Flax seed causing stomach pain??

[Guest guest]

From what I've read, it should actually soothe the stomach but it

doesn't seem to for me. For the past 5-6 months, I've ground 2 tbs

flax seed and mixed it with cottage cheese in the morning. I always

take it with my morning meds - multi-vit, osteo bi-flex, acidophilus,

Effexor (working on getting rid of that). About a month ago, my

stomach started acting up. It will burn and hurt so bad that a couple

times, I ended up back in bed. I'm fairly tolerant to pain having 2

babies w/o drugs, both over 8 pounds. I didn't take it Wed. morning

because I forgot. No stomach pain. Yesterday I took it as usual and

my stomach was hurting bad again. Today I just did the flax, no

cottage cheese. Ok, I take it with coffee and I know I'm supposed to

take it with water but plain water and me just don't get along,

especially early in the morning. The stomach pain was the worst it's

ever been.

I was tested for H. pylori on Wed. so I don't have a bacterial ulcer

based on that neg. test. My doc suggested magnesium supplements for

possible constipation, vit e, vit c, calcium, omega 3 plus an

additional B vit. in addition to what I normally take. These are for

my knee issues plus the possible constipation.

Any ideas? Has anyone heard of stomach pain with flax?? Why after 5

months would it start doing this? Everything I read says that it is

supposed to coat the stomach, not make it hurt!!!

 

Michelle

[Guest guest]

You might want to try taking a week off from the flax

then starting up agian with only 1 TBS. I have read

that anything over 1 TBS per day can cause gas and

bloating. Good Luck!!

 

--- " Michelle S. " <michelle_cols_oh wrote:

 

> From what I've read, it should actually soothe the

> stomach but it

> doesn't seem to for me. For the past 5-6 months,

> I've ground 2 tbs

> flax seed and mixed it with cottage cheese in the

> morning. I always

> take it with my morning meds - multi-vit, osteo

> bi-flex, acidophilus,

> Effexor (working on getting rid of that). About a

> month ago, my

> stomach started acting up. It will burn and hurt so

> bad that a couple

> times, I ended up back in bed. I'm fairly tolerant

> to pain having 2

> babies w/o drugs, both over 8 pounds. I didn't take

> it Wed. morning

> because I forgot. No stomach pain. Yesterday I

> took it as usual and

> my stomach was hurting bad again. Today I just did

> the flax, no

> cottage cheese. Ok, I take it with coffee and I

> know I'm supposed to

> take it with water but plain water and me just don't

> get along,

> especially early in the morning. The stomach pain

> was the worst it's

> ever been.

> I was tested for H. pylori on Wed. so I don't have a

> bacterial ulcer

> based on that neg. test. My doc suggested magnesium

> supplements for

> possible constipation, vit e, vit c, calcium, omega

> 3 plus an

> additional B vit. in addition to what I normally

> take. These are for

> my knee issues plus the possible constipation.

> Any ideas? Has anyone heard of stomach pain with

> flax?? Why after 5

> months would it start doing this? Everything I read

> says that it is

> supposed to coat the stomach, not make it hurt!!!

>

> Michelle

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