Some things in dealing with part II.. Im confused

Ok so I want to thank everyone for the comments you all left. For those of you that didnt see my post yesterday here is a little recap. I am dealing with some serious gas issues. I have been dealing with them for about a month or two. Every night. I have tried cutting out diary/wheat from my diet. Now, i have just recently started taking pro-biotics. In the last week or so. Should I continue taking these and perhaps UP my dose as I am only taking one a day and see if that works? Because some people said to try Flagyl which is an ANTI-botic isnt it? Im a little confused. is the flagyl supposed to counter-act the probiotic or does flagyl kill the "bad" bacteria where as acidophilous is a "good" bacteria. Im just a little confused. Could someone explain this to me?
As always your input is GREATLY APPRECIATED...!

The gas could be caused by bad bacteria, so an antibiotic would help eliminate that.  However, it will also eliminate the good bacteria, which is why you want to take a probiotic as well...to add in more of the good bacteria.

Have you tried an elimination diet?  That might help you identify whether or not the problem is food-related.  Are you drinking whey-based protein drinks?  It could be due to artificial sweeteners or the whey itself.  You could try taking the Lactaid pills with it to see if that helps.

Hope you get it figured out soon.  Good luck!

Are you taking any chewable vitamins?  Most of the ones that I was taking all had sorbitol in them.  Sorbitol is a sugar alcholol (SA).  Not as bad for me as malitol.  But horrible gas and diarrhea, for almost 5mo.  You want to stop taking the probiotic when you take the Flagyl.  I ended up taking Flagyl twice.  The first 2 week treatment stopped almost 95% of all my gas.  Started CP-1 (high 60+billion probiotic), and it was too strong, and back for another full round of Flagyl.  When I stopped, I took one CP-1 every other day and Walmarts cheap 3billion probiotic on the other days.  After a month, I also started taking chia seeds.  Which finally stopped my diarrhea.  Now, I'm taking 1-250mg Flagyl 3 days of the week to keep the gas at bay. 

Gas wasn't new after the DS, I've suffered from it all my life.  Gas-X strips work faster - generally take 2 or 3 at a time.  Devrom may help with the smell, but I haven't tried it yet, others swear by it though.

What are chia seeds? And where do you get them?

Have you ever heard of the Chia Pet/Head?  Yep, the same seeds that sprout "hair" on the Chia Pet/Head help DSer's!

Lori Black was the first person I ever saw post  about Chia seeds as  a possible aid to gas/bathroom issues.  Shortly after that (I was a pre-op at the time), I was in one of my local health food stores, and there they were!  I never knew they were edible!  I come from an herbal medicine background, and I had only seen seeds and things like that purchased to make medicinal teas!  I guess they'd have to be edible to make teas, right?

I haven't had an opportunity to use them yet, I want to wait until I'm further out (only 5 months out), but I  have a heads-up (no pun intended) on what to do when that time comes! 

When I did Flagyl, I totally stopped probiotics altogether, then after everything was killed off, I used Sustenex to repopulate.

Worked for me!

Thanks Jazzy!  I had no idea they were talking about Chia pet seeds!  ROTFL  That cracks me up!

Reminds me of being a kid and my brother used to tell me that he was giving me a chia pet every year for Christmas..... just  to hurt my feelings!!!   LOL

I take double the dose of probiotics.  You can't really overdose on them.   Now - this might be an odd question, but is your gas cyclical in nature?  I get HORRIBLE, AWFUL gas around my mid cycle and my period.  It doesn't matter if I survive on a diet of nothing but protein, I still get it.  I just finished with a bout of it as my period started, and had miserable cramps and constipation.   Today, on the third day of my period, I had great relief in the bathroom and the gas has completely disappeared.   I've been keeping track of my "gassy cycles" now for months, and it is definitely very much in relationship with my menstrual cycle. 

Julie-

I always had gas like that when I had periods.  It seemed to be worse when I was younger.

You're gonna LOVE menopause!

danggggg girl.....from your avatar,I had you pegged at like 34 or 35!  You?  In menopause?? 

Yep...I'm a Baby Boomer!  January 17, 1958! 

I'm a year older than Barbie!

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The pictures were done on the occasion of my 50th Birthday...last year!!!!

If I look as young as 35 , I'll be equipped for some serious cougaring after plastics!