Diarrhea when taking probiotics.

I've been working on my health here, taking supplements and recording my findings. It seems that when I take the powder form of Natren brand "Bi-Fido Factor" I get a bubbly butt... sorry for the graphic description, but it fits. I took 1 teaspoon in the morning and one in the afternoon on Saturday and couldn't be far from the toilet that evening. Sometimes I was just gassy, sometimes I had to go.

The last couple days I have been down to 1/4 teaspoon twice daily and the stools are pretty formed in the morning, and by evening they are just a mess of blobs... very soft and wet.

The probiotics are supposed to help in the long run... but my body doesn't seem to tolerate them very well. Should I cut the dose even further? Has anyone experienced a transition time before their body accepted the substance?

I think it is the probiotic you chose. All of us our different and some don't settle well, but I looked this one up and it only has the bifido strain nothing else. The description on the web says it is for constipation and colon cleanse, that is probably why after you take you are loose!

Is this the first probiotic you have used? I would try a different probiotic, one that is more for diarrhea, stomach upset, ect. Check people signatures for good ideas. Acidophilus is usually a good one for UCers and Crohnies.

I wish I would have seen this earlier, Bifo from Natren will make you poop, it cleans you out! I stopped that type and went to their Megadophils instead and I'm taking it orally and recatally as a enema.

 

 

I'm doing the VSL 3 yogurt right now, and it is making me constipated somewhat.