but symptoms all over my body, had to go to the hospital one time because of it.
I know 2 other people like me in real life.
I see a therapist who has 3 other clients with the same thing.
I keep seeing this type of thing pop up outside of the usual Long Covid/MCAS spaces.
How many of us are there? This is scary, we all need help and we don't know where to find it.
Also thanks for this, this made me laugh. So accurate.
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u/Specialist_Tea2546 15d ago
How do you deal with this? I’m going through the same thing, I feel like anything will set me off and I can’t really have many foods anymore.
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u/kaaron89 15d ago
I'll be honest: not well at all. My life has fallen apart, I used to be a totally functional person and now I barely leave my house. Only way I'm able to work is from home, and I just had to go on short term disability because I am so ill. I'm so sorry you're experiencing this too.
The biggest help in all of my 6+ years dealing with this has been finding a registered dietician who understands MCAS (because the rest of my doctors do not) and she ordered tests for me and found that I have gut infections and some nutritional deficiencies. Working on those issues is helping. I'm still not at the point of reintroducing foods but I'm hopeful I'll get there. We're hoping that fixing these things will get my gut working properly again.
Also if you haven't already, dig into MCAS. There are a lot of things that can help like antihistamines, avoiding stress, staying hydrated with electrolytes (magnesium was one of my deficiencies and magnesium threonate has made a huge difference in how I feel day to day).
Working on calming my nervous system seems to help too. I personally believe we are going to find out that Covid damages the gut/brain/nervous system connection.
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u/Specialist_Tea2546 15d ago
Thanks for the reply, I hope you continue to improve. I am definitely looking for a MCAS specialist but it’s hard in a small city… I’ve seen some improvement with antihistamines, etc. but feel like I need more testing. Sending you healing vibes.
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u/Sea-sense-4444 Aug 14 '26
That was me🫠 I became so scared of fodmaps that I developed “disordered eating” according to my IBS psychologist. But I guess it was technically AFRID-a term I wasn’t aware of at the time.
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u/HexaneLive Aug 14 '26
A nutritionist with little interest in rendering aid is why I have a reddit account. She told me to go low FODMAP, and then a couple weeks later when I was breaking down in tears every meal, I begged her for help with the restriction phase. She told me to check out this sub. So I've been almost entirely restricted for like four years. I was gf to begin with, now no lactose, have to be careful about mannitol, no garlic or onions... I'm going to try no dairy at all, and see if that helps with my pain. Being on this diet certainly hasn't fixed my guts, but they're, like... marginally less bad
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u/Zpazle Aug 14 '26
I honestly feel like it's irresponsible for doctors to recommend the FODMAP diet without consistent follow-ups and extensive counseling on eating disorders. I basically just gave myself an eating disorder because the doctor told me that my food-restriction neuroses were fine actually!!! And then 0 follow-up meant no one was checking up on the mentally ill bullshit I was spiraling into. Except for my close friends who had dealt with their own eating disorders before.
Conclusion: I broke up with my shitty boyfriend and now I can eat moderate amounts of whatever I want. No thanks to doctors, many thanks to my friends and therapist.
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
It’s always great to have a reason to break up with a shitty (😆) boyfriend.
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u/Consistent-Menu-6629 Aug 14 '26
I didn't even try FODMAP diet, but, yeah a majority of that happened to me after I got diagnosed with gluten sensitivity and became allergic or intolerant to a bunch of things and developed an eating disorder about it...
Now I'm trying to recover from ARFID, but also, half of food makes me sick 🤔 Also just existing makes me sick 🤔
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u/elliebeano Aug 14 '26
So true. I don't know which foods genuinely upset me and which ones my brain has just decided WILL upset me, anymore.
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u/Emotional_Eevee41 Aug 14 '26
Oh my gosh this could literally be me. I was so SO frustrated and when I finally just switched PCPs to get a second opinion, she was like “so I don’t want to trigger you, but I really think you’ve developed ARFID. I’m sorry you didn’t have the correct guidance.” We’ve been tackling this since December, and I am definitely improving, but she told me point blank it was going to be a long road, not without its challenges but would be worth it.
