Patient story

Sugar and carbs make me feel destroyed, but my blood sugar tests look normal

@gutpattern-b026b83bBronzeContributorShared July 2026

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In their words

The story

I’ve been possibly struggling with SIBO for years. I don’t know when it started but I’ve always had stress and was diagnosed with hashimotos around a decade ago, so possibly those factors.

My bloating and everything gets much worse when I’m stressed it seems. I’ve been slowly getting better with consistent exercise but it’s still hard sometimes and affects my mood.

The thing that affects me the worst is sugar and carbs. It ruins me. I get really fatigued, sleepy or have neuro symptoms and I just want this thing gone. I thought I was diabetic or something but my blood tests look good honestly. So not sure if SIBO is causing hypoglycemia like symptoms?

I was confirmed with methane SIBO but haven’t started any rounds yet because Rifaximin is not covered by my health insurance.

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What they were dealing with

Symptoms

Food intolerancesseveremoderatemoderatehypoglycemia-like symptomsmoderateMood swingsmoderateNervous system symptomsmoderateSleep disruptionmoderate
What the workup showed

Tests & diagnoses

Blood testslook goodmethane SIBO confirmed
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Exercise
Helped a bit

Contributor reports slowly getting better with consistent exercise, though symptoms still persist.

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Important

This is one person's reported experience aggregated by GutPattern, not clinical advice, a treatment protocol, or a diagnosis. What helped one contributor can do nothing — or harm — for someone with a different underlying cause. Sudden, severe, bloody, feverish, or worsening symptoms belong with medical care. Always discuss care decisions with a qualified clinician.