Hey there - I’m new to this sub. I don’t know what I have going on but will be seeing a new GI next month after a month and a half of nonstop diarrhea.

I’ve dealt with this before and saw a GI for it when I had non-stop diarrhea for around 6-8 months. This was probably three years ago and fell right in between my two pregnancies. At that time they couldn’t decide what it was and ordered a colonoscopy. I barely made it through the prep (really wound up quitting it a bit early because I was getting so nauseated from the fishy aftertaste), and after the procedure the doctor said I was constipated (who knew?!) and had lymphocytic colitis. They tried to get me on budenoside (sp?) but my insurance rejected it entirely, and they wound up telling me I should just go on Imodium for relief and that was that. It seemed to resolve itself eventually and life went back to normal.

Fast forward to January. After a heavy couple months of decadent indulgence (read: eating all the holiday cookies), my husband and I decided to lose weight. We kicked this off January 2nd and almost immediately my diarrhea came back with a vengeance. I had a new GP at this point and went to her when it was three weeks on. I gave her my background and she decided I must be dealing with LC again so ordered some tests done and sent me home with a prescription for vancomycin.

Fast forward to this week and the meds have really only eased the intense stomach cramps but otherwise had no effect. I called the GP and learned they got my stool sample back and it wasn’t LC after all. So they’ve referred me to a new GI (the same one my mom sees, actually), and now I wait.

I really, really, really don’t want another colonoscopy. The prep was one of the worst things I’ve ever dealt with and I dread having to do that again. But my guess is I’ll have to in order to figure this out.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent a bit to people who understand. It may not be IBD, but whatever it is, it’s really frustrating and interferes with my quality of life right now.

Thanks for letting me vent, everyone.