@Patricia _ posted:My pouch is almost back to normal (for me).
After, the first night of cramping I discontinued the use of a melatonin product which contained the sweetener sorbitol, this type of sweetener can cause diarrhea. I do not know if stopping these pills caused the thicker stools.
I always believed the cramping was related to the salad I ate as I experienced the onset of my symptoms after eating it. My pouch calmed down after a few weeks. I ate a backed potato with salad dressing on it and the cramping returned. I looked up the ingredients for both of the brands of Ranch Salad Dressing I had used on the salad and potato and both listed buttermilk as the third ingredient. I am reasonably sure the cramping and problems were caused by the buttermilk. During the last two years I have been eating pretty clean so I have not eaten much dairy. I believe that I have become lactose intolerant and very sensitive to buttermilk.
Since then, I ate a small bag of Doritos Nacho Cheese Chips and experienced cramps. The fourth ingredient in the chips was buttermilk so I believe that my theory was reaffirmed, that it was in fact, the buttermilk and lactose that was the cause of my distress.
I am going to be very careful with dairy from now on.
Yeah, before I was diagnosed with IBD, I was lactose intolerant but I still had some milk digestive enzymes in me. After I got full blown IBD, ALL of my milk enzymes were destroyed; gone. Maybe your IBD made you severely lactose intolerant too.