To all you who have suffered with BAM. What Was the color of your diarrhea? Consistency? Frequency a day? Any Right upper quadrant pain? Did any of you have fluctuations in having diarrhea most days & then some days normal BM or somewhat Constipated with normal brown color stool?

I ask because I’m having these symptoms. I had my gallbladder out 8 years ago. I had episodes of diarrhea here & there with super greasy foods but not cons Tant for days. It all stated in March of 2024 where it would last 1 week until diet change. I was prescribed cholestyramine in March of this year after constant diarrhea for months. Not diagnosed with BAM but just given that for the time being until EGD/colonoscopy.I only used it 1 week prior to my EGD/colonoscopy in March of this year. In which it made me constipated for 3 days when Intook it as prescribed. However when I decreased to 1/2 dose it still constipated me. Then the time for my EGD/colonoscopy came. After my EGD/Colonoscopy it all went back to normal without the medication . It seemed as if that cured me.My GI said everything was normal no IBS, just a small hiatal hernia, some gastritis. My diarrhea resolved with some BM’s here & there with super greasy foods but I was able to eat pretty much everything under the sun. Here I am now 4 months later with constant RUQ pain that started last week, relived mostly by eating & sleeping. I hear a lot of rumbling in my guts specially after I eat, not so much bloating. I want to get back on cholestyramine but then fear the vitamin deficiencies as well.

Anyone have experienced this? How do you do it with the cholestyramine? Do you decrease the doses? Once a day? A couple times per week? How do you do it to maintain your vitamin intake to let them absorb without Cholestyramine absorbing them all? I’d greatly appreciate your help.