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I'll tell you something as someone who doesnt have crohn's but has suffered with IBS and undiagnosed permanent abdominal pain for 25 years: Yes... we've tried
by xtracto 5y ago
I'll tell you something as someone who doesnt have crohn's but has suffered with IBS and undiagnosed permanent abdominal pain for 25 years:
Yes... we've tried everything, including stupid diets and even FMT. If you've read it on the internets we have likely also . We are mostly aware and thinking 24/7 about our disease. So yeah, whenever someone randomly tells us to try X or Y random thing, most likely we've already tried it, or have pondered it and decided not to. So most similar comments are usually annoying.
- tornato7 5y agoI have/had severe Crohn's which I have successfully managed to remission through basically diet and only diet (I had allergic reactions to the common drugs). 90% of people who tell me they've 'tried' dieting haven't really. Have you actually strictly followed an elimination diet for at least a year? Most people say something like they stopped eating bread for three weeks and it didn't help. But that's not good data. One must eliminate every single source of gluten and dairy (or do something like SCD diet) by studying the ingredient labels on everything they consume, and do this for 1-2 years, with zero cheat days. Most people can't do this.