I've been diagnosed with GERD & IBS............?

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I've been diagnosed with GERD & IBS............?What can I expect from here? I'm taking Nexium and Zelnorm and have been put on a high fiber diet. With the medications and the diet, will I start feeling normal soon?
I've been keeping the food diary, but I can't find any triggers. Right now I just feel tired and have a constant pain in my upper right abdominal area.

-Bella
I hope zelnorm works for you. It was a nightmare for me, I had such excrutiating abdominal pain I almost went to the hospital. Diet is a big key in managing your IBS. If you know you dont tolerate certain foods well I would follow those signals that your body is giving you. Proper diet is a very personal thing when it comes to ibs & gerd. You may want to keep a food journal so you can tie symptoms to what you are eating.

You could possibly benefit from an elimination diet which is where you limit your intake to very basic foods and then slowly add things in. When I started doing a lot of reading, there are many strong ties to the heavily processed foods and chronic inflammation. The bottom line of many of those out there pushing these anti inflammatory diets are all pretty much sticking to fruits, veggies and lean meat. Avoiding things like pop and other types of drinks full of sugar and chemicals.

-dan d
you really need to think about what it is your next step is, especially if your dealing with a high fiber diet and IBS together. Fiber is used to bulk your stool up, doing this may seem ideal to have a movement, but what can happen is the bulked up mass pushes through your system causing small holes to be poked into the intestine. Once this happens you now have an issue of Leaky Gut. the best thing you can really do, change your diet! that is key, then try an Oxygen based colon cleanser, as it is non abrasive to your system and it will do much better for you. I work for the Global Healing Center, and I speak to people with this issue, and the leaky gut issue, all day every day! try the following site for more information:

http://www.colon-cleanse-constipation.com/ibs.html

I wish you the best of luck, take care of yourself, and be well!

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