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Thank you for your story. For 15 years, I have spent over $20K out of pocket expenses for Drs to keep testing and retesting and prescribing all the wrong things. I am a GERD, burning stomach, flatulence sufferer. I watch what I eat and cook 90% of my food at home, but when I am traveling everything goes wrong. I was recently hospitalized after eating Brussel sprouts alone. I was in so much abdominal pain, I couldn't walk. At first, they thought it was an intestinal blockage, and so I was cut open yet they found nothing. I am not upset about my unnecessary 6-inch abdominal scar, I'm pissed they didn't find anything. Some days are better than others but when I am so distended like today I go into anxiety overdrive. I have been doing research this week on methogenisis and your story comes so close to mine, including the improved symptoms during pregnancy. I am requesting a SIBO test and will get back to you in a couple of months when someone takes me seriously.

The reason you felt better while pregnant is because when pregnant your body is producing huge amounts of dao enzyme, which breaks down histamine. When your baby was born, that stopped, which is why you felt worse again after. Sibo can cause histamine intolerance.

Low stomach acid may be the surprising culprit for SIBO and bloating a lot of people who have Sibo always treat the condition but they never treat the underlying cause which is why the Sibo comes back what you want to do to get rid of this issue is to increase the acidity in your stomach by using betaine hydrochloride with pepsin i would start with 3000-4000 milligrams for a heavy protein dense meal trust me do this for 1-2 months you will see wonders

In some cases, it may be the symptoms of low hormones. This started happening to me during perimenopause. Our estrogen and testosterone helps and protects us with so many body functions. Anyway, I am now taking Bio-identical hormones and SIBO has gotten better, not completely gone yet, but much better. Menopause Taylor on youtube gives so much information on our hormones. She is a retired Gyno. You may want to check her out.

Some KZfaqrs try so hard to be entertaining by being so animated and feeling like they have to be so cheerful and have all kinds of graphics and stuff and here you have a young Mom showing that all you have to do is be sweet, be yourself and tell your story just the way it happened! That's it! Great job!!

Wow that's such a frustrating story! I cannot believe you went through all that! But now you know and have a great story behind it!

Thank you for sharing your story. I think persistence pays. When it comes to stomach healing we need to be patient and vigilant. The liver needs support and cleansing as well.

Thanks for your video!! You give me hope that you can be pregnant and raise a family with these awful illnesses. I also have methane dominant SIBO and have listened to the top researchers on this who recommend Atrantil, Biogaia (L. Reuteri) and S. Boulardi. If you go to “the healthy gut” channel on you tube, Allison Siebecker lists all the bests natural ways to deal with Methane Dominant SIBO and that’s actually the name of the video! Good luck to you!!

I’ve been having stomach issues since I was 15 . I’m 46 now . No doctor has ever helped me . Just anti acid and prescription for ibs or gerd . Always had issues with acid reflex , really extreme And constipation . Stomach issue run in my family but no one has had positive results from doctors. 2 years ago I got to where I became allergic/ intolerant to my foods. Took out gluten, dairy, some meats, carbs etc . Try different things, it helps for a little then back to the same issues. Went to the doctor no help so trying to figured it out myself . Was fine for almost a year and lost 30 pounds . Then it hit me again and gained weight back , I get tired, migraines , nausea, bloating , pain etc . Someone told me the other day maybe it my gallbladder . Everytime I eat I’m a mess even fuzzy thinking , get super cold , tired like my blood pressure lowers Idn just guessing . Last year for 3 months my hair just started falling out . I now have about half the amount I started off with , before it started falling out . This went on for a few months. I am now looking at imo and SIBO to see if maybe this is what’s up ! At least you have gone further then me . My doctors have always resorted to anti acids . I can scream with this over 30 years , many doctors and diet changes . I’ve never eaten bad because of this issue and always fought my weight . Sad that people have to figure out this on their own

Today my breath test came back showing high methane levels (from the start). Sometimes the bloating is so bad that it impairs my breathing, like I can’t seem to breath in deeply. Which is very uncomfortable. Not sure what the next steps are or should be. Besides the bloating and burping I also experience a lot of fatigue and brainfog. No constipation though, which is usually common with methane sibo.

Hey Aimee. I also have methane dominant SIBO. I take Atrantil every day and it helps me live a normal life (until the science catches up to tell us what the underlying problem is). Glad to hear you're doing better, but if things get worse I'd give Atrantil a try. :)

Wow! What an experience you went through. I hope you are doing better!!

I had gas, bloating and constipation also from methane sibo. I took plain dairy free yogurt and the gas and constipation is gone. I’m also taking celery juice and it’s awesome. My stomach is going down.

Oregano oil and allicin work very well.. Also a sugar free diet and low carb... You might have had also SIFO with the IMO

I have methane dominant and found a lot of relief from three weeks on the elemental diet. Then I moved to the Bi-Phasic SIBO diet with antifungals to address underlying SIFO.

I have been bouncing around doctors and had problems with my intestines and they think its IBS. I started milk and water kefir to increase pro biotics and it cured my intense stomach pain and brought me back to normal. I also found out that turmeric mixed with 1/4 tea spoon black pepper mixed with fatty foods increases stomach acid and many other important health benefits. However it reacts with IBS symptoms and I have experienced that so I decided to use it sparingly. The milk and water kefir, but especially the water kefir saved me the intense pain and are the best things I can recommend. Water kefir causes me more heartburn so I am going to add baking soda to the mixture to stop that but when it's bad, milk kefir calms my stomach down completely

Kefir really helps with Sibo and IBS so long as it is biotica and not a mobility issue

I’m just scared I been living with IBS for years in just learning of this after I got really sick out of nowhere . Ty for sharing .

