I have battled Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS) for years with the same symptoms you listed. Sometimes I still have very bad flare ups several times a year and I'm not sure why but.....taking a Probiotic has helped ( I had to try several to find the right one for me) and I do not eat gassy foods like beans or cabbage ( I can eat broccoli though!). Also I avoid extremely high fiber foods ( I tried fiber pills once and I thought I was going to die of stomach bloating and pains).
Good luck to you!!

The Fodmap diet is a wonderful tool to help cure SIBO. Miserable disease, as you know. I was diagnosed with breathing test.
Don’t cheat, seriously stick to the plan, then slowly add other foods. Try to avoid sugar items, and foods that turn to sugar when digested. It was recommended for 4 months, although I have heard 3 months was ok. I wasn’t taking any chances…
It worked beautifully, but I am still somewhat careful with my diet. I think that a proper diagnosis is essential if possible.
Good luck!

You can look up Monash info on foods online without having the app. If you are ever in doubt about a low fodmap food, skip it. This plan is not a life sentence…just seems that way in the beginning. You have to starve those little SIBO critters…that is how it was explained to me. Good luck with your persistence!

Ps look up IBS Diets,
Low FODMAP foods

I leave it open on my phone, or it’s printable. Bad stuff in pink, good stuff in green. Very easy to use

Great that they let you use it free for first week to see if you like it! Wonderful way to get started reading labels. In the beginning I spent lots of time getting the hang of it.

My Gastro recommended eating organic foods, at least during the first 3-4 months. A little more money, but it all worked!

Twocoastsm,

I believe that it takes about 3 months for the issue to resolve.
You literally are starving the bad bacteria (and their offspring 😂) from the foods that turn into the yummy food they thrive on. This is how it was explained to me. Takes time.

(Who would think that garlic and onions, two of my favorite foods, are the worst things you can eat when trying to cure SIBO?)

Don’t give up, take a big sigh and restart the diet; give it more time.

After SIBO was gone for about 7-8 months, I made Christmas cookies…and ate a bunch of them! symptoms started and I immediately went back to the diet, was better in a couple weeks this time. All about the sugar…I guess some of those creatures were still hiding

Favorite salad that has stayed with us…carrot shreds, radish slices and cucumber pieces. Little kosher salt to taste, tiny bit of black pepper, light olive oil and tablespoon or so of approved vinegar, (red or white) again, to taste.
So easy and beautiful! Carrots pre-shredded, radish coins, and small cucumber chunks can be unpeeled. Takes minutes to make and so fresh!
Vinegar takes the bite out of radishes.
Enjoy!

Purchase inexpensive rice cooker, and try to find approved chicken beef etc, broth to use instead of water with rice. Easy and delicious!
If you have time, just boil any leftover chicken with bones, tied in cheesecloth, and make your own broth with herbs. Can freeze.