I've been on venlafaxine for over a year now and have had diarrhea for about 9 days. I noticed the tiny white balls this morning and was certain I had a parasite. Thankfully I came across this post. Side note; I too drink a lot of sports drinks. Peculiar. I think I'll just have some dry toast and imodium and hope for the best. Lol
I read somewhere that these little white balls can be from drinking too many sports drinks which I do. I think it's a build up of casein in the intestines that balls up as it moved through. I quit drinking them and it stopped, I started drinking them again and it came back. However, I am also on venlafaxine. Interesting...
omg i am so happy if found this site! i have the same issue with the little white balls in my stool and also take Venlafaxine! That HAS to be what it is! like others i opened one of my capsules and the balls in my stool look the same! i feel so much better now!
Thank goodness, my search led me here for the white ball issue, and I am on venlafaxine/effexor. Yes they need to warn people so we are not worried about being infested with something when its nothing like that.
Wow, what a relief, I am currently having a problem with pain in my stomach and acid reflux. Literally just took a sample of my stool and noticed the white dots. As like everyone else, I panicked and went straight to the internet to try self diagnose until I got results. Found this chain of discussion and what a relief!!! I also take Venlafaxine/Effexor and you are 100000% correct. It matches what s written on the leaflet given to patients when they start taking the medication. Only I had forgotten. So while the white dots are nothing to panic about lets hope everything else turns out good. Thank you for your knowledge and wisdom assuring all of us.
I've started noticing little white specs about a week ago. I take no medication whatsoever, don't smoke, 2 beer a day guy, but the one thing I do - eat a virtually carb free diet. I consume less than 50 grams of carbs a day. I eat eggs, cheese, meat, veggies, nuts and fat. I assumed the white specs were undigested fats. For some reason, it doesn't bother me as much as many of you seem to be bothered. I never thought of lice, worms or parasites. I feel very healthy, no GI issues or problems at all, no bloating, no gas, no pain, but something certainly changed in the last 10 days. Taking Venlafaxine seems to be the cause of most people's problems. Anybody reading this forum have the white spec problem and does not take Venlafaxine?