Lactose Intolerance - Is yours consistent or inconsistent?

[nancys]

I have many inconsistencies with LI. The strangest, and I swear it is true, is that I absolutely cannot tolerate ice cream unless it is accompanied by chocolate cake or chocolate syrup. Hot fudge cake: no problem. Vanilla ice cream, straight: big problem.

 

[froggygrrrl]

I can tolerate fat free yogurt and skim milk with my cereal (in a 1/2 cup serving) pretty well - as long as I don't overdo it, but I still notice bloat if nothing else. Pizza, ice cream, and anything cream- or butter-based is a huge no-no for me. My intolerance skyrockets as the fat content rises. It's definitely a curse because I love cheese; cheese just doesn't love me back.

 

[tasha99]

Milk pretty much always makes me ill (switching to soy lattes changed my life!). Strangely, I've been known to drink milk if cookies are around, even though I know it'll be a problem for me later.

I can usually get away with all other dairy, such as cheese and butter.

 

[hambirg]

I had the opposite experience! Well, minus the pregnancy part lol. When I was a kid, straight milk was the only thing I ever reacted to, and it just made my throat feel kind of "gummy" but it didn't hurt my stomach. After college it started to hurt my stomach if I had too much "creamy" dairy, like yogurt, milk, dairy based sauces, etc. but hard cheeses and limited ice cream were fine. Well wouldn't you know after the first night of my last Disney trip when I went to the dessert buffet (LOTS of dairy based options here, but hadn't really been an issue for me so didn't note lactose intolerance on my reservation) my body has decided that basically any dairy is too much. Which sucks because I freaking LOVE cheese! lmao

This is kind of my story. I didn't tolerate milk as a kid. . .it made me mucus-y and I just naturally avoided it. But as I got older it would actually hurt to drink it on an empty stomach. I can usually eat cheese, yogurt, ice cream no problem. What I actually thought I had was a milk intolerance. . .BUT at 45 I have learned I can no longer drink milk. . .and yes it makes me gassy and gives me diarrhea. Yogurt and cheese are still fine in moderation. . .but I am more careful now about them. . .I am not looking forward to finding out that I don't tolerate them any more either.

 

[cm8]

My LI is very inconsistent. I can eat cheese and have milk when in things like salads, and cakes and all that other stuff, but I can not drink a glass of ICM. Sometimes I can try stomaching a whole milk, milk shake and that sucker will have me so gassy it it's like a bomb is going off in my tummy.It only happens like every other shake though. I don't drink those things when I have to go in public either

Either way it's a some days to deal with.

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

Cheese doesn't really bother me, but I never eat that much of it in a sitting. Forget about milk and ice cream and I'm really sad that even a tall latte makes me feel horrible.

 

[torsie24]

I am fine like most of you with cheese in a sandiwch, on a burger, or on a slice of pizza.

But I couldn;t have a glass of milk, latte, bowl of ice cream, and when eating out anywhere I will never have a cheese or cream based sauce with a meal just in case.

I've come to really enjoy soy milk now, so tend to live pretty much without dairy except small amounts of cheese with things.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Any lactose causes issues for me. But I sometimes will put up with it and get thru it because I really like dairy Say, PIZZA!!
I do not take those pills unless I have too, I really just try and avoid the lactose.
Organic LF Almond Milk is awesome by the way.

I have a child that is now intolerant, but was totally allergic to dairy when younger, I am talking a drop of dairy would be awful, not even an intake, but a drop of it touching the skin and a full break out of hives and other issues too
Over time (Many Years) we added it in, little by little, and I mean little at a time....he can now eat pizza, (he has no interest in the cheese and basically takes 95% off ) and can eat ice cream but not a lot, and generally will be in the bathroom a bit longer but has no other dairy at all...thus calcium liquid for years (which they no longer sell) and now tums EX and OJ with calcium, other calcium rich things etc to make up for it......

 

[RitaZ.]

Mine is inconsistent. I can pig out on cheese, yogurt, ice cream all day long for days with no problem then bam! I do notice though that mine is triggered more by milk than anything that has milk in it or made from it. If I drink milk it really does a number, but the things I mentioned above not so much.

Milk seems to be the culprit for me. I tolerate other dairy well. When it first started happening, I decided to try lactose-free milk. That stopped "the problem". I like Lactaid milk, but found an organic lactose-free milk that I like better.

 

[goofy4tink]

Dd, now 17, had the lactose testing done about 7 years ago. She was sent home, after 5 hrs, and told that there were no issues. When we got home, there was a message from the nurse we had been working with. She said that dd's test blew off the scale that last time!!!! She was completely normal up until then. So, dd has to watch her dairy intake since it is cumulative for her. I know that she had an incident at the Crystal Palace about 3 years ago that was horrific. She had forgotten about her 'issue' and had had yogurt, cheese and dairy all day long at MK. Well, when she had dinner at CP that night, after choc milk and several dishes of soft serve ice cream, she ran to the ladies room and thought she was going to die. She doesn't leave the house without Lactaid anymore!!!!
But it is consistent.....she knows her limit. If she goes over that limit, she is going to have to pay the piper. There aren't any particular times that it's worse though.

 

[simba20]

Mine is inconsistent.

As other have posted, I can eat tons of dairy and be fine and think, "lactose intolerance, what's that?" and then there are times where I'm like Meg Ryan in the movie French Kiss, where she's on the train and all of a sudden screams "LACTOSE INTOLERANCE!!!!!!!

Now, understand this is also a theroy in my mind, but I also wonder if there's a connection between lactose intolerance and diabetes/insulin resistance. Both my brother and father were diabetics and had lactose intolerance. I am pre-diabetic and sometimes suffer as well.

 

[Sadie22]

As all of us age, our ability to process lactose will decrease as our bodies will make less of the enzyme. Also digestive systems become less efficient.

DS, now in his 20s, has been lactose intolerant since his teens. For a long time we did not know this. He would drink milk as well as eat ice cream after dinner. At breakfast, Cheerios swimming in milk and more milk to drink. During high school about 10:00 some days I would have to come pick him up due to illness. He finally figured out that if he had less milk and no ice cream, he didn't get sick. He can eat all the yogurt he wants, some cheese, and milk with his cereal, and he's fine.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

My DD has inconsistent lactose intolerance. Our pediatrician says it's common.

 

[kacaju]

As all of us age, our ability to process lactose will decrease as our bodies will make less of the enzyme. Also digestive systems become less efficient.

DS, now in his 20s, has been lactose intolerant since his teens. For a long time we did not know this. He would drink milk as well as eat ice cream after dinner. At breakfast, Cheerios swimming in milk and more milk to drink. During high school about 10:00 some days I would have to come pick him up due to illness. He finally figured out that if he had less milk and no ice cream, he didn't get sick. He can eat all the yogurt he wants, some cheese, and milk with his cereal, and he's fine.

My dh devoloped his lactose intolerance in his late teens. He was losing so much weight that the Dr. had my MIL give him milkshakes to make him gain!!!
He is now 50, so this was many, many years ago!!