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I want to hear your experience with Zinc-L-Carnosine specifically Pepsin Gi the one sold by iherb

Back about 7 months ago I was given a 10-day antibiotic course for a gum infection. Pretty routine stuff, right? Except it wasn't. It triggered gastritis almost immediately and did a number on my intestines. Once I finished the course, my gut just... never came back. My motility slowed down to the point where stool was sitting in my bowel for over 15 days. Then came the gas — constant, painful, and getting worse. My gastro suspects SIBO, and honestly so do I.

The brutal part? I can't get a breath test where I live. No SIBO testing available at all. So we went straight to Rifaximin, no confirmation, just a clinical guess. I'm on day 5 now and I'm not going to sugarcoat it — I feel absolutely nothing different. If anything I'm worried it's aggravating the gastritis rather than helping.

What makes this whole thing even harder is the diet I've been stuck on. To keep the gastritis from flaring and the gas somewhat manageable, I basically had to strip everything back. For seven months I've been living off boiled potatoes and bread. I know. I know how bad that sounds. My body is running on empty at this point, I'm definitely deficient in multiple things but I haven't had much choice.

One thing that did actually give me some relief — weirdly enough — was a short corticosteroid course I took not long ago. Symptoms eased noticeably. Which makes me think inflammation is the real beast here and maybe the SIBO is a consequence of that rather than the cause. But I genuinely don't know.

So I'm asking here because I'm running out of ideas and my doctor only has so many answers.

Should I finish the Rifaximin or is it pointless — maybe even counterproductive — if inflammation is the underlying issue? And has anyone here experienced this connection between gut inflammation, constipation and SIBO? Did treating one actually help the others or does everything need to be tackled at the same time?

Seven months of this has ground me down in ways I didn't expect. Not just physically. If anyone's been through something similar or knows something I don't, please share. I really mean that.

Back about 7 months ago I was given a 10-day antibiotic course for a gum infection. Pretty routine stuff, right? Except it wasn't. It triggered gastritis almost immediately and did a number on my intestines. Once I finished the course, my gut just... never came back. My motility slowed down to the point where stool was sitting in my bowel for over 7 days. Then came the gas — constant, painful, and getting worse. My gastro suspects SIBO, and honestly so do I.

The brutal part? I can't get a breath test where I live. No SIBO testing available at all. So we went straight to Rifaximin, no confirmation, just a clinical guess. I'm on day 5 now and I'm not going to sugarcoat it — I feel absolutely nothing different. If anything I'm worried it's aggravating the gastritis rather than helping.

What makes this whole thing even harder is the diet I've been stuck on. To keep the gastritis from flaring and the gas somewhat manageable, I basically had to strip everything back. For seven months I've been living off boiled potatoes and bread. I know. I know how bad that sounds. My body is running on empty at this point, I'm definitely deficient in multiple things but I haven't had much choice.

One thing that did actually give me some relief — weirdly enough — was a short corticosteroid course I took not long ago. Symptoms eased noticeably. Which makes me think inflammation is the real beast here and maybe the SIBO is a consequence of that rather than the cause. But I genuinely don't know.

So I'm asking here because I'm running out of ideas and my doctor only has so many answers.

Should I finish the Rifaximin or is it pointless — maybe even counterproductive — if inflammation is the underlying issue? And has anyone here experienced this connection between gut inflammation, constipation and SIBO? Did treating one actually help the others or does everything need to be tackled at the same time?

Seven months of this has ground me down in ways I didn't expect. Not just physically. If anyone's been through something similar or knows something I don't, please share. I really mean that.

Tried a few, different strains. All of them made constipation and bloating worse.

S. Boulardii surprised me the most since it's not even a bacteria.

Anyone actually understand what's happening here

Tried a few, different strains. All of them made constipation and bloating worse.

S. Boulardii surprised me the most since it's not even a bacteria.

Anyone actually understand what's happening here

Tried a few, different strains. All of them made constipation and bloating worse.

S. Boulardii surprised me the most since it's not even a bacteria.

Anyone actually understand what's happening here

Hi guys i started Rifaximin 3 days ago , since day 2 i had what i would call tingling in my colon , i feel tingling all over the colon , it is like needls feeling , is this something normal and should i stop ?

And for how long am going have this sensation?

