Hello ranger7:

Try adding magnesium supplements. Depending on the dose size and chemical form they can loosen up stools.

I think that coffee is a barrier to my gut healing. But if I don't have two cups in the morning then I am constipated. My body has a learned ritual that keeps me hooked. Caffeine is a signaling molecule to my but (with news paper in hand). Some rituals are religions.

Proboitics is regular in my diet (no pun intended) but I have recently started trying bentonite clay to help heal the gut. The FDA requires manufacturers to put warnings on them to not eat it. However there is a "food grade" version but that might mean that there are simply additives to make it mix well with water; pure bentonite clay will not mix with water. The pros, cons and well settled facts about bentonie clay are for another thread.

Hope this helps

HLA-B27 neg, vague AS symptoms in 20s and early 30s
1993:fibromyalgia (age 25)
2013.07:Reverse blockage in a SCUBA accident
2013.08:Scratched by a sick cat
2013.09:Strange sore throat then meningitis
2014:Chronic inflammation at the base of the skull
2014 to early 2015:excess NSAID use developed complete axial inflammation, included psoriasis
NSD helped well and but was not perfect
2018.07: weak +'ve tests for borrelia, babesia, bartonella and mycoplasma pneumonia using Armin Lab, ANA=equivocal