Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Toilet problems

Question:

have you ever had gallbladder surgery?  i know a lot of folks (myself included at first) get diarrea (sp?) because of the lack of bile shots the gallbladder so wonderfully contributed.  because of surgery, i added a fiber supplement, metamucel psyllium caplets.  they really helped bulk things up a lot.  hope that helps.

Response:

Hi I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins – Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then. It’s just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating and it doesn’t affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be overdoing the water – I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal teas and decaff coffee(3 cups max). I don’t take any fibre supplements, just a multi vitamin and if I eat any wheat (bread etc) then I get really, really bad IBS. Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs with bowel cancer or something equally cheery??? — Elise http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/elisebutt

Response:

You might try a fiber supplement, interestingly they work both to firm up loose stools and loosen dry ones.  The intestines work best with a steady supply of fiber. | Hi | I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. | Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get | constipated on Atkins – Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs | anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then. | | It’s just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating | and it doesn’t affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be | overdoing the water – I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal | teas and decaff coffee(3 cups max). I don’t take any fibre | supplements, just a multi vitamin and if I eat any wheat (bread etc) | then I get really, really bad IBS. | | Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs | with bowel cancer or something equally cheery???

Response:

Could you be getting too much sugar alcohol? I doubt the ketosis is causing it.  To achieve ketosis you are probably eating something new, which your body doesn’t like.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins – Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then. It’s just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating and it doesn’t affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be overdoing the water – I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal teas and decaff coffee(3 cups max). I don’t take any fibre supplements, just a multi vitamin and if I eat any wheat (bread etc) then I get really, really bad IBS. Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs with bowel cancer or something equally cheery??? — Elise http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/elisebutt

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I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins

Welcome to ketosis.  Have you stayed in ketosis for at least two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary?  Have you moved on to OWL and seen that this early effect is temporary Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

That’s nice but lots of doctors are clueless about Atkins. Unless your doc knows that the early effects last maybe two weeks, his/her advice won’t be of much use.  Then again having that knowledge will suggest cluefullness. Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs with bowel cancer or something equally cheery???

So many it seems like half of all Atkids get this standard early temporary effect.  No way two weeks of temporary effects will have a long term effect.

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Hi I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins – Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

Well, finally. I thought it was just me who had this problem.  I keep reading about constipation problems while on Atkins and this is the first I’ve seen of someone who has the opposite problem just like me.  :) It’s just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating and it doesn’t affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be overdoing the water – I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal teas and decaff coffee(3 cups max). I don’t take any fibre supplements, just a multi vitamin and if I eat any wheat (bread etc) then I get really, really bad IBS.

I don’t have IBS but I do drink lots and lots of water. I think the other responses you have received are probably correct.  This will be my first week of OWL and am waiting eagerly to see if the poop issues resolve themselves as Doug has mentioned.  If not, I’ll just incorporate a fiber supplement once I’m done navigating the wide field of available ones. Just glad I wasn’t the only one. — Felicia D. 210/195/140 since: 4/1/2005 monthly goal: 8 lbs.

Response:

My sister had the same problem but the answer turned out to be the low carb candy she thought was harmless.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins Welcome to ketosis.  Have you stayed in ketosis for at least two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary?  Have you moved on to OWL and seen that this early effect is temporary Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then. That’s nice but lots of doctors are clueless about Atkins. Unless your doc knows that the early effects last maybe two weeks, his/her advice won’t be of much use.  Then again having that knowledge will suggest cluefullness. Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs with bowel cancer or something equally cheery??? So many it seems like half of all Atkids get this standard early temporary effect.  No way two weeks of temporary effects will have a long term effect.

That’s the thing – I should have mentioned that I did Atkins for a year until last summer when I went to Barcelona for a holiday and then Paris and it was really hard getting extra veggies as we ate out all the time – everything seemed to be potato, pasta or rice based and I was getting peed off with eating the most boring things on the menu so I quit basically. Finally got around to going back on Atkins – definitely going to stick this time – can’t afford any more holidays after this next one in California, where I can’t foresee a problem with  eating out. Anyway I had the problem throughout the year that I was on Atkins – probably why I lost so much so easily – LOL!! I don’t tend to overdo the sugar-free candy too much as they really aggravate it and then I can’t be more than  a 15 min brisk walk from the loo, or I’m in trouble Actually I thought today wasn’t too bad as I only had time for a couple of boiled eggs before we went out for the day, then only had time for a quick cup of coffee until we got home at 6ish. Then I had a normal dinner – Steak & salad – whoosh – off to the loo again – sigh!! I used to take fibre tablets last year as well and they had absolutely no effect either way. Elise

Response:

I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine. Whenever I go into Ketosis basically – I get diarrhoea – I never get constipated on Atkins Welcome to ketosis.  Have you stayed in ketosis for at least two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary? Anyway I had the problem throughout the year that I was on Atkins

A year is a very different issue than the usual Induction loosness. Another thing to check: Did you stay on Indcution?  Moving up the carb ladder to find your CCLL is another thing that helps resolve the issue. If you did spend the week out of ketosis to find your CCLL, then it will be harder.  I think this is caused "dumping syndrome". The initial approach is to keep a log of what you eat and when you have loose bowel movements.  Try to figure out some combination that causes.  For a while I had the problem around once every other week and logging showed that it was a combination of pork plus hot pepper plus high salt that did it for me.  I stopped salting any pork meal and it almost never happens any more.  For you it might be a single common food or a common combination.

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