Evening all. Can I pick your collective brains please?
I started feeling ropey back in March, pre-lockdown. Started with diarrhoea most evenings and sometime mid-afternoon too, weird timing. Lots of bloating and abdomimal cramps, wind and generally feeling rubbish. Random dark green poo two days in a row as a one-off too. Keep getting that weird popping feeling in my tummy too (def not pg, before you ask!).
I've had ibs before so put it all down to that, despite it feeling different than before. Previous triggers have been stress and overdoing the caffeine, I've no known food triggers and never thought I had a food issue tied to this.
Some days I'll be fine, some not. Sometimes I'll be really happy and bright and then the urgency hits me, so I can't tell if it's stress/mood related! But right now I'm so, so fed up. Happening most evenings.
I eventually mentioned it to the docs a month ago, and so far I've had stool samples and blood tests checked for: signs of infection, inflammation, anaemia, coeliac, diabetes, kidney and liver function, thyroid, and all came back clear. Hormones are being rerun at the moment as borderline (suspected early menopause - still get occasional bleeds but so randomised and far apart it's impossible to guess cycle stage), to see if related to menopause.
In the meantime I've cut out: cruciferous veg, caffeine, sorbitol and similar artificial sweeteners, dried pasta, spice, processed potato, wholewheat, avoiding the skin on some veg and fruit, have cut down on dairy and fat, and am keeping a food diary. No change (barring a minor but much needed weightloss as I can't eat the house any more!).
I don't know what to do any more. Got a docs follow up call on Monday but not sure what to say/ask any more. Any ideas what the f is going on?!