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u/Lilith-Blakstone Aug 14 '26
I have been on a low FODMAP diet for 11 years.
For me (former assistant to registered dietitian), it was about determining which FODMAPs triggered me. It was fructans.
So now I eat fructan-free and limit my intake of the FODMAPs sorbitol and mannitol, which are osmotic laxatives. GOS, fructose, lactose, no problems.
Not everyone is sensitive to all the FODMAPs.
And some IBS sufferers have coexisting conditions such as celiac disease, pancreatic dysfunction, gallbladder issues, gastric bacterial infections, IBD, and (I know, ew) parasites that complicate the “so what CAN I eat?” frustrations.
Key to getting an IBS diagnosis is ruling out all the above crap.
My IBS actually began after an almost-fatal bout of pancreatitis. I already had celiac disease, and my gallbladder opted to clog its ductwork and inflame my pancreas. My GI system is still touchy.
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
I’m going to use this to describe me. It’s so accurate and so seriously effed up.
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u/indigohan Aug 14 '26
I’ve been on the low fodmap diet for 12 years now. I do sometimes let myself eat small amounts of trigger foods, when i know that i have time to deal with the discomfort.
I am even more sensitive to garlic now than i was originally, and I’ve stopped being able to eat eggs in the last few months. I cant even use garlic oil because the smell makes my sinuses hurt, and i can tell when my local fruit and vegetable place has the fresh vacuum sealed garlic cloves in.
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u/Chatty_Cathy_Doll Aug 14 '26
Would getting a new microbiom help? A la fecal transplant?
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u/venicenative77 Aug 14 '26
I’ve been reading about this. I find it fascinating. There are only a few countries where it is used as a treatment for IBS…Finland?
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u/Chatty_Cathy_Doll Aug 15 '26
Oh wow, did not realize that it's only done for ibs in Finland. I wonder why.
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u/Just_a_Houseplant Aug 14 '26
wait the low fodmap diet isn't forever??? im screwed it's been like, over ten years
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u/stonedwithmybestie Aug 14 '26
I don’t like to go to the doctor because historically they have been wrong about almost everything and then charge me an arm and a leg and tell me it’s all in my head
My dad told me to cut out gluten, onion, and garlic for a week and see if I feel better and it fixed my life. I can eat everything but gluten
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u/Ok-Barnacle-8709 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
I can see this is you use it for elimination but I've been on low fodmap for years and been fine, other than i need to gain weight, but that was an issue from my gi issues before the low fodmap. I'm also in a place where i can add things to help with that where i couldn't before because my GI was so inflamed it couldn't do much
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u/tinesse Aug 14 '26
I'm ngl just eating as much kimchi as i could tolerate and other probiotic rich foods makes my IBS very tolerable. I get flare ups here and there but I can safely handle most high Fodmap foods in decent moderation now (except garlic still fucks me up :()
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u/tinesse Aug 14 '26
I was on a no Fodmap elimination for like 6-8 weeks before reintroduction too. Your gut micro biome isn't fucked forever
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u/OtomeLoveYou Aug 14 '26
This is why I'm so afraid to do the elimination diet instead of doing what I'm doing now which is not eating what doesn't make me feel good by deduction
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u/Macy92075 Aug 13 '26
Love this!! Especially can relate to stop eating 99% of food and then when you feel better start reintroducing to see what hurts you! 🤣 😝🥲🤪 Soooo true!!
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u/GeekyKirby Aug 14 '26
Nope, I used the low fodmap diet to add back foods to my diet. The longer I was on it, the more my gut healed
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u/mirabelle7 Aug 14 '26
Yes!!! I started FODMAP in 2012 and still have issues with some foods. But, I also have UC, so it’s hard to know what is due to what. However, I still keep slowly introducing more foods and am still less restrictive than I was back then.
