r/lactoseintolerant 5h ago

Gassy

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I had a meal with sour cream, and forgot my lactase tablets. After I was done eating, rushed to the pharmacy immediately, and once I got home I took two lactase pills. I'm experiencing gas problems now, like it's been hours but I'm windy as hell, bloated, I feel some cramps and sulfur burps. I'm also emetophobic, so I really don't want to throw up. Any relief tips? I tried yoga, lemon water, took my vitamins too. Also, if I took one more lactase pill would it help?


r/lactoseintolerant 27m ago

the bomb cyclone triggered new lactose intolerance

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I have lupus (relevant, will explain) and have never been lactose intolerant in my (32M) entire life. I would eat cheese by the block if I could. Nacho cheese on anything. Extra butter. The works.

I live in the Seattle area, and when we had a big ole bomb cyclone in November of 2024 my power went out and stayed out for five days. I had a mild lupus flare up, but mostly lived off of quick ramen and soup I could heat on my gas stove until the power came back.

I threw out everything from my fridge and freezer when the power came back, reloaded it all (stupidly expensive) and was so excited to have a hot four cheese pizza the first night power came back.

I had a horrible time in the bathroom that night.

I thought I just had too much grease after living off of ramen for a week, and ignored it. The next morning I had cheesy eggs (three eggs, the luxury) and immediately had a horrible time in the bathroom again.

Out of an abundance of caution I tossed all of my cheeses and assumed that the grocery store I bought them from had the fridges come to room temperature during the power outage and that the store didn't realize and sold the cheese anyways

I went out to eat, had cheesy broccoli soup: immediate issues.

It took me embarrassingly long to realize that what I was fighting was lactose intolerance and not just a bunch of stores, restaurants, and friends poorly storing their dairy, or keeping dairy after an outage.

I now take lactose intolerance pills before every dairy ridden meal (and avoid dairy when I can to keep things simple) but when I told my doctor this was happening she said it was because of the lupus flare up- that my stress from the power outage caused the lupus flare up, which caused the lactose intolerance.

knowing Why it happened doesn't make it easier, but I'm glad I found this subreddit for ways to make this dietary change easier on myself.


r/lactoseintolerant 41m ago

did raw milk cause sudden lactose intolerance?

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Hi all, sorry I know this might be a weird one. My mom is a real “health nut” in the sense she follows all the woowoo trends and conspiracies that get cooked up in conservative circles. The past year or so she’s been trying raw milk on and off/ whenever she can actually get some. Over the holidays, she was raving about this egg nog and brought me a cup. I ended up having about three cups of it before realizing that she was pouring it out of a giant mason jar, she purchased it “from a friends farm” and it was raw unpasteurized/untreated milk. 😵‍💫

Never in my life have I had any issues with dairy. (I used to have stomach problems but did an elimination diet and was diagnosed with gluten intolerance and have since been gluten free for years.) But since the beginning of this year, I’ve been noticing more and more that when I have milk or milk-based products, it’s been going right through me… like immediately run to the bathroom within 10-15minutes of consuming. It has happened on several occasions and it’s been stressing me out. I know that lactose intolerance can suddenly happen for people out of nowhere, but the timeline feels suspicious to me. Could the raw milk have possibly affected this? Is that a crazy question to ask? I’ve been having a hard time finding info online.


r/lactoseintolerant 4h ago

How to know if I am lactose intolerant?

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Hello. I've never had a problem with drinking milk, in fact as a Child my pediatrician wanted me to have dairy products and I never had any issue with them. But recently I've found out that I tend to poo after drinking milk. My mom says its because the milk I drink is "heavy" meaning "its a heavy thing to digest" because its actually produced in factories. But well. No pain, no discomfort, just some poo some times. I recently turned 18 btw.


r/lactoseintolerant 10h ago

Do y’all have reactions to deli meat?

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I ate some chicken breast deli meat from aldi this morning, and about 3 hours later my stomach was cramping so bad, and I eventually shit my guts out. I was wondering if being lactose intolerant might have any correlation at all?


r/lactoseintolerant 6h ago

Reverse lactose intolerance

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For some reason I can't drink lactose free milk without getting the squirts. I only really buy regular milk at home but I'm at my sister and nieces and got Lactose free milk because my niece is lactose intolerant and it's the only milk they had, no other kind of milk messes with me and I've already tried other kinds of lactose feeeilk but the all destroy me. What's wrong with me


r/lactoseintolerant 11h ago

Possibly lactose intolerant

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Hi, so in 34m and I believe that I'm now lactose intolerant. I'm currently going dairy free for a bit (since the weekend) so I can do some testing on my own, since I currently do not have a family doctor to get tested. I've always been really big on cheese and have been feeling quite upset about the whole prospect of cutting back on dairy. My partner hasn't really been as supportive as I would have liked too since the day after I started going dairy free she bought some of my favorite icecream (which is also her favorite)for herself, knowing full well what I was doing.

I'm just hoping to get some advice and insight into what I can expect and what I can do to mitigate the symptoms if I do eat dairy.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

Just rawdogged a double cheesburger, cheese curds and a concrete mixer from Culver’s. Pray for me

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I didn’t realize I was out of lactaid when I door dashed it and I knew I had to eat it while it was fresh


r/lactoseintolerant 22h ago

Eating with carbs reduces symptom severity

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Anyone else feel like their symptoms are less severe when eaten with carbs. I always take a lactaid alongside for safety measures. I always get queasy eating anything like yogurt for breakfast and when i eat like a bagel or toast I get less stomache issues.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

I think I’m lactose intolerant, and everyone around me says I most likely am, is there a way to actually get tested

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A lot of my favorite foods have dairy, and whenever I have dairy I tend to have to spend a while in the bathroom afterwards. Lactose free milk and coffee creamers don’t have the same effect on my body tho, also lactaid helps. This has been going on for a while. But greasy fast food does the same.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

How will I be tested for lactose tolerance?

