Sorta gross poo question?

[Anonymous]

I don't really get what's happening. Ever since I was born I've had issue with pooping, I usually have diarrhea 3-5 times a day and that's normal for me. Sometimes food i eat makes it worst so I keep anti-diarrhea on me. The last few days I've been sorta constipated I guess, I've been going twice a day and it's been actual turds. By twice a day I mean I'll feel I need to go and so ill go sit on the toilet for 20 mins and hardly nothing will happen so I have to wait until I have to go really bad and try again. I've also been super gassy and that's not normal for me either, sure I'll fart here or there but lately it's all the time I'm farting or burping and not really a big burper either. I had some beans on my taco a few nights ago so I guess that could be the reason for the farting but seems after a few days it would be out of my system and the beans did nothing to help my pooping issue. Seems so weird to me that I've gone from diarrhea to struggling to go

[broadsword]

Ok not a weird question at all. The first thing to try is removing wheat and all wheat derivatives from your diet. Especially bread it sounds a little like a wheat intolerance.
The next thing is to find a good pro biotic natural live yogurt. Take one table spoon full each day first thing in the morning.
The other thing to consider after is spices. You describe having had a taco. Do you have a lot of chilli in your diet? Not many people understand that the heat you feel from chillies is actually a mild allergy reaction. Some people's tolerance to this allergic reaction can be diminished.
Finally get or take an allergy test to see if there is something that could be upsetting your digestive system. One last thing could be IBS. ( irritable bowel syndrome )
www.nhs.uk/.../Symptoms.aspx

[Asker]

Wheat is basically all I eat, I have wheat bread and whole wheat oatmeal etc. I don't really eat a lot of bread but white bread makes me bloat so much so I never eat it. That taco wasn't a spicy one it was just chicken, rice, beans, mild salsa, cheese and sour cream but I do eat a lot of cayenne pepper, it's not really hot to me and I put it in everything I eat just about. I have ate one of the ghost peppers and it was awful, my boyfriend put it on bacon and made me a sandwhich and my mouth was on fire and lips numb and my stomach felt horrible for hours after so I don't know that I'll eat that one again.
I've thought of the allergy test for a while but I'm a little afraid, as I get older I'm allergic to a lot more things. Metals, betadine, bees/wasps, sesame seeds, some laundry soaps, almost all antibiotics- there's 1 left I can take so far, cold and flu medicines, a few other things and something at work gets me so bad and have to take meds all day to be able to work or else my throat & all swells

[broadsword]

Ok look your diet is so carbohydrate packed that it is highly probably that you do have some sort of wheat intolerance.
Please simply try fruit and vegetables for a week and reintroduce some good bacteria into your gut with bio live yogurt. The bacteria in your digestive system are struggling with your limited diet. Carbs don't give much variety and block the digestive tract. So you will get bouts of constipation followed by diarrhoea.

[broadsword]

All so hydration is going to be very important for you you. Is it anti histamines you take? Where do you work is it in an office?

[Asker]

I do eat some fruit and try to put veggies in things I cook. For breakfast I'll usually have sausage, scrambled eggs and cheese and I put cayenne pepper, sage and basil in it. Lunch is usually something I make and I'll have it lunch and dinner like chili, chicken Alfredo, hamburger helper, smoked sausage and potatoes just whatever I decide to make. I eat a Greek yogurt once a day use it sorta as a dessert after dinner most nights. I always buy fruit and then will have a little bit of if and then throw the rest out because it goes bad. This summer we grew squash and peas and tomatoes so we ate a lot of that.

[Asker]

I try to drink water it just can be expensive, where I live there is legionella, iron and other terrible things in my water so it's not safe to drink and since the stores know everyone has to buy bottled water the prices have gone up on water.
The days I work before bed I take a Benadryl and then at work I take another allergy pill either Zyrtec which lasts the 12 hours I work or other ones I have to take every 4 hours the whole day I work. I also have to take muccinex and that's about every 6 hours so basically taking pills all day to be at work. I'm thinking I need to find a new job but I work at a hospital and I have good health insurance and get paid good so it's s little hard to leave. From the constant drainage and mucous I'm always coughing up nasty stuff all day and it's like it kinda clogs me up and makes it hard to talk like I'll say words but no noise happens until I cough and my throat is constantly red from the irritation and coughing all the time.

[Asker]

If I don't take the pills all day my ears and throat swell and it makes it difficult for me to breath, to me it wasn't that noticeable but I'd get crabby a lot at work and as soon as I got home is be asleep for the night. I went to the dr and he said the lack of oxygen from when I swell from the reaction makes me crabby because my body is fighting for oxygen and when you lack oxygen like that it changes your mental status making me crabby. He said I get so tired all the time because my body is working harder to breath and on top of that I'm doing my job and not holding back so my body is working super hard all day when I work and makes me exhausted. There's been days I haven't had the pills and I've had to pull over and sleep for a half hour or so because I'd be falling asleep while I was driving. I live closer to the hospital now and it's city so stop lights and traffic and that helps but every day as soon as I'm home it's bed time and I'm sleeping for 12-16 hours

[broadsword]

Wow ok your really up against it. Sounds like it might be pollution driven

[Red_Arrow]

Ever since you were born you have had diarrhea 3-5 times a day and you are over 25 now? That means you have waited at least 25 years too long to talk to a doctor about it. Diarrhea daily is not normal and is dangerous. it dehydrates you. And it flushes out goo bacteria that your system needs. It is definitely time to let a doctor help you!

[Asker]

When I was a baby I had a hard time going so my mom would have to stick her finger up my butt so I could go and I know since at least age 11/12 I'm guessing probly even earlier than that I've had the diarrhea. I've been to the dr and he just said I lack fiber, I try to eat somewhat healthy but I've been having a hard time with food lately so what I can eat isn't always the healthiest, a lot of things will make me gag or feel sick to my stomach just looking at them and having a hard time with certain textures. I don't know maybe I'm just having some stomach issues right now

[Red_Arrow]

The finger up the butt is something we had to do with our daughter. Not for long, but to get it stretched out enough to pass the poop. Usually doctors will prescribe fiber if you are constipated, not having diarrhea, because the fiber will retain water and make the poop looser. Not sure what problems you are having with food now, but with all these things together you should see a specialist, probably a gastroenterologist.

[I_am_repulsive]

Stool softener or talk to your doctor