So i have constipation on top of trapped gas ,

I decided to start Rifaximin along taking S. boulardii the problem is that on top having constipation, S. boulardii seem to make my constipation worse, and i just feel gas trapped inside ,

I mean not long ago i took different types of probiotics and they made me constipated and get a lot of , i thought S. boulardii is different from probiotics but it gave me the same type of constipation!!!

Any advice would be appreciated

Also to be honest the problem seem to be in my colon in which food is there i can feel it full but just refuses to get stool out , i am broke i can't afford pelvic tests , i would like some turn around to this would be appreciated

I've been dealing with chronic constipation for a while now. Even when I take laxatives or try natural remedies, I still can't have a proper bowel movement. The issue isn't just constipation itself I also have difficulty passing stool even when I'm not constipated What happens is that stool builds up over a week or longer, and then eventually passes,

The passing happens in chuncks and takes about 20 min , stool consistency is not dry, just sticky.

I've been dealing with chronic constipation for a while now. Even when I take laxatives or try natural remedies, I still can't have a proper bowel movement. The issue isn't just constipation itself I also have difficulty passing stool even when I'm not constipated What happens is that stool builds up over a week or longer, and then eventually passes,

The passing happens in chuncks and takes about 20 min , stool consistency is not dry, just sticky.

I'm 5'8", 117 lbs and my gut has been slowly destroying my life for over a year. Need advice from people who've actually been through this.

I'll try to keep this readable but there's a lot so bear with me.

It started in 2024 when I was put on antibiotics for a dental infection. Not long after finishing the course I started getting trapped gas, loud bowel sounds, and constipation lasting 4-5 days. Annoying but I figured it would sort itself out.

Then I did H. pylori triple therapy and everything fell apart almost overnight. Constipation went from 4-5 days to 7-10 days between movements, the gas became constant and completely uncontrollable, I developed diarrhea on top of the constipation somehow, and the weight started dropping. I got a stomach endoscopy done which showed moderate chronic gastritis. Everyone told me to just let my gut heal and give it time.

That was over a year ago. Nothing got better.

The gas is honestly the thing that's taken over my life the most. I live in an apartment building with thin walls and my gut sounds are so loud that my neighbors are genuinely irritated about it — this isn't me being dramatic. The gas gets trapped and instead of coming out it just bounces around making these horrible liquid gurgling sounds through the walls. The only way I can move it at all is lying on my left side and using specific breathing patterns I've had to teach myself. Even that barely works now because my stool has become this liquid pasty consistency that basically acts as a seal the gas can't push through.

Speaking of stool — here's the part that confuses everyone I describe this to. I go 7-10 days between movements but my stool isn't hard. It's liquid, sticky like peanut butter, pale, no real shape. Sessions take 15-20 minutes, come out in chunks, and I've had to start using digital stimulation just to get things moving. Straining does absolutely nothing. Stool only comes out when my colon decides to push it on its own.

Food sits in my stomach for 6+ hours. I get foul-smelling burps hours after eating. My diet has basically collapsed down to boiled potatoes and plain bread because anything else causes a gas explosion and diarrhea. Tried bacterial probiotics twice and both times made everything dramatically worse — more constipation, more trapped gas, worse reflux. Sardines caused what genuinely felt like a poisoning reaction.

After about a year I finally got to a GI doctor who suspected SIBO and prescribed Rifaximin 200mg three times a day. I made it 4 days.

The die-off hit me like a truck. Gas volume exploded at exactly the time I had no way to expel it. Then explosive diarrhea started which made things even worse because now liquid stool was completely sealing off any chance of passing gas. The noise going through the walls became unbearable and I live with other people. I had to stop. After stopping, nothing improved. If anything it got slightly worse.

I know 4 days is nothing. I know I need to complete a full course. But here's my problem — I can't figure out how to get through 15 days of amplified gut warfare when my current baseline is already causing problems with the people around me.

So I guess my questions are:

Does this presentation actually sound like SIBO to you? Specifically the constipation-dominant pattern with liquid stool and the fact that Rifaximin alone seemed to make things worse — does that point toward a methane/IMO component that Rifaximin can't reach on its own?

For people who've dealt with severe constipation during treatment — with 7-10 days between movements, dead bacteria and toxins have nowhere to go. Did anyone use enemas regularly during their course to manually clear things out? Did that actually help manage the die-off?