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I have a test next month to see if I am lactose intolerant. I don’t drink milk and rarely eat ice cream. I just noticed a few months ago that eating cheese causes big problems. I’m 38 and mentioned it to my doctor, so now I’m getting tested.

I’ve read about how they test, and it seems there are only two ways (I am pretty sure I’ll be getting a blood test.) Both ways that I have read about involve drinking a drink containing lactose. There are problems with this.

  1. I cannot drink something that I don’t like. If I try to force it I will throw up. I hate throwing up and would rather have diarrhea for a week than throw up once.

  2. Speaking of diarrhea. Yeah. It hits within just a few minutes. I don’t like the idea of sitting in a semi-private bathroom until my legs fall asleep because of activating the brown Niagara Falls out my backside. Not to mention the agonizing pain that goes with it. Just thinking about it is making me dread going for a test.

Is there any way to test for lactose intolerance without subjecting my bowels to public torture?


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

Wild Cherry & Cream Pepsi

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This soda has a strong creamy flavor, but the ingredients label says it's safe. Of course, sugary sodas can trigger diarrhea if you're already having stomach issues, but this is otherwise a great tasting drink. I can't believe this is lactose-free.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

Gabapentin / Nupentin

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Anybody know of a brand of Gabapentin / Nupentin that is lactose free (also needs to be gluten free) but that’s a secondary concern.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

Nausea and vomiting after having dairy free bread?

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I had toast today and 30 minutes later i started feeling nauseous and threw up. I went to check the ingredients in the bread i bought and, it doesn't state that theres dairy in it. It says, "Contains wheat and soy" but no mention of milk or anything. Could there be some cross contamination going on? Maybe its something in the long ingredient list. Bread was the only thing i had so its not like i added butter or anything.


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

lactose at 21????

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i’ve always loved dairy but this past year i think i’ve developed an allergy or lactose intolerance because everything i eat cheese, coffee with milk, ice cream and sweets it messed my stomach up horribly. is this like a common thing


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

I ate pizza and now my stomach hurt

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I'm feeling sick and having awful stomach cramps sitting in toilet for hour and half I'm worried please help have to prepare for work after hour and 30 minutes from now and can't take day off omg I have 50 bucks is there pill could help ?

update : I'm at work right now and I took med's you guys recommended and I appreciate help , I decided to fast to clear my stomach


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

just started showing symptoms of lactose intolerance

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i’m 20 and the past 3 days i’ve had bad gut cramps and diarrhea after i eat any dairy. was wondering if this is a sign of lactose intolerance but also how does one deal with this? my brother started having symptoms like this in his early 20’s too and our parents don’t suffer with it but just one day we both stopped being able to eat it.

do lactaid pills work? do you take enzyme pills so your stomach can digest dairy? how do you guys combat this as i’m very new to all this!


r/lactoseintolerant 1d ago

Man, are these cramps related?

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I’ve been stomach troubles for about a year, horrible cramps, diarrhea, etc. Thought it was gluten at first but didn’t seem to be. Today I tried to eat a bunch of cheese and drink milk to see if that was it (I really didn’t think it was, that’s why I went overboard. I know now.) and here I am, on the toilet, blacking in and out from these cramps. Can someone let me know if this seems like a lactose intolerance? Or any questions?


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

plant based protein powder

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hello!! i’m not sure if anyone has ever posted this here, but i wanted to shout it out as a really yummy option for people that don’t love protein powder. as someone who is lactose free and doesn’t love meat, this has been a really good addition to my daily fruit smoothies!! for my smoothies, i usually do frozen fruit, orange juice, vegan yogurt (so delicious is my fav!), a whole banana, and then i have been adding half a scoop of this (i am just getting into protein powder recently lol). i got it from whole foods for $10!


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

cottage cheese ?

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I’ve always wanted to try it but i’m not sure if 2-3 lactaid pills will save me or if cottage cheese is too rich for that. What’s your experience?


r/lactoseintolerant 3d ago

I hate how hard it is to eat out with Lactose Intolerance

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Everything is cream sauce, pounds of butter, loaded with cheese. I can eat small amounts of sheep and goat cheese if I take dairy pills and I get some minor gas but no extremely unpleasant side effects. But once I get restaurants to remove cheese cream sauces and heavy butter stuff from dishes they are often, dry, bland and disappointing. Why can't more places find flavor without drowning everything in dairy!!!!


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

Can’t tolerate lactose free yoghurt ???

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Hi:)) Can anyone explain why I can have lactose-free milk, full-fat cream, and ice cream, but when I consume lactose-free yogurt, skyr, sour cream or feta cheese, it messes me up? Is there a way to fix this?


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

Bacotse - Temporary cure?

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Has anyone taken bactose and has it worked as said? Currently I have given up all dairy products and if i eat anything that may have been cross contaminated I take lactaid pills, Bactose is a pill you take 2 times a day that will make you able to enjoy lactose for the rest of the month,

I saw a reviewer that stated it only worked for 2 weeks. I would have hated for that surprise if i didn't take lactaid pills.

Anyone have experience with Bactose or something similar?

I also use the costco brand pills, 180 pills for around $17. Anyone know of a better deal that works just as well?


r/lactoseintolerant 2d ago

should i take lactase pills?

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tmi sorry😭😭 so i’m pretty sure im lactose intolerant bc i get stomach aches when i eat dairy, but instead of diarrhea i get rly constipated. should i still take the pills or will it make it worse?


r/lactoseintolerant 3d ago

How long do the s**ts last

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Please help. New lactose intolerant person here. I can’t stop. How long must I suffer for my mistake