Black flakes - normal digestion?

[Lauz]

Since my HA kicked in again over the last 4 months, checking my stools has become one of my ‘behaviours’ I do. Which I am working with my therapist on not doing and am doing much better with.

However this week has been a bit of a set back.

In my stools I notice small specks / flecks of black dots. Sometimes it can appear like a flake as well.

What I am wanting to know is this normal? Like does everyone have this and it’s only now that I am looking that I am noticing?

I am at the point now where I feel like if I don’t have a stool sample check, my mind won’t rest. I can be really good and be ok and not worry and then other days like today when my anxiety is peaking that it bothers me. And because I don’t know what it is, the what if’s start to creep back in.

[Sparky16]

I think it's totally normal. It's little bits of things you ate, seasonings, etc. Stuff changes color as it gets digested. If you ever do a prep for a colonoscopy, you'll see a lot of interesting results from the different stages of digestion!