EllasMum
03-03-2013, 10:39 PM
Mods, I wasn't sure if this should go in 'Healthy You' or not. Hoping for more traffic, so posting here.
About 2 weeks ago, DD had a horrendous bout of whatever stomach virus is going around here. On the third day (of 5!) I started getting nervous about getting it, so decided to start taking probiotics in hopes of doing anything I could to lessen the effects. I had some probiotics I'd bought for DD, which have 3 billion cfu (colony forming units), and the directions said for adults to take 1-2 capsules daily, which I did. The next day, I started feeling slightly nauseated and figured it was going to hit me, but it never did. I continued to feel nauseated for about 10 days and wondered if I should get some adult probiotics, which I did. The directions on these said to take 1 capsule 3 times daily with each capsule having 5 billion cfu. By the 2nd day of that dose, I was getting ***TMI WARNING*** lactose-intolerance-like gas. I say this because I went through a period of about 2 years of lactose-intolerance (terrible gas) while taking an anti-depressant in my 20's. The gas and bloating I got while on the probiotics was similar to that. I did some Googling and found that a high dose of probiotics can actually trigger gas/bloating/diarrhea in some people. Over the last week, I did have one incident of a very loose BM and one night of vomiting. When I finally made the (possible) connection to the probiotics, I cut the dose back to 1 capsule daily. Just wondering if that is enough of a dose to have a positive effect? I'm curious as to what dose I should be taking? Or should I cut my losses with this brand and try something else? This is a store brand and says the capsules are vegetarian, but may have come into contact with milk. I couldn't see anything about the product containing lactose, but maybe that is a given with probiotics??
Sorry, I realize this is long and rambly. Just looking for any advice/thoughts on this. I suppose I could still be fighting the stomach virus and the probiotics may be unrelated to my issues, but the timing seems suspicious. I am now at day 10 of this mild nausea/lack of appetite. Everything else is normal (and no, I cannot be pregnant).
Thanks for any insight!
About 2 weeks ago, DD had a horrendous bout of whatever stomach virus is going around here. On the third day (of 5!) I started getting nervous about getting it, so decided to start taking probiotics in hopes of doing anything I could to lessen the effects. I had some probiotics I'd bought for DD, which have 3 billion cfu (colony forming units), and the directions said for adults to take 1-2 capsules daily, which I did. The next day, I started feeling slightly nauseated and figured it was going to hit me, but it never did. I continued to feel nauseated for about 10 days and wondered if I should get some adult probiotics, which I did. The directions on these said to take 1 capsule 3 times daily with each capsule having 5 billion cfu. By the 2nd day of that dose, I was getting ***TMI WARNING*** lactose-intolerance-like gas. I say this because I went through a period of about 2 years of lactose-intolerance (terrible gas) while taking an anti-depressant in my 20's. The gas and bloating I got while on the probiotics was similar to that. I did some Googling and found that a high dose of probiotics can actually trigger gas/bloating/diarrhea in some people. Over the last week, I did have one incident of a very loose BM and one night of vomiting. When I finally made the (possible) connection to the probiotics, I cut the dose back to 1 capsule daily. Just wondering if that is enough of a dose to have a positive effect? I'm curious as to what dose I should be taking? Or should I cut my losses with this brand and try something else? This is a store brand and says the capsules are vegetarian, but may have come into contact with milk. I couldn't see anything about the product containing lactose, but maybe that is a given with probiotics??
Sorry, I realize this is long and rambly. Just looking for any advice/thoughts on this. I suppose I could still be fighting the stomach virus and the probiotics may be unrelated to my issues, but the timing seems suspicious. I am now at day 10 of this mild nausea/lack of appetite. Everything else is normal (and no, I cannot be pregnant).
Thanks for any insight!