Weird D And C Pattern

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So I was majorly glutened last Sunday and was up all night with vomiting and D. Took two Immodium at about 4 am on Monday hoping to get some sleep and maybe go to classes (sleep, yes; classes, no). I'm always constipated for a few days after a bout of gluten D, but this time I had no movement until this morning and I had to induce that with black tea because I just couldn't stand it anymore. It was yerba mate, a highly caffeinated South American brew. I drank just over half a cup before I ended up in the bathroom, the result I was hoping for. I made a few more trips, consistent with my usual menstrual plus caffeine habits. However, the movements are constantly changing and now look exactly like Sunday night's results.

So here's the question... Is my body just taking this opportunity to expel the gluten since the Immodium stalled that process last week? Or do I need to question whether this was a separate incident? I'm 99% sure that the tea is gluten-free and I have no other gluten symptoms... well, okay, I do, but I'm 90% sure that it's psychological ("Oh no, I'll it's gluten if I get tired," yawn "if I get the chills" goosebumps" etc, etc) and I can never differentiate my gluten pain from menstrual pain (and I have some pain from a Jello cup that used artificial sweetener, oops). I usually just let the D go to get it over and done with so I don't know if this is normal so if someone could give me a drop of my sanity back my would be forever grateful!