Recently at work I met someon who had to go to the bathroom a lot. Since I suffer from the same issue, although it's under control, I thought I'd discuss this here.
You could ask what is this to do with CFS (M.E)? Well, Overactive Bladder (OB) is a direct result of intestinal damage, therefore, carrageenan damage. And instead of taking Pfizer's Detrol LA, or Toviaz, or Vesinex, which makes a very pretty profit for companies which know all about the kind of damage that carrageenan causes, you can take control of OB into your own hands for a much cheaper price.
Initially, for a very quick resolution of symptoms, take Mucinex (sold to reduce the amount of mucus in the lungs); cheaper is a brand such as Krogers Mucus Relief which contains the identical product, guafenesin, at about $6 for 30 tablets.
Drink 1 to 2 glasses of milk each day. If lactose intolerant, there is lactose-free milk such as Lactaid (and there are also cheaper equivalents). Milk solids contain 10% of a very short carbon acid that is essential for the health of intestinal cells: butyric acid - found usually in the form of a salt and then known as butyrate.
After a couple of days of drinking milk, you can then reduce or stop the Mucinex - only using it as a backup when symptoms show up again.
One more thing you can do is to eat nuts (but definitely not almonds - too much glutamate). A couple of walnuts now and then, preferably ground up and cooked as in a banana and walnut teabread or coffeecake, are good for your intestines. Too many and every day is not so good, probably because they contain some glutamate which can create gluten in your intestines, which negates the good they do.
These simple steps will control your Overactive Bladder, getting rid of that intensely irritating urge to empty your bladder every half-hour or so. You will still get up a couple of times in the middle of the night but it's nothing compared with how it is with no treatment.
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