Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
Quote: Dr.s keep telling me it's not food related, that I bacterial overgrowth. Alright, so I take Rifaxmin, Miralax, NOTHING. I take acidophillus. NOTHING.
I take SSRI's to help reduce anxiety, since I have strees, NOTHING.
Why the heck can't they help allieve something as concreate as BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH? Why should we go to these measures and time consuming extent for crummy results?
If you have an actual diagnosis of SIBO based on the breath test you should be able to be treated for this. Theoretically you should take an antibiotic as prescribed - I think it's important to take it exactly as prescribed - then be retested to see if the SIBO is gone. If not, you may need to be retreated. Your doctor may also give you a probiotic following treatment to rebuild good bacteria. Did any of this happen?
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Wait, wait, wait. You have Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth?