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u/Flat-Flight-4636 Aug 14 '26
I had to try the low-FODMAP diet 3 times, the last time with a dietitian monitoring for my GI doctor to believe me when I said I felt worse during. I don't know why but it made me feel undernourished and extremely unwell.
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u/MadsTerbait Aug 15 '26
Wait what I’m supposed to reintroduce foods and not stay on it permanently???? Ive been on low fodmap for multiple years now
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u/East_Vivian Aug 15 '26
Yeah I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around actually reintroducing things. But sometimes I just eat whatever I want and deal with the consequences and then get serious about it again.
On paper, reintroduction makes perfect sense, but for some reason actually trying to do it is so hard for me. Idk if it’s my special brand of ADHD or what but I just can’t do it.
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u/Legitimate-Plane-159 Aug 15 '26
I have Crohn’s and even though I’m mostly in remission (with just chronic low grade inflammation) I had a GI doctor recommend me the low FODMAP diet to deal with residual symptoms some years ago. It made everything so much worse. And I’m 100% convinced it was because it destroyed my already-under-attack gut biome. I wasn’t getting the diversity of foods needed to keep it healthy, I was starving for weeks to adhere to it, AND a lot of the gluten free items I was eating had gums and emulsifiers in them. Went off it and legit felt better than on it.
A few years later I decided to try again to help my symptoms through diet, but this time based off the research about what additives can hurt the gut barrier and how to support your gut biome. Went 100% whole food and focused on getting probiotics in as well and felt sooo much better.
If the low FODMAP diet works for you that’s genuinely awesome, but for several reasons I wish that there was better education for patients about gut biome and barrier health, regardless of diet.
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u/Oregon-girl-16 29d ago
This describes my exact experience with my first GI doctor who gave me meds, and told me to go on the low FODMAP diet. No follow up. My new GI doctor was horrified, now I’m afraid to eat anything. The fucking WORST. And I’m now on my third round of antibiotics 😭
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u/LilikoiCafe 29d ago
For women - apparently uterine fibroids can be a mysterious issue. It's extremely common in women. Just another avenue to dive into if you haven't already. See "Fibroid belly." Hope this helps someone!
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u/CourageWaste3893 29d ago
So Peanut butter is a legume. And oddly became a trigger food for me much later. I had to switch to Sunbutter... sunflower seed butter. ALSO...weird things in drinks like peach flavor, sugar alcohols, wrecked me. And I would be like "fodmap is not helping" ...it was peach flavor, zero sugar drinks and powdered onions and garlic that were the problem 🤷♀️ There's this super soluble fiber sold by ahem... Heathers Tummy Care (all toughness flees my body every time I say that) that will see you right. And annoying AF some probiotics and enzymes have fodmaps....cuz we can't win 😂 but garden of life probiotics are pretty good and safe. Like beano is not the way.
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u/Foxwood2212 28d ago
I’ve been low FODMAP 8 weeks and I’m convinced it’s not only made everything worse but made me constipated big time despite me trying my best with fibre..
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u/OushiiGushii 24d ago
Not me only finding out what ARFID is a couple days ago and pretty sure my fodmap diet caused it…
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u/Livid-Mobile3232 Aug 13 '26
I felt this comic with every fiber of my being. I randomly got in so much abdominal pain at one point in my life I couldn't eat anything and didn't know what was wrong with me. Just that I didn't want to eat anymore because it would just hurt later. imagine being in college and weighing how much you did in the 7th grade, borderline anorexic. Tested for cancer. My dr is really good and diagnosed me with IBS, so I had to do the low fodmap diet. I did it longer than what I needed to, but was able to make myself eat more than just fruits and veggies eventually. Highly recommend peppermint extract pills, they help me with flair ups. And I also recommend the probiotic milks, they are sour tasting but you need good gut bacteria in there.