Note: This post is all about one of everyone's favorite subjects...poop. Not interested? Maybe you should skip this one. Just sayin'.
I know that GI issues are prominent among people on the autism spectrum. I've heard this a million times, and it's gone in one ear and out the other. Only in the last week or so has it begun to cross my mind that The Princess may be one of these people on the spectrum who is experiencing such difficulties.
Before you write me off as a bad mom, let me explain myself. She has had periodic tummy issues throughout her life, including constipation, diarrhea, what seems to be major gas pains...but not often enough that I ever thought to attribute it to anything before.
But lately she's been having an issue. The diarrhea is almost non-stop at school, but nearly nonexistent at home. On Monday, The Fabulous Mrs. G. called me to let me know that The Princess had been pooping her little brains out all day at school. This had been escalating for days.
At school, she has major diarrhea. She's not running a fever. She doesn't seem to have any other symptoms. At home, her poops are normal about 95% of the time. On the days when it is at its worst, her diet doesn't seem to be significantly different. I haven't gone so far as to evaluate the activities of each day yet.
Could it be some sort of nervous reaction, possibly brought on by anxiety over something? Do I need to be really concerned? Anyone else dealing with this, or dealt with it in the past who can help to steer me in the right direction?
I don't have any insight into this but as I was reading your post, the first thing that came to my mind was nerves at school since it seems to be more of an issue there than at home. Maybe the expectations placed on her at school makes her a little more stressed out than when she is just chillin' at home? Like I said, I'm certainly no expert but that was what came to my mind.
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