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How much money did you spend altogether on your antibiotic journey?I’ve tried it a lot of times, with close to a billion CFU in a retention enema.
Even did home made fecal transplants from healthy donnor four times, didn’t work for me.
Only thing that worked was a course of antibiotics: Xifaxan + Augmentin + Azithromycin.
My SIBO has been greatly alleviated.
It was originally caused by all these years of popping probiotics because I read it was healthy...
For 3 years I’ve struggled with my health thinking the problem was not enough bacteria, when it was actually too much in the wrong place.
How much money did you spend altogether on your antibiotic journey?
What an authoritarian title. We certainly do not require additional government regulation.
Thanks.I would say 300 euros, maybe, no idea.
Would totally do it again if it was 3000
I'm very much in favor of less governmental regulations. It would be so much easier to get antibiotics as well as some other stuff if these things weren't controlled.What an authoritarian title. We certainly do not require additional government regulation.
What's with the often see theory that gut bacteria aid in digestion then?
I've read that it helps in up to 90% of the digestion process, the 10% remaining being hydrochloric acid and enzymes
It would be nice if bacteria weren't the problem, but things that kill bacteria also reduce bloating and improve digestion for me, so there is no way that bacteria are doing beneficial stuff in my gut.I'm just seduced by the raw primal diet principles, as they are elegant and seem to fit well withing the laws of nature: all bacteria and parasites are the body's janitors, they are here to feed on decaying tissue.
As long as you eat a physiological diet of uncooked and unprocessed animal products, there won't be any decaying tissue anymore to feed on and the bacteria will leave.
The antibiotic addition to make the gut sterile feels good, but I sense it's only a temporary relief and doesn't solve the long term picture of why bacteria are here in the first place.
I mean, would nature really **** up?
It would be nice if bacteria weren't the problem, but things that kill bacteria also reduce bloating and improve digestion for me, so there is no way that bacteria are doing beneficial stuff in my gut.
Also, hypothyroidism is probably the cause of SIBO and bacterial overgrowth in general. As @thomas00 said, the stomach and small intestine should be naturally free of bacteria, but with impaired oxidative phosphorylation, the body can't generate enough energy and ROS to keep bacteria only in the large intestine.
There is evidence that MB is good for urinary tract infections, as well as for candida( especially in the mouth), but I have no idea if it would be enough to bring someone back to health if their bacterial growth is too great. As an adjunct to antibiotics, I think it can work well. I never read about any harmful interaction antibiotics and MB. For prevention, I think methylene blue would be great, and much safer than using antibiotics chronically.Would not methylene blue be precisely what is needed?
things that kill bacteria also reduce bloating and improve digestion for me
A couple of years ago, I used amoxicillin after having a tooth extracted, and I remember feeling very good( less bloating, very warm, great mood, even though I was eating beans and drinking green tea daily) , but I was very hypothyroid back then. The benefits went away quickly. And I think that this antibiotic wasn't strong enough, especially for someone who has pretty much always had digestive problems and bloating, like me.Which ones have worked for you?
A couple of years ago, I used amoxicillin after having a tooth extracted, and I remember feeling very good( less bloating, very warm, great mood, even though I was eating beans and drinking green tea daily) , but I was very hypothyroid back then. The benefits went away quickly. And I think that this antibiotic wasn't strong enough, especially for someone who has pretty much always had digestive problems and bloating, like me.
I consumed a ton of ground ginger for a long time, and it sure helped. Taste wise, I had no problems with it. Meat with ground ginger tastes great to me, but if I stopped consuming it for only a few days, my digestion would suffer, and I would get bad breath. My tongue didn't like ginger though. Felt like the ginger was burning it to the point of being uncomfortable.
I tried cinnamon too, the cassia variety as well as the ceylon one. The cassia variety seemed to be more effective, probably because it has coumarin. I think the bacteria dislike it as much as the liver does.
I tried a bunch of other spices as well, and they provided benefits, but none of them cured the bloating. High dose niacinamide and caffeine were more effective than all the spices I've tried, but both can cause insomnia for me, so I couldn't really use a lot of them consitently enough.