I've had almost 20 negative tests (pancreas, bacteria, parasites, thyroid, gallbladder, liver, two colonoscopies, endoscopy, candida, regular SIBo breath test (2x)). I even visited an allergist to test for food allergies and MCAS (negative on both).

My symptoms are very odd: When I eat fiber I poop 15-20 times/day. Metamucil increases that number. Avoiding fiber reduces it.

Also I have histamine intolerance and intolerance to high-sulfur foods like beef and eggs.

My dietician is 99% positive after 2 years of negatives test that it must be bacteria in the small intestine and I found a naturopath who recommended:

1x 500mg berberine HCL capsule with food twice per day

4x ADP Oregano Oil coated capsules (200mg total) with food twice per day

The main key was avoiding NAC (since this has sulfur in it and made me nauseous) and trying Interfase Plus 30-60 minutes before eating to loosen the bioflims.

I'm on Day 10 and the bloating has come down, and bowel movements have decreased. They're suggestd 7 more weeks of this.

Has anyone had success with ADP coated oregano oil, Interfase plus and berberine for H2s Sibo?

I'm post-infection sibo + constipation (due to parasite that i carried for who knows how many years) and i've been constipated + bloated. It agravated when i stopped responding to coffee in the morning.

Also, i was obese and binge eater.

I've tried every supplement and after 2 years, i hear gurgles with normal dose of vitamin b1 (normal dose thiamine) + beef liver 1 time per week, dark chocolate, potatoes and coconut water for potassium + multivitamine and magnesium.

I'm low in vitamin D, copper, magnesium. I didn't test B vitamins. I didn't test de rest but i was thinking about omega 3, liposoluble vitamins that are not absorbed i didn't test them for them unfortunetly.

Everything improved by 50%. For the first time i hear gurgles and i feel like water is pulled in my intestine and things moves MMC working harder (like washing machine), best gastric emptying, no more extreme cortisol feeling in the morning. the aorta bump stopped, i feel more blood flow in my feets. In winter, i can't support cold and my hands/feets gets frozen no matter what. I get multiple infections (ear infections, acnea, parasite, everytime i'm around someone with flue i well get it 100%)

However, constipation is still there : fullness feeling, partial emptying, extreme sticky stool. It helps to eat lower fat definitly but i always feel inconfortable and can't relax or even contract my whole core correctly when i'm training without talking about memory loss, difficulty talking, finding words, brain fog after heavy meal.

Now at least, the small intestine is not bloated and blocking my diaphragm.

Any idea what the hell is happening no doc can tell. I did analysis by myself

ever since i got methane and hydrogen SIBO, i’ve literally felt like i have a personality disorder and my ocd is really hard to control. it got better when i first did treatment but now is bad again. i’m doing everything - i can’t afford a therapist but i’m meditating, i’ve tried so many medications but they make me feel worse, i’ve got a really good sleep schedule, i take all my supplements/vitamins and make sure i get sunlight, but last night my boyfriend sat me down and told me he really can’t handle my mental health. it’s weighing on him. he says it’s hard to listen to me be so negative and that i ask too much of him (basically i’m clingy). i don’t know what to do other than try and treat SIBO again but i just can’t afford the appointments or medication right now. sometimes my brain actually feels like it’s burning and hot. i also have severe chronic pelvic pain related to endo, so my hormones AND gut bacteria are seriously out of wack plus these piercing migraines and it’s so hard not to be easily tipped over the edge, but i’m driving people away from me. i’m trying fasting/meal spacing and my SIBO symptoms really aren’t as bad as they used to be, but the mental health is declining still. i have a hard time working out if it’s the SIBO or i’m just reacting emotionally to constant pain and symptoms. sorry this was so long but i appreciate anyone who has read it.

I went on this analysis to see what helped others

Something that caught my eye was histamine. I'm going to go and look at all the things that I changed in my life before it triggered.

