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Dealing With Frequent Bathroom Urges

Silverfyre

By Silverfyre
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Silverfyre Rookie
Silverfyre
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Hello all,

I've been a diagnosed celiac for five years now and I've been battling the same problem day in and day out since then. I'm very careful with my diet, I only buy gluten free foods and take painstaking measures with what foods I cook with. My wife has gone gluten free with me as well (God bless her for it!). But, I'm beginning to wonder if there is not something I'm missing or if I suffer from some other bowel related problem. See, I will eat a meal and then, twenty minutes later, I'm instantly in the bathroom, having to do the dirty deed. I've been on Imodium to try and regulate this but it doesn't work half as much as it used to. I chalk that up to being on it long term and have recently come off it and am trying probiotics (Digestive Advantage for IBS). Still, nothing. I'll have one good day and a bunch of bad days. I have been trying to cut lactose and casein completely out of my diet as well but it hasn't been helping much. I've been tested for other allergies twice now and nothing has come up. Does any one have any ideas or perhaps suffer the same? I'm running out of hope here and with starting a new job soon, I'm quite fearful that this is going to prevent me from working...

Thanks in advance.

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captaincrab55 Collaborator
captaincrab55
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I also battled some issues like you.. I did find out the Naturally Gluten Free Sour Cream wasn't.. My wife and daughter started reading labels and calling. The last thing we thought was the culprit.. That Naturally Gluten Free Sour Cream carried a warning that it may contain traces of wheat, of course it was in small print.. We were sure that we read the label in the past and that warning wasn't there... Removed that produt from my diet and life is much better.. Still struggling with some other product here & there, but life is getting better... Just seems to take the DH a little longer to settle down after an oops...

lamegirl Newbie
lamegirl
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My dad has had similar issues, ever since he had his gallbladder out. He also has liver issues, stemming from too much iron in his blood.

He hasn't found the reason either, but we suspect it might have something to do with diary- he won't go off of it though, instead defaulting for high doses of cholistid (sp?). The medication he uses is supposed to help reduce overall cholesterol levels, and flush them out of your system, and he finds it helps his D as well; but he hasn't been able to get off of that either - he might be on that for life?

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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You mentioned being tested for other allergies but have you been tested for other intolerances or tried eliminating things that are common for us to be intolerant to? Soy, eggs and casien would be the most common ones. If you don't want to do an elimination of them you could get tested for them through Enterolab. I didn't realize the continued issues I was having were from soy until I got tested and then eliminated it. That took care of a lot of the issues.

This is going to sound like a strange suggestion but you may want to see if a referral to a physical therapist who deals with these issues might help. The first visit I had I was very apprehensive and embarrassed as I had almost no control at all at that time but the therapist helped me a great deal.

It is a hard thing to deal with and I hope you get some resolution soon.

Cheryl-C Enthusiast
Cheryl-C
Posted

I'm by no means an expert here, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway. What you're experiencing may not be related to allergies/intolerances at all. Have you talked with your doctor about having a colonoscopy? There could be something else, unrelated, going on in your bowel that should be looked after.

Hope you feel better soon!

Silverfyre Rookie
Silverfyre
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Thanks for all the support and ideas, guys. I'm going, once my insurance kicks in, get myself tested for casein, soy, and other allergies. I'm going to try eliminating casein first and see how that goes. Thanks again!

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