If you are a vegetarian or want to continue to eat beans and legumes. Beano may help. Decrease the intake of cruciferous vegetables. These include broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and asparagus. Spend time relaxing and pampering yourself 5.
All symptoms benefit from periods of relaxation and stress reduction.
Being a Barnard student is a set up for stress, lack of sleep and poor dietary habits. Your academic brain may be handling all of the pressures of being a student and living in the dormitories but sometimes your gastrointestinal system may not be so lucky. It is also important to remember that there is considerable overlap between IBS and other illnesses. In addition, if all dietary efforts and life-style changes fail to alleviate or lessen your symptoms a further work up may be needed. IBS is difficult for a patient to live with and difficult for doctors and nurse practitioners to treat.