And for the gas specifically — what got you through the die-off without the volume and noise becoming unbearable? Simethicone? Eating almost nothing during treatment? I'm open to anything.

Any input from people who've been through the rough end of this would genuinely help. I'm stuck.

I'm 5'8", 117 lbs and my gut has been slowly destroying my life for over a year. Need advice from people who've actually been through this.

I'll try to keep this readable but there's a lot so bear with me.

It started in 2024 when I was put on antibiotics for a dental infection. Not long after finishing the course I started getting trapped gas, loud bowel sounds, and constipation lasting 4-5 days. Annoying but I figured it would sort itself out.

Then I did H. pylori triple therapy and everything fell apart almost overnight. Constipation went from 4-5 days to 7-10 days between movements, the gas became constant and completely uncontrollable, I developed diarrhea on top of the constipation somehow, and the weight started dropping. I got a stomach endoscopy done which showed moderate chronic gastritis. Everyone told me to just let my gut heal and give it time.

That was over a year ago. Nothing got better.

The gas is honestly the thing that's taken over my life the most. I live in an apartment building with thin walls and my gut sounds are so loud that my neighbors are genuinely irritated about it — this isn't me being dramatic. The gas gets trapped and instead of coming out it just bounces around making these horrible liquid gurgling sounds through the walls. The only way I can move it at all is lying on my left side and using specific breathing patterns I've had to teach myself. Even that barely works now because my stool has become this liquid pasty consistency that basically acts as a seal the gas can't push through.

Speaking of stool — here's the part that confuses everyone I describe this to. I go 7-10 days between movements but my stool isn't hard. It's liquid, sticky like peanut butter, pale, no real shape. Sessions take 15-20 minutes, come out in chunks, and I've had to start using digital stimulation just to get things moving. Straining does absolutely nothing. Stool only comes out when my colon decides to push it on its own.

Food sits in my stomach for 6+ hours. I get foul-smelling burps hours after eating. My diet has basically collapsed down to boiled potatoes and plain bread because anything else causes a gas explosion and diarrhea. Tried bacterial probiotics twice and both times made everything dramatically worse — more constipation, more trapped gas, worse reflux. Sardines caused what genuinely felt like a poisoning reaction.

After about a year I finally got to a GI doctor who suspected SIBO and prescribed Rifaximin 200mg three times a day. I made it 4 days.

The die-off hit me like a truck. Gas volume exploded at exactly the time I had no way to expel it. Then explosive diarrhea started which made things even worse because now liquid stool was completely sealing off any chance of passing gas. The noise going through the walls became unbearable and I live with other people. I had to stop. After stopping, nothing improved. If anything it got slightly worse.

I know 4 days is nothing. I know I need to complete a full course. But here's my problem — I can't figure out how to get through 15 days of amplified gut warfare when my current baseline is already causing problems with the people around me.

So I guess my questions are:

Does this presentation actually sound like SIBO to you? Specifically the constipation-dominant pattern with liquid stool and the fact that Rifaximin alone seemed to make things worse — does that point toward a methane/IMO component that Rifaximin can't reach on its own?

For people who've dealt with severe constipation during treatment — with 7-10 days between movements, dead bacteria and toxins have nowhere to go. Did anyone use enemas regularly during their course to manually clear things out? Did that actually help manage the die-off?

And for the gas specifically — what got you through the die-off without the volume and noise becoming unbearable? Simethicone? Eating almost nothing during treatment? I'm open to anything.

Any input from people who've been through the rough end of this would genuinely help. I'm stuck.

Hi guys so i have been suspecting sibo for the last months , But to be honest i can't access a test , so i would need a turn around, the doctor already gave me some pills of Rifaximin, but to be honest i don't want to take them just now maybe later because i can't deal with the diarrhea the pills gonna cause me , plus i have lots of gas so , i would need a patch to this , Concerning my symptoms: I actually have lost of gas My stool is just not formed as it supposed to be it looks like Danette (brown) I already took some probiotics and they made me really constipated so i just had to stop taking them. My other symptoms are mainly having reflux , Gas Too many gas that it makes sounds while moving inside Also the acid reflux just effects my throat so i can't swallow normally Any helpful tips concerning the side effects of Rifaximin?, also do you think this sounds like sibo or something else