Gas bloating symptoms and conditions

Like many of the others who have posted to this site, I have been dealing with what I thought was IBS for the past 3 years or so. I'm healthy and mid-30s and couldn't figure out what was causing it. Colonoscopy and other tests showed that all was normal. I don't drink caffeine, coffee or alcohol. Healthy as can be. Finally discovered it was a dairy intolerance. Coming off dairy solved the diarrhea issue but really limited my diet. Shortly after I discovered Lactaid Fast Act supplements and started to take them at meals when I had dairy.

For the first three weeks, the pills worked great. I loved them. I could eat like normal again without diarrhea. But after that time, I started to feel a sharp pain in my stomach when I take them...like someone slugged me in the stomach. It always comes within 5 minutes of taking a pill. Since then, it has gotten worse. Gas, bloating, and a constant pain (gnawing feeling) in my stomach that nearly has me doubled up. I've never had an ulcer, but from what I've read, that's what it feels like. I decided to stop using the pills.

I just discovered this site and was amazed to see that others have had the same. I should have checked for side effects before I took it! I've not had the vomiting that many of the others have had, but I won't be taking it any longer and risking that!

Hoping there is some alternative solution out there. Hard to imagine the rest of my life without cheese or dairy in anything (bread, dressing, etc.).

Hi All, Hope everyone is holding up well. I've been on warfarin for year and a half now and like most of you i find it has changed my life a lot. I'm only 22 and i hate taken warfarin. I have gained weight and feel depressed. The thing that scares me the most is that i was sick at the weekend and i found there was blood in my sick!!! Has this ever happened to anyone before as it scared me a little.

I got my Mirena removed two weeks ago after seven years of carrying it around in my uterus. I had horribly painful periods before (like vomiting and fainting from the pain horrible), so I was glad to be rid of that.

What I'm not glad about, however, is the thick black BEARD HAIR that I've developed (which returned after expensive laser treatments), losing about a quarter of my previously thick hair (now I have to wear extensions to appear somewhat normal), and walking around for seven years with acne, a pooch that had me constantly pregnancy testing, hoohoo odor that sometime persisted despite bathing AT LEAST daily, and oh, the wonderful gas, bloating, and bowel irregularities that caused me constant anxiety in the tiny, quiet house I live in with my boyfriend.

Then there is the chronic pain for the past two years that they can't find the cause of - could this little miracle have anything to do with it?

I've brought these things up to doctors, all who knew I was on Mirena, and was always blown off. But it's obviously related, along with the my eyesight now being that of an 80-year-old, my very own snowstorm of dandruff no matter what I wash with, and, quite possible, the depression that no medication makes a dent in. None of which I had before Mirena came waltzing into my life.

Here's hoping for a return to normal now that it's out, and perhaps a lucrative class action lawsuit in the future that nets us each at least enough to get electrolysis and a hair transplant.

I THINK WE WERE DUPED!

Is anyone thinking that the drug company knew all of this, and therefore has been marketing specifically to women who have just given birth... this way, the postpartum symptoms are the scapegoat:

bleeding
cramping
hair loss (very common 3 months after.. I believe I lost more than most)
insomnia (very common after delivery due to motherly hormones have
you on high-alert))
No sex drive (because we're either breastfeeding, hormonal, or just feel
fat)
Mood swings (because of our ever-changing post-partum hormones)
depression, crying (must be Post-Partum Depression!)
Joint pain, back pain (we're carrying our new baby around too much)
Bingeing and Food cravings (we're home alone and bored or
breastfeeding)
No sex drive (we are bitchy, unsociable, depressed, feel overweight and have no energy.. I'm surprised they still want to have sex with us?!!)

I also have experience gas, bloating and unbearable stomach cramps that almost prompted me to go to the hospital. In addition, one morning I woke up and my tongue was all black. Is this from the sulfur or is something else wrong with me? Yikes. I was using the GNC supplement before and it worked great, but I got a coupon for move free. I think I'll switch back and pay the extra money.

This is a weight of my shoulders.
I have been experiencing many of the symptoms that have been posted here and cannot begin to tell you what a relief it is that I'm not alone. I have been using the Nuvaring for 6 months. Some of the pros were convenience, larger breasts ( I went from a full C to a DD), and more lubrication. My side affects were extreme leg pain, excessive weight gain (about 30 pounds), increased appetite, fatigue, head aches, irritability, heart rate increase, dizziness, gas, bloating need I say more? Last night I took it out immediately because I finally put all the pieces together. It's amazing to know that I'm not alone in all of this. The weight gain was so fast that I have stretch marks that are extremely deep and I have belly fat for the first time in my life it has sprung right on my stomach. I'm only 19 so this is quit concerning for me... I went from 165 to 195. I have stayed around 165 for 5 years and the fact that I put on this thirty pounds was extremely concerning. I am grateful I know what's the issue, and hopefully with more energy and a decrease in appetite, I will be well on my way to my old self.