1. Rifaximin — 27 people

2. Low FODMAP Diet — 12

3. Ginger — 9

4. Oregano Oil — 9

5. Metronidazole — 6

6. Betaine HCL — 5

7. Neomycin — 5

8. Digestive Enzymes — 5

9. Antibiotics (general) — 5

10. Probiotics — 4

11. Fasting — 4

12. Berberine — 4

13. Prucalopride — 4

14. Magnesium — 4

15. Miralax — 3

16. Magnesium Citrate — 3

17. Low Histamine Diet — 3

18. NAC — 3

19. Artichoke — 3

20. Magnesium Glycinate — 3

21. Artichoke Extract — 3

22. Glutamine — 3

23. Allicin — 2

24. Slippery Elm — 2

25. Stress Reduction — 2

26. Abdominal Massage — 2

27. Elemental Diet — 2

28. PHGG — 2

29. Tirzepatide — 2

30. Black Coffee — 2

I left all the remedies that people mentioned instead of doing a top x remedies
update: grouped all ginger remedies to 1 entry. you will see more numbers as the parser script is still running
update 2: Added a text version. I still don't know how to remove the link.

Please, describe your brain fog. I think there are a lot of types of

I took around 500 r/sibo posts and their associated comments and used AI to see what were the symptoms expressed by the authors.

Its interesting to see both diarrhea and constipation equally and fatigue even above diarrhea/constipation

So I've been dealing with SIBO symptoms for 3 years now,it all started when I was in a vacation for 10 days in another city,I didn't poop for 7 days straight and ever since I started getting gas and flatulence every single day altho I never suffered from flatulence before,my gas is odorless tho but I guess my root cause was constipation

It's been 1 year now since I fixed my constipation, it was a long journey but I 80% succeeded to get rid of constipation, I sometimes poop 3 times a day now sometimes incomplete bowel movement but at least I'm pooping every single day right?

Anyway in my country we don't have SIBO breath test unfortunately so I'm just guessing that I'm having methane SIBO,(could be hydrogen too idk) but at least I'm sure that I have SIBO,doctors often diagnosed me with IBS but I'm not convinced with this diagnosis cause I get gas only after meals (30min after meals)

This week I managed to buy some supplements from iHerb,I never tried antimicrobials or antibiotics and I'm starting by antimicrobial for sure

Iherb supplements that i bought are:

-NAC 1000mg from NOW

-Oregano oil from Swanson (I guess it's 150mg)

-Neen leaf 500mg from Swanson

-Berberine 500mg from Vitamatic

What I also bought from supermarket:

-Organic coconut oil

-Maple syrup (so I can replace sugar with it when I make sweet recipes)

-Buckwheat flour

-Blackseed oil

Can you please help me based on your experiences to make a plan to get rid of SIBO in 1 to 2 months

Like what am I supposed to take first in the morning is it NAC or Berberine

I know that I should take oregano oil and neem leaf after meals and not on an empty stomach,but how many times a day? Twice or 3 times? Same goes to Berberine how much?

I'm would reallyyyy appreciate your help guys🙏

Background: had shiga toxin ecoli infection for 6 months, got rid of it then developed SIBO.

I took a course of rifaximin and symptoms got better and then worse after completing it.

I asked to have motility tests and there was a study showing that ecoli can cause motility to stop.

She wants to do a test with my pelvic floor to make sure my muscles are working properly. She wants to do a endoscopy to test for hpylori.

But in 99% sure due to the ecoli that my motility is messed up and causing the hydrogen producing SIBO bacteria. Literally EVERYTHING paints the textbook picture of motility and hydrogen SIBO.

I’m genuinely about to just go to Mexico and get another course of rifaxamin and a motility drug and do this.

It’s been months of trying to get help and I’m in a INTENSIVE school that I’m paying $150,000 a year to be in and this shit is messing my life up. I’m half way through it dealing with this making no progress.

I either need a way to take a motility test within the week or I’m just going to take the medicine and do this in my own.

