This is where I'll put my findings ...

Latest findings go here: yeeeeeeee rn I've only started, I've been eating TWO oat cookies per day without issues.
Though now it's Yule time, so I'm not at home. I ate TWO wheat chocolate chip cookies today (small ones), so we'll see if there will be symptoms tomorrow. Lol

So what am I doing here?

It was maybe three years ago. Overnight, I was in huge pain. It was all of a sudden: I thought that was it, something horrible had happened and I'd have some sort of surgery or perish. I was rolling and crying from pain, it was that horrible. There was nothing that helped it. I just rolled around in bed, crying, for hours. We, of course, called the helpline etc, and even went to an emergency center. Slowly my symptoms started to get better. Until the next day ...

I've always been a proactive person, so I started researching what the hell was wrong with me. The start was very rough, I though it was something I ate. So I started restricting my diet.. Fast forward to a few days later and I realised low fodmap would be the way to go. Did I accept it right away, and didn't whine and bitch about it? Hell no. But my symptoms were quick and the pain was extremely severe, so I didn't have any choice.

Life sucked, until I tried out digestive enzymes. They work perfectly for me. I have no issues at all, when I eat a sufficient amount of digestive enzymes. I can't recommend trying them out enough.

But the digestive enzymes cost fucking money. And my own digestive enzyme production started to slow down, or that's what I'm thinking based on my symptoms. To be exact, I'm thinking two things have happened: my gut is calm. After using digestive enzymes for three-ish years, my digestive system isn't angry. I've noticed I can handle some fodmap's more easily than during the first year of my journey. But, also: if I use the lighter dosage (as I used to), my gut gets upset more easily. So, it seems like I can handle small fodmap dosages more easily now, but higher fodmap dosages need a higher enzyme boost dosage, too. Confusing, I know. I'll maybe re-write this at some point. This page is just for me, btw .. If this helps someone, cool. But I'm not designing this with other folks in mind (I mean, have you seen this page?).

My usual symptoms, so far (if I'd eat without enzymes, which I never do!):

  • Bloating
  • Incredible pain
  • Nausea
  • Diarrhea
  • Constipation
  • Sleeplessness (before the earlier listed symptoms)
  • Sweating (before the earlier listed symptoms)