r/lactoseintolerant

What do I do !?!

I generally use to buy some orange or apple juice, or just multi-fruit ones
But some months ago like 70% of flavors of different brands started to add milk to them, with the obvious "it gives more vitamins!", its like a new trend

Yeah, but no, i want juice without milk, now i have to buy big bottles, the small boxy ones where quite handy to take on my pocket or my car

About two weeks ago, I had a whey based protein shake and almost immediately felt like something was stuck in my throat. I kept having to spit out mucus, constantly clear my throat, and even started feeling dizzy. Needless to say, I stopped drinking whey protein shakes after that.
Since then, I’ve been paying more attention to how my body reacts to certain foods, and I’ve noticed something interesting. Whenever I eat Greek yogurt or cottage cheese, I start coughing and constantly clearing my throat because of mucus buildup. This usually lasts about an hour after eating. Could this be GERD?

Here’s where I’m confused. I can eat regular cheese, sour cream, and foods containing milk or dairy without any noticeable issues.

I have an appointment with an allergist coming up, but I was told they don’t specifically test for whey. So now I’m wondering if this is even a dairy allergy, a whey intolerance, or something completely different.

Has anyone experienced anything similar, especially being able to tolerate certain dairy products but not others? And if you’ve seen an allergist for this, was testing actually helpful?

I’d love to hear other people’s experiences because I’m genuinely confused

I was getting ready to eat pesto last night and prepped with a lacteeze double strength. Instantly, my tongue itched so bad, then my lips started swelling so off to A&E for me. Turns out a lot of it is made from a mould enzyme which I'm allergic to. I didn't think to think about since I only recently became allergic to mould.

I'm just bummed that life won't let me have a damn slice of cheese. Please take a moment of silence with me.

My 5.5 weeks baby has suddenly droped her daily intake from around 120ml to just 30-50ml per feeding. She also seems a bit cranky and refuses the bottle if I try feeding her a bit more. Overnights feeding seems alright though and keeps the 120ml level however, day feeding she is not that interested.

Sometimes, She seems in disconfort with gases too specially when I try and hold her. Otherwise, she seems quite happy when lying flat and sleeps as usual (quite a lot indeed , nights have been really easy so far…)

I am stressing out with the feeding because of the sudden change in pattern. Is this normal growth spurt behavior? Any experience with a similar situation and for how long would you wait before going to the pedi?

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