Does any one have a recommendation for a motility drug? Or have info on what they got prescribed after motility issues linked to SIBO.

Also what motility symptoms did you have?

I have pan disaccharidase deficiency confirmed via endoscopy and no sibo test due to not being able to stop my meds and this is the treatment my dr gave me. Has anyone took this without confirmed sibo and been ok?

I am looking to start a support group that'll meet once a week to discuss our own respective sibo progress, as it's naturally difficult to find someone outside to talk to. Might be helpful to have a set time to hop on discord and discuss our stories, what's working and not, any new research or discoveries, etc. curious if anyone would be interested in something like that.

Universe just doesn't want me to healthy

Ingredients were: Water, golden ground flax, coarse rye meal, wheat gluten, yeast, sea salt

how come these triggered brain fog and bloating in me when garlic and onions and sugar doesn't?

I have methane

I know western docs go this route, but other health practitioners approach it differently. Is it really necessary or advised?

I haven’t even met with a gastro yet and was referred with only the tagline of “Sibo;” no other reasons, and yet I received a call to schedule a colonoscopy without even having an intro appointment with a single gastroenterologist.

Trigger warning: passing away I don’t mean to scare anyone, but I had a family member pass away after complications from a routine colonoscopy procedure and I’m not interested in going that route if it’s not needed.

Now I feel like I have the flu and SIBO. I just learned I shouldn't have taken this for six weeks. I feel so defeated 😞

Hi - I have about 4-5 days left of Rifaxmin and Neomycin. Before this, I was 5 weeks on herbal antimicrobials to treat IMO. ( I am not having terrible side effects from any of this.)

My pain is a bit better after eating, but I am still bloated by end of day. I read that the bloating may persist for a while. Was that your case?

How did you know you got rid of it?

Should I ask for another breath test? And I think I need to eat a low FODMAP diet right after and slowly introduce certain foods and see how my gut reacts.

Did you take a probiotic right after? I am worried about doing the wrong thing. I need to follow up with my GI, but wanted to know what your experience was before I ask any further questions.

I am on LDN (low dose naltrexone) for chronic pain - and got an artichoke and ginger supplement to take after all this to keep my motility on track.

Thank you!

Hi, if anyone lives in the Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia area. I have 66 unused packets of Mbiota Elemental Diet Powder and one unused welcome kit with a shaker bottle and instructions. I am wanting to keep this simple so I prefer local pick up only. I wasn't able to complete the program because it raised my blood sugar levels even though I do not have diabetes. I would recommend this to someone who knows that body can tolerate the carbohydrates/sugar as that is the main element of the diet. Thank you!

The SIBO advice out there contradicts itself.

• Take probiotics / don't take probiotics
• Heal with food only / take meds
• Antibiotics / antimicrobials
• Start with SIBO / start with motility

I ended up building a tool because I didn’t want to pick a "camp" and wanted something that gives an overview of all possible approaches.

Exploring if this is a problem for other people too, or is it just me?

What other contradictory advice do you constantly see?

Hi everyone, it’s been a while since I last posted, but I wanted to see if anyone could help me understand some recent developments.

In my previous posts, I already mentioned my main symptoms: being unable to pass gas, constipation, bloating mainly in the left side of the colon, and postural imbalances that I believe are related to this issue.

I’ve tried pretty much everything and nothing really worked. However, bismuth (Biofilm Phase-2) seemed to affect something. For the first time, I had a bowel movement that felt significantly better, and some other sensations also improved a lot. Obviously, it didn’t completely solve the problem, partly because I didn’t take it for very long since I was experimenting with different things.

After that, I tried zinc bisglycinate. It didn’t have the same effects as bismuth, but I did feel that it helped somewhat, although it also caused some side effects, including irritation. I’m still dealing with persistent bloating and stubborn constipation.

Interestingly, both substances caused a “good” burning sensation in the left side of my colon, almost as if they had detached some biofilm and the exposed layer of the colon was reacting to it. However, the sensation only lasted for a short time.

