Could probiotic be causing a problem?

I’ve only dabbled in probiotics in the past a few times (it’s been years) and recently decided to try one again in hopes that if I do still have a small amount of inflammation that it could help with that. Although I do well overall, I still deal with some unpredictability with diarrhea and it would be awesome to kick that. Anyway, I was originally going to go with the Visbiome but then saw the Flora’s Super 8 recommended in a post here and decided to try it. It’s been a couple of weeks and one thing I noticed was I was suddenly very tired. I had no idea why. The only thing I was doing differently was the probiotic but I didn’t think tiredness was a possible side effect of starting probiotics. So I googled it and sure enough, apparently it can be. Who knew? So I started talking it at night instead. Then yesterday I had a normal BM followed a short time later by a small amount of D. I didn’t have anymore after that so hoped today would be a return to normal, but I’ve had D 3 times. I have not taken the probiotic the past 2 nights, first night because I forgot and last night because I wasn’t sure I should. My stomach is fine. I don’t know whether this could be related to the probiotic, the UC, some kind of mild bug, or what. It sucks because now is not a good time for this and if I’m inadvertently causing it with the probiotic, I’d rather stop. I have a birthday party for my son Saturday and plenty I need to do between now and then. (I hate taking Imodium because if it’s a bug that needs out, I don’t want to trap it and I think it gave me a two-day headache last time.) At the same time, if this is just an adjustment period and it could help me in the long run, I’d be willing to stick it out. Any thoughts or advice?

No, there was nothing in my diet I could attribute it to I don’t think. I have been taking it at bedtime. I have not taken it for 3 days now and today was back to an almost normal BM. I do not have typical symptoms of a flare and have not had a full blown flare since I started Entyvio in 2018. 1-2 normal BM’s most days. No blood or mucus. Occasionally pains before going. Unless any inflammation present is considered a flare, but I’m waiting on my scope for word on that. Elevated FCP would indicate that but then I had perfectly normal FCP with inflammation seen on scope the month before that so who knows. I probably do though. I was hoping adding a good probiotic would provide some more support because I really am so close to normal, but I have also read of it having the opposite effect for some people, even Visbiome. I’m always wary of trying new things even when they are supposed to be helpful.

I take probiotics in the morning and never had issues

Old Hat, I’m sure stress plays some role this time of year for me. It’s just such a tiring game to play, as I’m sure everyone here gets, like whack a mole trying to figure out if symptoms mean illness, a fluke, a trigger food, something you added, something you stopped, a flare…is there ever normal for us? What should we really expect from our treatment? It’s hard to know when normal becomes just not having to run to the bathroom 10+ times a day or being afraid to go anywhere. Since I haven’t had to live that way for a long time, I thought I was doing pretty good!

Straydog, thanks for that. It’s another frustration with this disease because there are no universals for treatment whether pharmaceutical or not. Sometimes I think I do best doing nothing but the Entyvio. I’ve only stayed on Lialda, even if inconsistently, because my former doctor wanted me to for cancer prevention. I’m not even sure it benefits me anymore and suspect it might actually do more harm than good. So then I read posts here that yes, you can become intolerant. It’s a mind game as much as a physical one because you scrutinize and question every little thing.