A qualified General Practitioner who specialises in digestive disorders ordered blood tests and extensive tool testing. This was done by collecting entire samples of stools over three days on one occasion and then again on another.
They looked for any kind of microscopic good bacteria and could not find any but found copious colonies of bad bacteria and undigested carbs, meats and fats.
The Dr has years of experience as a specialist in digestive health and has recommended the GAPS diet or at the very least ,no dairy and gluten.
However, IBS symptoms makes this a tricky thing to tackle as I am being told that wheat and dairy will exacerbate the "bad" bacteria and to get my gut thriving again I need intensive probiotic therapy along with a very clean diet.
However, while I do think dairy and gluten make me think foggy and I am extremely anxious aswell, I believe that when my tummy hurts soluble fibre supplements like Beneefiber and plain wheat pretzels help me.
I cannot fathom not having any grains at all or not being able to at least have the sourdough bread or pretzels.
however, the Dr says that while they may tame my tummy during IBS attacks, it's a catch 22 as it will feed the bad bacteria and my gut will never properly "heal" until I get rid of gluten and dairy..possibly all grains.
I don't know what to do.  I want to follow Heather's diet guidelines while also getting the good bacteria back. The anxiety is very severe and I feel depressed. I have to take digestive enzymes as tests showed my panccreas is not producing the enzymes that break down my food. I am also malnourished despite being overweight, and am down in major vitamins and minerals and iron.
I fee like absolute crap and I want to help myself but I don't know what to do exactly. How do I tackle this without being sensitive every day as the recommended diet for me at the moment is organic meat and vegie broths with probiotics leading onto more foods but NO grains or at the very least, no gluten.
Any advice would be much appreciated. This is the 4th Dr that has told me that my tests are pointing to bad bacteria overgrowth and possibly "leaky gut" but no one is sure if that even exists. One thing all the Drs and specialists agree on is that I do better taking digestive enzymes and probiotics and staying away from dairy and gluten.
But how do I actually stay 'IBS safe" while cutting out all that wheat and dairy etc? I mean how many of us IBS ers could actually survive on food?
ALso worrying is I don't want to go crazy and my anxiety get worse or my gut-brain to effect my head-brain more. Does that make sense? Really scared and freaked out. Want to eat the right things for my best health of gut and brain to thrive.
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Re: Chronic IBS plus Bacterial overgrowth? HELP!! PLEASE! How do I manage it?
