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Hi,
SIBO is food fermenting, rotting in the lower intestine where it shouldn't be happening, causing the problem and no amount of probiotics will cure it, in fact it is more likely to feed the SIBO, if it can get down to the small intestine. A course of drugs, Antibiotics, is required to neutralize and kill it off with strict adherence to the prescribed diet as well. After the course then back to your normal diet being wary of what you are ingesting incase it happens again. If lucky 10 days of medication will kill it off, a second course may be required to be sure. If this doesn't work it then gets expensive with a more severe course of drugs and a special diet powder. I can't comment on the latter as I haven't required it, yet.
There is little point in taking meds without the diet as you are defeating the purpose of the medication regime. Delaying the inevitable just allows the situation to get worse in my experience. Once you have it it doesn't go away by itself, it just grows, literally.
In the early days I thought I could wait it out and the body would fix it, not true, just wasted my time waiting as the symptoms got worse and became far more uncomfortable to live with.
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Hope you have gotten acceptable relief from your SIBO. I had my gallbladder removed almost 10 years ago and have had classic SIBO symptoms since then. Finally had the breath test and confirmed that I have methane, on the course of two antibiotics for two weeks, BUT symptoms seem worse if anything and my gastro didn't say anything about being on the FODMAP diet while taking the antibiotics. My lifestyle is healthy, no alcohol or smoking, exercise, weight good, etc. and I eat quite healthy but do consume sugar, mostly in the form of chocolate and other sweets, no sodas or high fructose items. I also take fermented foods in small quantities and have tried pro and prebiotics. Nothing has really helped. I will of course address these concerns with my gastro, but even though your post is over 3 years ago, thought I'd reach out. Any strategies that have helped a fellow SIBO sufferer will be appreciated. I'll do the 2 weeks of antibiotics but hesitate to do more than that. In general, I try to avoid antibiotics because of their collateral damage, but understand that the two prescribed for SIBO are targeted.
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Do you eat a special diet while on the antibiotics or afterwards? I'm seeing conflicting advice about that. I would think a low FODMAP diet would help kill off the bacteria in conjunction with the antibiotics but I'm also hearing the opposite.