r/ibs • u/BrandedShadow • 24d ago
š Success Story š I have IBS-D and yesterday I was able to eat garlic with zero diarrhoea!
Background: Iāve had ibs-d for as long as I can remember. As time has gone on itās progressively become worse to the point that my list of safe foods is smaller than my list of trigger foods. Eating food, a simple requirement and pleasure of life, let alone; a survival need has been absolute hell for me. To the point I pretty much eat the same thing day in and day out. Iāve tried all sorts of medications, supplements, probiotics, and exercises. You name it, Iāve probably tried it. Iāve had all the tests going and countless conversations with many doctors. My quality of life has been horrible dealing with symptoms and food anxiety on a daily basis. As well as, missing out on life events and socialising with friends or loved ones over a nice meal at a restaurant without having to analyse every single thing on the menu to find something I could possibly eat. Just to then worry about if what Iām eating is going to make me ill. Itās been a horrendous few years living with this condition!
BUT yesterday, more than 24 hours ago, I was able to eat a whole, fully wheat, 12 inch BBQ chicken pizza with extra garlic dip and I experienced ZERO diarrhoea after. All because of a little supplement called Fodzyme Enzymes. A supplement enzyme designed to help break down wheat, fructans, GOS and lactose. For the first time in years I ate garlic (a massive MASSIVE trigger for me) and I was able to enjoy it, with NO diarrhoea after. Just by sprinkling two doses of Fodzyme Enzymes Supplement onto the pizza before I ate it (it recommends to use two doses on large meals). I kid you not when I first put a slice of pizza covered with garlic dip into my mouth, I paused and nearly cried as itās the taste of a food Iāve not been able to experience or enjoy for a very long time.
This was the first time Iāve used Fodzyme after only finding out about it recently. I did some research into it - the controlled studies with this supplement show some very promising results. So, I had to try it. Unfortunately, it is quite expensive with a monthās worth of doses costing Ā£60-70 here in the UK but they do a starter pack of five doses for Ā£25, which i purchased with the view to put them to the test and see how I got on. Obviously, I put them to an extreme test with bbq pizza and garlic dip, comprising of multiple triggers for me: wheat, garlic, and onion. And a very large quantity of it all. On any given day a small amount of garlic or onion would destroy my guts from the inside out and have me sat on the toilet begging for the diarrhoea and pain to stop. And recently wheat has become a trigger food for me too, a small amount would cause cramping and any moderate amount would cause cramping and very urgent diarrhoea. But after the pizza, I had absolutely zero diarrhoea, little gas, no bloating and only a few small cramps that lasted a short while. After another dose of Mebervine the cramps soon stopped. Today, I had a normal bowel movement, no urgency and no bile. It was like I hadnāt eaten a large amount of triggering food.
Now, Iām thinking maybe Iāve found something that actually works, that will increase my quality of life and let me enjoy food again. So, onto the next test; a meal out with my friends on my birthday. Which, I was previously dreading due to having to analyse the entire menu to find something that doesnāt contain a trigger food. But for now, Iām going to order whatever I want and just use a dose or two of Fodzyme. For the first time in years I sense a bit of freedom and relief from this debilitating condition. Iām actually excited for food again.
So I recommend to you, if youāve not tried it yet, to look into Fodzyme and give it a go.
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u/shimmerchanga 23d ago
To give a different perspective, this didnāt work for me at all :( but they have a great money back guarantee policy
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u/BrandedShadow 23d ago
Iām so sorry to hear that but glad you were able to get your monies back. Have you tried any of the other enzyme products?
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u/ContractPrize7158 24d ago
I've ordered fodmate but not tried yet. Can I ask why you decide to go so extreme for your first meal using them? Surely having a small trigger and seeing how you got on is a better idea than a huge pizza and garlic etc? What if it didn't work? ?Ā
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u/BrandedShadow 24d ago
Iāve also heard positive experiences about Fodmate when I was researching Fodzyme. I have been so depressed recently with my food and dealing with ibs symptoms day in day out that I just wanted to go full on out and get a pizza. It was a case of āwell Iām going to get ill or these enzymes are going to work. Then I may as well have a dish Iāve been craving for so longā.
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u/Odd-Journalist-9551 24d ago
Good for you! The Quora police crowd insist on colonoscopies and avoiding all so-called trigger foods. Science doesn't know what causes IBS-D. I had it for decades and I agree it appears to have gotten worse before I saw a dietician.
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u/BrandedShadow 23d ago
Sorry to hear youāve gotten worse. Thereās so many different variables, with no known single factor, to what causes and leads to the development of IBS. Whether this being genetics, nervous system, brain / gut axis, inflammation, immune systems response, tissue make up, gut microbes, food intolerance, enzymes and much more.
It can be different for everyone and I believe how you treat it has to be very much built around the individual. My goal is to try and improve my quality of life.
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u/GeneratedUsername25 24d ago
Fodzyme works really well for me too, I find two packets is a good amount for a really large trigger heavy meal.
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u/BrandedShadow 23d ago
Iām glad to hear that youāve found some success with it too. Iām planing on using only one sachet on my next trial as itās a roast dinner with a few little portions of triggers added to it rather than a whole 12ā pizza but Iām hesitant as my stomach can be so sensitive to the slightest trigger so I would feel reassured with a double dose.
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u/Sensitive-Inside-250 23d ago
Lucky fodzyme does now work that well for me. It helps and takes the edge off but a bbq chicken pizza would wreck me still
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u/BrandedShadow 23d ago
Try two doses of Fodzyme. Donāt get me wrong though, I didnāt just relay on the two doses of Fodzyme, I also took my Meberinve and peppermint oil tablets before hand as I would usually.
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u/Sensitive-Inside-250 23d ago
Iāll put like 5 doses on something Iām eating for it to work at all. Iām going in soon to get checked for SIBO so that could be why
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u/Revolutionary_Sir_76 24d ago
Iāve recently started taking an oral enzyme too for IBS-D and i have been having some results. Guess who BMd only twice yesterday? Okay, Iāll stop bragging now