GI Issues - SIBO or something else. Need ideas.

[DSRIGGS]

6#? @DSRIGGS Poor guy.

I hope everything gets sorted out for both of you.

Thanks hon....yep, and on top of the physical wear and tear of these kinds of events that I get fairly often, I just get very little sleep so I am sleepy tired on top of fatigued tired. Oh well what are you going to do?

 

[star0210]

Well hopefully they get this figured out for you. The timing of your news is interesting as I actually just came from my GI and he suggested starting me on flagyl. I don't think overgrowth is my issues and honestly think I have another intestinal hernia.

Last night and today have been been miserable as I was up every hour pooping and I am extremely weak/fatigued. He thinks it could be overgrowth but I actually feel less bloaty than I did a month ago. The reason I don't think it bacterial overgrowth for me is that you had such constipation issues and my issues are cramping diarrhea with a loss of 6 pounds last night.

There's two different kinds of SIBO. Hydrogen dominant SIBO typically produces diarrhea while methane dominant SIBO typically produces constipation.

 

[DSRIGGS]

There's two different kinds of SIBO. Hydrogen dominant SIBO typically produces diarrhea while methane dominant SIBO typically produces constipation.

Well I think I now know more about this topic than I wanted to know.

Thanks

 

[star0210]

Well hopefully they get this figured out for you. The timing of your news is interesting as I actually just came from my GI and he suggested starting me on flagyl. I don't think overgrowth is my issues and honestly think I have another intestinal hernia.

Last night and today have been been miserable as I was up every hour pooping and I am extremely weak/fatigued. He thinks it could be overgrowth but I actually feel less bloaty than I did a month ago. The reason I don't think it bacterial overgrowth for me is that you had such constipation issues and my issues are cramping diarrhea with a loss of 6 pounds last night.

Damn...you're going to get dehydrated pooping that much.
It can't hurt to take the flagyl but yeah you've definitely got more going on.