Trying to work out what’s bothering my bowels. Any ideas please?

[buxom]

I’ve had ropey bowels now for quite some time, never really been able to pin down exactly what is causing my almost constant loose bowels. Most morning I’m running to the loo for a few very loose 💩. I get cramps, loads of wind, everything seems to fly through me and is loose and not formed.

The last few weeks have been particularly bad and today absolutely ridiculous. At 1pm yesterday I ate a tub of pineapple, mango and passion fruit and at 11am today the uncontrollable shites started. Like weeing out of my bum. This painful episode lasted 2 hours, I was passing everything I’d eaten since yesterday lunchtime.

So, fructose? I always thought that allergies or intolerances would happen straight away, is it usual for something to bother you 24 hours later?

If it’s sugars in general then aren’t they in breads, pasta, LOADS of things. Could it just be fruit? It’s getting I’m afraid to eat anything. Anyone else react like this to fruit?

See your gp and get stool samples etc

Someone up thread mentioned bile salt malabsorption which was what I was going to say. It causes frequent, watery diarrhoea and happens no matter what tweaks you make to your diet. Your GP would have to refer you to a gastroenterologist to diagnose it properly though so I’d advise making that appointment as soon as you can. And while you wait to be seen, keep a diary. I recommend a spreadsheet where you can record not just everything you eat but also when you eat, severity of symptoms, emotional state, how much you’ve slept… just about every variable you can think of.

Thats how I discovered that my IBS is triggered not by particular foods, but by eating too late at night and/or too early in the morning.