This morning is the start of day four, and I woke up feeling exteremely discouraged. I've been following everything by the book and last night when I was suffering from bloating and constipation, I took a couple of senna tablets before bed with lots of water. I was woken up at 2 am with the sensation that I was being stabbed from the inside. As I spent the next hour on the toilet, all I kept thinking was "This does not feel healthy".

Maybe a little background about my situation will allow anyone to make some suggestions. I was diagnosed with IBS over 10 years ago, and have never found a satisfying means to deal with it. Recently, my family doctor suggested that I cut out gluten, which I had been doing for about a month before starting the USD. I was feeling generally better, and regular too. My main reason for going on this diet was to address the bouts of bloating and constipation I'd been suffering for all these years. Now that I'm on the diet, it's worse than it's been in years. Could I still be in the "detox phase"? Can someone reassure me that this is temporary? Any help/comments appreciated.

thank you,

Marnie