Food poisoning gave me hydrogen SIBO — rifaximin + Flagyl made it worse, elemental diet got me closest
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Got SIBO/IBS after food poisoning. Hydrogen numbers off the chart. Methane borderline. Tried rifaximin + Flagler, made it much worse. Went from loose, greasy pale stools, to liquid diarrhea 15+ times a day. Elemental diet resolved it nearly entirely, but created bloating and pain for first time. Used bi-phasic diet after and stools normalized but reverted when I added protein powder with sucralose. Butyrate seems to help, S. Boulaardi hit or miss. Motegrity didnt seem to help, worsened diarrhea. Transit time seems to be 12 hours or less currently. Stools still yellow and greasy, no change in years. Immodium helps but wont take daily due to anticholingeric burden.
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Used after elemental diet; stools normalized, but reverted when protein powder with sucralose was added.
Resolved it nearly entirely, but created bloating and pain for the first time.
Helps, but contributor will not take daily due to anticholinergic burden.
Seems to help.
Hit or miss.
Tried with rifaximin; contributor says it made things much worse.
Adding it after bi-phasic diet caused stools to revert.
Did not seem to help and worsened diarrhea.
Tried with Flagler after SIBO/IBS; contributor says it made things much worse.
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