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I am cautiously optimistic about a strange thing I noticed today about a long standing problem. I was on this thread earlier, because I am scheduled for a SIBO test. I was bummed because I had to start on amoxicillin for a dental infection this past Friday. Well….since September 2023, I have had a constant metallic then turned bitter taste in my mouth. I have seen a neurologist, ENT, gastroenterologist, primary, etc. No one is certain what caused it. It was theorized it could be post covid syndrome, as I was diagnosed with that. Or, B12 deficiency, which I also had. No one had any suggestions for treatment, except to give it time………WELL, today is day 4 on the antibiotics and the bitter taste has subsided quite a bit. I am now wondering if I indeed had SIBO and it was causing the constant bitter taste.
I’m not sure what to do. Send the gastroenterologist a message about it? Tell the dentist who prescribed it for me? While I’m taking it, I might as well do the right diet….Please send positive thoughts about this. It was so hard to keep the faith that I might ever be free of that bitter taste. I pray it continues to resolve.
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Can I ask you what your symptoms are for sibo? I believe I have it but I also have silent reflux. I have been trying to get a test for sibo, but I've been unable to contact the right doctor to give it to me. Gastrointestinal doctors don't seem to know what it even is. It would be helpful to me if I knew what your symptoms are. Thank you in advance, Sonja
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I hope you get through this time and find help and someone that can treat the cause not just the symptoms. I think we have more than one doctor (these days patients mostly see PAs and have never met their doctors) and we don't have that one family doctor with their own private practice who has the experience to diagnosis symptoms that these days you have to go to several other doctors (PAs) to see. If you don't know the right questions to ask we go home wondering exactly what treatment we are being given or what the side effects are since there are pages of fine print and can't pronounce medical terms we are in a wait and see situation as to being hopeful the doc/PA knows what is really going on. I am on my last day of a 10-day amoxicillin clav prescription. Two weeks before that on Cipro for UTI and covid/flu symptoms but was told I had a cold! I feel better today but not "normal", still have no real strength, no appetite and when I do try to think of something I might eat as far as I've been told to not eat or can eat, I can't taste it. I've lost 10 lbs in one month and walk on eggshells trying not to rock the boat and the bad symptoms in my gut and body don't show up again. I'm depressed and sad a lot but know hopefully this too shall pass.