Hey guys, I’m feeling really overwhelmed and honestly a bit lost, so I’d really appreciate any guidance. I just tested positive for SIBO (hydrogen dominant), and I’m struggling to figure out where to start. There are so many conflicting opinions everywhere with treatment options and paths. I don’t even know what to expect with treatment, is it short/ long? Does SIBO ever go away? I’m also feeling skeptical of it because I’ve never heard about it (I don’t mean to offend anyone with that I just have weird self doubt with diagnosis’ from my awful past medical history). Anyway so many questions.
Firstly incase it’s relevant, I have a bunch of other conditions but the notable ones for this are slow transit colon and hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome. The past 2 years I have been more sick than my usual baseline (gut wise). The symptoms I get are bloating after eating anything, gas, pain, cramping, running to toilet and then constipation. I get diarrhea attacks where the cramping pain gets so bad that I feel like I’m going to pass out. I have to avoid so many foods and the list is growing. I pretty much only consume tuna and rice exclusively now but I’d actually just rather not eat because it sadly makes me feel better. A couple foods that are the MOST triggering and I just cannot go near are; anything with high fibre (like lentils, chickpeas), sugar, artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners and fermentable foods like sauerkraut :( … the best foods.
I’m waiting for more breath test results too… I did glucose, sucrose, lactose and fructose. I’ve seen a few terms like sugar malabsorption and CSID which I resonate a lot with. Does anyone know much about those conditions? Is it all linked? Is it all the same thing?
If anyone has any guidance or tips that would be amazing. I’ve just began dipping my toes in this world so I don’t know much. Sorry for the long message!
Thank you 🤍