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ToastedBread007 t1_iwdk5bs wrote

I went to Mayo Clinic for super awful gastrointestinal problems and they diagnosed me with brain-gut interaction disorder. Could be worth a google if you are looking for similar info.

Essentially my brain and gut (which has basically a nervous system of its own, many people call the gut the second brain) are super linked so when one of the two is not doing great, the other follows suit.

As someone with stomach and mental problems, this means I don’t feel great the majority of the time 🤪

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Maddog_95 t1_iwdpy0v wrote

Same.Went to Mayo even. But I didn’t like the answer they gave me because I’ve been depressed my whole life so I didn’t make sense why now. So I went to a nutritionist to get a third opinion. She ran a stool test and found I had a bacterial infection (C diff). I am now getting proper treatment. Mayo was going to let me walk around believing my brain was the issue and that a stool softener and adding another antidepressant was the solution. If the help Mayo gave you is enough than good!! But if not I would recommend finding a local nutritionist, naturopath, anything.

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ToastedBread007 t1_iwvi2km wrote

I talked to a nutritionist and she just said to try going off of added sugars. No one has ever run a stool test and I’ve had issues for 5 years..

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