Silly Girl . . .
Posted by IBD/IBS Author, Mar 2 2008, 03:16 PM
Well, I've been done with the antibiotics for nearly a week now and never had even a small problem with my gut - YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW AMAZING THAT IS FOR ME because this is the first time in my adult life that I've not reacted badly to them. Hmmmmmm.
Instead, I did something really dumb yesterday - each Saturday I dole out my week's pills and vitamins into a pill container - you know, marked S M T W T F S - I take on two presciption drugs but take several vitamins, supplements, etc. and this make it easier for me. Anyway, while I was doing this yesterday I was multi-tasking which I know I am not good at and do only in the rarest of instances - and yesterday proved why. I mixed up my Calcium pills with my Multivitamins and ended up taking 2 Multivitamins yesterday about 10 hours apart. OMG - talk about up all night peeing. I couldn't figure it out until at about 2:00 a.m. I wondered if I'd taken a second dose of the multivitamin - I went downstairs, looked in my pill box for the next days and there they were. 2 multis in each day's receptable. I was up every hour all night peeing as my body purged the extra vitamins from my body. My gut has fared okay - it's not 100% thrilled, but no where near as ticked off as it could be.
So, lesson learned . . . don't multitask when provisioning your meds and vitamins - pay attention, thankfully this wasn't a 'serious' mistake just a nuisance one.
Cheers,
Elizabeth
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Author, Living with IBD & IBS
Comments
IBD/IBS Author, Mar 6 2008, 01:52 PM
Sorry to hear about the Zithromax throwing things off - it's tough, when you need an antibiotic you need it, but the side effects for us IBS and IBDers can sometimes outweigh the positives.
Best advice I can give you is to increase your yogurt consumption - being careful to buy natural yogurt without a ton of sugar and preservatives; and your probiotics - find one with lots of acidophillus, bifidus, and lactobacillus. And, be patient, it could take a few weeks or a month or two for that good bacteria to repopulate in your gut.
You can do it!
Cheers,
Elizabeth
You sound upbeat and positive. That is a wonderful way to be. Can't wait until I am back to myself with a more positive attitude.