so many things going on at once...freaking out!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

(i apologize for the rambling...this is long)

I need to get this out of me. The past four days i've been having all over the

place stomach issues which I think are part of the die off reactions from

probiotics that I took 4 days ago. I had stopped like three weeks ago when I

ran out, decided to try coconut milk yogurt for a while, I wasn't sure the

probiotics were doing anything. Did an eighth of a teaspoon for 3 days in a

row, and had bad die off reactions that lasted a while, but I was also having

soups cooked for a long time with garlic. Previous to the yogurt, I had too

much coconut oil one day, which gave me stomach cramps and flu-like symptoms for

3-4 days. Then one day, wow i felt better and had 2 easy BMs that were light

brown, excitement! but then the next day i was constipated...and then I had

lots of cramps and big BMs for 2 days because the constipation was so bad i ate

dried prunes. I think the constipation was during my coconut yogurt trials, but

of course i forgot to write that down in my diary. So I was all set to try my

old probiotic again, and do it nice and slow, when I have a fifth of a capsule

(when previously i was up to a half) and bam! crazy bloating for 2 days, like

when I did 1 capsule at the beginning of the diet... and then 3 days of

cramping, weird stomach movements, and dark brown and green BMs, one day almost

diarrhea. And then today i'm back to having a really difficult time with BMs.

It was a brand new probiotic, so it must be just really potent Now, I'm just

waiting for things to settle down before doing anything else. BUT another

problem, I ran out of Amitiza haven't taken it in almost a week, and wondering

if these weird stomach movements is because of that. And am worried that when I

do go back on it I'm gonna have all the side effects that I had at the

beginning...but today i am feeling much more constipated than I have been the

past couple days. And I am feeling pressure to gain weight, and I have a couple

new protocols but I wanted my stomach to settle before trying anything new. I

am so stupid, I tried almond flour the day before the probiotic, so my symptoms

could be because of that. But i'm dealing with flu-like symptoms too...I think

i'm gonna go back on the amitiza again tomorrow, i hope it won't complicate

things more. My new doctor wants me to take colace too...ah I should've just

agreed to the higher dose of amitiza, but i was worried about the side effects.

FRUSTRATION!

Ellen

[Guest guest]

Hey Ellen- I read your post and I'm so sorry to hear you are going through all

of this! Ugh. It's so tough sometimes- we are trying to do everything right but

sometimes it's so overwhelming. And we get ahead of ourselves and add in food

and supplements too fast or all at once and then can't figure out what the heck

our bodies are doing. I can sympathize with your frustration.

I really hope you feel better soon.

-Joanna

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