My friend ate milk, cheese, etc all her life. Then she got sick like you. She had developed lactose intolerance. Now she has to avoid some of her favorite foods. Here's a link to some info. Maybe you're not intolerant, though. Could be something else that the site suggests. Good luck.

http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/Can-You-Become-Lactose-Intolerant.html

Eight hours seems a long time for lactose intolerance to manifest itself. According to an overview I found it takes 2.5 to 3 hours for 50% of your stomach content to be emptied into the small intestine.

According to Wikipedia symptoms typically appear between 1/2 and 2 hours after drinking milk.

Hi Anna,

Most [30 yrs at least] of my adult life I suffered from PAT [fast beating of atrium].

Medicine could not help. Nothing. over the years I tried a lot of different things.

Eventually I discovered that the whole thing was food allergies somewhere in the later part of my guts.

I would eat beef or tomatoes or onions or worse yet a combination and 4 1/2 days later I would feel VERY strange and often my heart would be off and beating VERY rapidly for a 1/2 day or so with all sorts of other symptoms.

In college I once rode my bike over to the infirmary to look for help and measured a heart rate of 320 when I got off my bike!!

Eventually I fixed my diet [bone broth or whatever] and my gut now seems to have somewhat healed. I still take it very easy on beef, even pastured beef, but tomatoes and onions seem to be OK.

I can't remember the last time I had an episode.

I hope you too can 'figure yourself out' and are eventually relieved as much as I have been.

I would suggest reading Natasha Campbell-McBrides book Gut and Psychology Syndrome or just looking closely at her website gapsdiet.com.

That is what I am doing today and it seems to be making me feel better each day.

I really hope you are back to 'normal' soon!!

My kale is still alive and yummy.

Thanks again for your most helpful website :).

warm regards to you both, John

If it is goat milk you are drinking, what they eat may be the culprit rather than the milk itself.

I was desperately sick for nearly a year, from enjoying a gallon of raw cow's milk. It tasted like milk would taste if they served cow's milk in heaven. Now I know I'll have to actually be in heaven before I can taste it again. How could something that wonderful harbor something that evil?

I'm glad the fodmap diet has been working. I had a similar experience in the 1970s after being a hiking counselor one summer (no water filters back then). I had lots of stomach discomfort and diarrhea for months. They tested me for everything, had me stop dairy for a couple of weeks - came up with nothing so diagnosed me with IBS. Then unrelatedly I got a terrible sore throat and couldn't eat anything for over a week, ended up on IV in the hospital. But when I recovered and started eating again my stomach was back to normal! Never had a problem since. Hoping the same for you.

After months of diarrhea I too became desperate. After the diagnosis of celiac + collagenous colitis and changing to the SCD diet I found relief. This digestive stuff is tricky.