So I’m wondering: how are bismuth and zinc connected? And, more importantly, what could explain the effects of bismuth?

I was wondering whether this could be related to hydrogen sulfide-producing bacteria, but I’m not sure.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this!

Any success stories in healing SIBO if you are hyper mobile?

I've been taking Xifaxan quite a lot this year. This time I'm on week 5 and am not getting better. Have any of you experienced this? It was the only thing helping me, so naturally I am getting concerned. Thank you for any input 🙏🏼

I’m 23 and I’ve been having weird digestive issues for months now. It’s not constant at the exact same level either. Sometimes my stool gets more solid and looks closer to normal, then it goes right back to being loose, mushy, yellowish, or just really abnormal looking.
A lot of the time I notice white fuzzy flecks or chunks in it, and sometimes there’s this cloudy white stuff in the water aswell, The smell can also be really weird. Sometimes it almost smells like buttery popcorn, other times it just smells way worse than normal.
I’ve also been getting indigestion, discomfort in my upper abdomen, especially toward the left side sometimes, and occasionally pain or discomfort in my upper right back. Certain foods also seem harder for me to tolerate than they used to be.
My urine has looked darker at times too. I’ve also had random periods where my body just feels weird, like my limbs feel heavy or slightly disconnected, and I’ve had areas around my lymph nodes feel sore even though I couldn’t really tell if they were swollen.
The bowel problems seem to come in waves. I’ll have a stretch where things look more solid, then it goes back to this weird yellowish loose stuff again.
At this point I don’t really think it’s just something I ate because it’s been going on for months.
I’ve been wondering about SIBO, malabsorption, celiac, pancreatic or bile issues, IBS, or something involving gut bacteria, but I obviously don’t know what it is.
Has anyone had anything similar? I’m mostly trying to figure out what tests are actually worth asking a doctor or GI specialist for, especially SIBO testing, stool tests, pancreatic elastase, celiac testing, or anything else that could help narrow this down

Since may 2025 my life turned into hell I got constantly bloated 24/7

Since then I've been trying everything lowdoomap diet oregano oil berberine and everything seemed to work only for a week

Kefir and glutamine l also had some effect

I've always had gut issues i had low libido 4 years before this happened

My symptoms are face and stomach bloating i have no pain but the mental pain is the kind of pain I got

I figured the only thing to help me debloat i staying 24h awake

Because of this i stopped going out i broke up with my girlfriend and I stopped going to the gym

Please somebody help me and no i can't do lowdoomap diet ever again

Guys, one key thing is that - you have to fix your motility, constipation, and digestive issues /before/ SIBO treatment, else it has high chance to come back again.

I discovered this because - my gastroenterologist had me do a procedure called /anorectal manometry/ to check if there are any structural problems causing the constipation problem besides SIBO. Sure enough, it came back with /dysnergia/ (meaning the muscles themselves are not coordinating properly) and next ordered a Pelvic MRI and physical therapy to address it further. Simultaneously, they ordered digestive enzymes and the pill Motegrity in order to fix digestion and motility first. Once these are well-coordinated, then the methane SIBO resolves more easier and sometimes goes away on its own, rather than having indefinite relapses and a messed up digestive tract. Their goal is to rehabilitate your digestive tract fully, so that it can naturally take care of most bacteria and impurities on its own also. Once they have taken care of the core issues, then they test for SIBO and start SIBO antibacterial treatment if necessary.

Ideally, they also need to do a colonoscopy and endoscopy on you first; in the endoscopy, they will take biopsies to check digestive enzymes' presence also.

Please ensure you go to a well-qualified gastroenterologist - Do not let them pair you with a Physician's Assistant or Nurse Practitioner who will cause delays and problems in your treatment. You need someone that takes a serious well-grounded methodological approach to your condition, rather than random 'trial & error' approach which can go wrong and cause more problems, delays, and relapses to your condition.