Hello -
I believe I've had very mild irritable bowel syndrome for the past year or so. I mean mild to where I would have an occasional bout of watery diarrhea if I ate something that upset my stomach and experienced a bit of anxiety over it, but for the most part, still able to function normally. I started taking a probiotic because I thought it would help and now that I've stopped taking it I feel worse. I wake up every morning with loose stool preceded by cramping and gassy pains in my lower abdomen. My stools seem to almost start normal and than just go mushy and a little watery with ragged edges sometimes. Sometimes I have to go more than once with urgency, like diarrhea, but usually that's the only stool I have for the day.
I've been blood tested, stool tested, urine tested and told that everything is normal. The doctor has put me on buspar for anxiety and mentioned IBS.
I've changed my diet over the last couple of days. Eating no more red meat, no more dairy, and I try to eat a lot of soluble fiber. I add 100% Acacia fiber to my meals a few times a day. Eating smaller meals more frequently. Still no change in the problem. Could the probiotic have caused this? If not what are the other things that the blood, urine, stool tests may not have picked up that I should be tested for?