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[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit this comment could have been written by me. Normally people have issues with lactose. Or gluten. Or FODMAPS. Nope. My stomach hates everything. Thank goodness for meat, rice, and eggs.

FYI I recently discovered I have bile acid malabsorption. It was a long road to diagnosis, but a lot of people with IBS have BAM. In the U.S. they just prescribe the medication and see if it helps. It helps me a LOT. To the degree I can eat small amounts of FODMAPs and lactose now. Just a piece of apple, but you know what? That's better than no apple. I'm down to 1-2 poops a day, and they look almost normal.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bile acid malabsorption, eh? I need to look into that. I don't know much about malabsorption other than what I just found online, but it looks like there's overlap between IBS and malabsorption. Definitely worth looking into.

I'm autistic and suffer from hyper-vigilance which can absolutely cause IBS and other stomach issues, but maybe there's more here than I realized.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

Each person is different but the medication is cheap and you can try it for a couple weeks and see if it helps.