Bi-weekly (or so) Diarrhea plus excessive gas

Hi all! I'm new to this forum but I'm already encouraged to see how much everyone on here tries to help and support each other. I hope some one has some advice or answers for me regarding my problem. 

This has been going on (off and on) for about 5 months. I seem to have sudden diarrhea once every two weeks or so. No warning, no signs of it about to happen until about 30 seconds before I have to go. Sometimes I go one time and it's over and I'm back to normal right away. Other times, I go two or three times within a few hours. I'm always feeling normal with normal bowel movements by the next day. On top of that, I seem to have a lot more gas every day now, sometimes it's worse than others. 

I've thought of potential triggers, like maybe I've developed a food allergy all of the sudden. My medical background is no food allergies, no major issues in general, and I've always had a pretty ok stomach and digestive system with no reoccurring problems until now. I'm a 33 year old female.

I have seen my GP and she reccommended I try a probiotic, which I started a little over two weeks ago. On day 3 of the probiotic I had an entire afternoon of diarrhea, but that seemed to be the probiotic clearing me out. Since then, I've been doing fine until today, I had unexpected diarrhea one time. Then a few hours later, I had a normal bowel movement. 

I can't quite understand how all of this adds up. My doctor didn't seem overly concerned. I've tried to keep track of foods I eat, especially when I end up with the diarrhea but there is no pattern. I eat mostly the same type of food every day - diary, meat (usually, about 3x a week or so), wheat, fruits, veggies, etc. A more recent thought I had was possibly this could be linked to fried foods, which I don't eat very often. But again, there is no set pattern.

Anyone have any thoughts, suggestions, advice? Thanks! 

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