sunmountain
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Ok, so I caved in to my sister and started high potency probiotics about a week ago. Since Peating I've never taken them.
The main thing is, they are helping me poop.
My biome is very up and down right now as it adjusts to the probiotics. But I get at least two poops a day, sometimes more. Once it was diarrhea-like. The elimination is much more due to the probiotic.
I'm still high dosing (8-12 capsules daily) of Mg Gly. I take one tablet Triphala at bedtime. I don't want to take more Triphala because it does have some stimulant action (very mild with only one tablet), and staying on Cascara daily two years was not a good idea for me. Since the Mg plus Triphala is still not cutting it, I've resorted to probiotic. I was actually rather surprised to see the result.
So since I started it, I've experienced some achiness (endotoxin no doubt; today I'm fine), some appetite reduction (for two days, but today I'm eating everything in sight), some increased edema (but today is fine). Also, though it's causing me to poop, the stomach bloat is unaffected.
I do understand the Peatarian perspective on probiotics. Probiotics are increasing serotonin in the stomach which is causing poop to move. Maybe even estrogen.
Dr. Peat would recommend antibiotics. But here's the issue. I DID take double antibiotics after H Pylori, and while they killed HP, they did nothing for the constipation/SIBO. Given the severity of constipation, I'm not sure a round of low-dose mino would cut it. I do have a two-week course of Rifaximin lying with me still. But I suppose I'm afraid to take it in case it causes more problems than solving them.
Of course, the probiotics might also cause more problems. I do remember Peatarian saying something about migraines when she took them.
OTOH I'm getting a bit worried about what if anything might be going on inside my gut and colon after two years of constipation. Hopefully the emodin in cascara helped against things like diverticulosis (I've no idea if it does or doesn't) or polyps or whatever else can happen inside. But I stopped cascara in December, and since then poop has mostly been sitting inside with very slow transit, and that can't be good for the gut/colon.
So, I'm going to continue the probiotic for now, while monitoring things best as I can, physical and mental and emotional. I don't view this as a long term thing.
Thoughts, anyone?
The main thing is, they are helping me poop.
My biome is very up and down right now as it adjusts to the probiotics. But I get at least two poops a day, sometimes more. Once it was diarrhea-like. The elimination is much more due to the probiotic.
I'm still high dosing (8-12 capsules daily) of Mg Gly. I take one tablet Triphala at bedtime. I don't want to take more Triphala because it does have some stimulant action (very mild with only one tablet), and staying on Cascara daily two years was not a good idea for me. Since the Mg plus Triphala is still not cutting it, I've resorted to probiotic. I was actually rather surprised to see the result.
So since I started it, I've experienced some achiness (endotoxin no doubt; today I'm fine), some appetite reduction (for two days, but today I'm eating everything in sight), some increased edema (but today is fine). Also, though it's causing me to poop, the stomach bloat is unaffected.
I do understand the Peatarian perspective on probiotics. Probiotics are increasing serotonin in the stomach which is causing poop to move. Maybe even estrogen.
Dr. Peat would recommend antibiotics. But here's the issue. I DID take double antibiotics after H Pylori, and while they killed HP, they did nothing for the constipation/SIBO. Given the severity of constipation, I'm not sure a round of low-dose mino would cut it. I do have a two-week course of Rifaximin lying with me still. But I suppose I'm afraid to take it in case it causes more problems than solving them.
Of course, the probiotics might also cause more problems. I do remember Peatarian saying something about migraines when she took them.
OTOH I'm getting a bit worried about what if anything might be going on inside my gut and colon after two years of constipation. Hopefully the emodin in cascara helped against things like diverticulosis (I've no idea if it does or doesn't) or polyps or whatever else can happen inside. But I stopped cascara in December, and since then poop has mostly been sitting inside with very slow transit, and that can't be good for the gut/colon.
So, I'm going to continue the probiotic for now, while monitoring things best as I can, physical and mental and emotional. I don't view this as a long term thing.
Thoughts, anyone?