I came across The Root Cause Medical Clinic located in Florida and California because I have symptoms similar to SIBO and a hiatal hernia. I have not done their treatment yet because in my case it will cost more than $5,000. But I want to share this info in case someone wants to consider this clinic. They use a “functional medicine” approach. I hope everyone going through health problems, including myself, feels better in the Name of God. Hug!

I dont think it should be your sibo story but your sibo update, because u havent found the root of the problem and hast been cure. I understand because I have it n I'm still fighting it

Pepper mint oil on an empty stomach first thing in the morning helped me with my Sibo 😊

Thanks for sharing your story! I have methane dominant SIBO as well so I know how frustrating it can be. I've tried working with a holistic health care provider and traditional GI. Still no relief unfortunately. Have you found anything over the past couple years that has helped?

Ah sooo soooo glad i found this video. I have been seeing a nutritionist recently and she started me on a low fodmap diet and within the first week my excessive bloating stopped. I am on week four and have started taking nutritionist prescribed antibiotics to kill Sibo. For 8 yrs i have suffered. The doctors would say its all in the head but fk it never really was, it wasn't until my chiropractor who does accupunture on my bad back recommended me to see a specialist for bad kp on my arms, I consulted her 7 months later and told if my systems and now I finally am seeing light under the tunnel. Ppl would alway ask me how many months pregnant i was bcoz my tummy was so massive. So yeh guys please know there is hope u just need to consult someone who will orders tests which a normal GP wont normally do. 🧡🛐

Hi. You have no idea how much i thank you for sharing your story and the whole time i thought: oh my, you poor thing:( So happy you are doing better and helping us:)) Thank you so much

Hello. Thank you for sharing your story and what you have tried. I too have had the same experience with doctors. I started getting symptoms after being wrongly prescribed ppis. Being confused I got more testing (doctors refused to give me a SIBO test) and they gave me a HIDA as well and unfortunately I was convinced to have my gallbladder removed despite having no symptoms of gallbladder issues. I have been living with chronic abdominal burning ever since. Tests show I have no ulcer, acid reflux or hpylori. Four months later I started having abdominal convulsions. I don't have POTS but anyway what has worked is fasting complete water fasting. I've done three days at a time and will work my way up to a 30 eventually. Keeping my bowels moving with magnesium citrate flush out. Vitamin C to flush out. Breathing exercises and HIIT I notice help with moving my bowels. Biofilm disruptors. TUDCA for helping bile and liver. Good luck. Reddit has been a great source of information. I also work with a holistic wellness professional and that helps a lot.

I'm absolutely stunned to know your story. I'm suffering like hell and I feel for you. My doctors put me on RIFAXIMIN before even conducting the breath tests as they wanted to test my sibo through clinical trial instead. It's only made things worse. I'd like to know your experience with this type of antibiotic. How did it make things worse for you and for how long? And help and answer would be much appreciated :)

I'm editing, rather than removing my mean comment, so the other ones can stay. SIBO MAKES ME FEEL MEAN! Anyone else feel this way?

I might have sibo. I need a test. But I started celery juice today. I'm going to bring my acid level up with celery juice first and I'll add that botaine HCL stuff in a few weeks. I'm testing the waters.

I don’t have Sibo, however I watch Dr Berg videos I research health and wellness and the amount of people that have benefited from his recommendations is overwhelming. Everything is explained clearly in a few minutes and he gets to the point and you understand what’s going on with you. I watched a video from him on SIBO. I personally couldn’t function for years now I am from taking his advice and recommendations. People with crippling fibromyalgia have taken his simple and effective advice that pin points to the root cause and no longer have pain. After years of trial and error and sifting through so much information. He makes simple sense and I hope that you will benefit too from his advice. Try healthy Keto and Intermittent fasting for a week or two and see if you start shifting in your condition. You have nothing to lose. All the best.

Your story sounds identical to mine. A few weeks before my wedding last year (which was so stressful it nearly killed me) I started developing stomach issues. My stomach would hurt after I ate and then slowly each month that passed I became more and more sick. It got to the point where I lost 10lbs (which I became underweight) and became angry with food because all it did was hurt me. Eating was so hard because I would feel full after a few bites and be so bloated I could barely breathe. I was nauseous all the time, in pain and I stopped getting hunger signals. At my lowest point I was lucky if I could just force down some chicken broth and a few crackers in a day. It was so awful. I also had the burping/hiccuping even just drinking water. It was a nightmare and I cried constantly because I felt like it would never end and I couldn’t live like that any longer. I had an endoscopy and it showed I had mild acid reflux and gastritis. Anti-acids made it worse and amoxicillin did nothing. Going on an elimination diet and eliminating my food sensitives (like chicken, almonds and gluten) really helped me a lot but I was still suffering with the symptoms. I only did the diet for a couple months and then started eating regular foods again. I was just about to take rifaxin when I discovered that two supplements I just started taking, were helping me so much. I started taking digestive enzymes once or twice a day with my meals and “Terra Origin - Healthy Gut” this was my holy grail. It completely knocked out my SIBO in just a week. I was finally, finally free of the symptoms that plagued me for so long. I still can’t believe how powerful this little powder is and how much it changed my life. It’s honestly a miracle. I highly, highly recommend it and I really hope it could help you too!!!

Try Atrantil, it is a natural supplement that they use to help cows produce less methane. I am an ICU nurse and I have SIBO as well, which was identified on a CT scan. I have not been tested to evaluate which type I have, but I am trying this along with berberine and oregano oil to see if it makes a difference. I have POTS as well, so I understand what it is like dealing with both conditions.

I read somewhere your pregnant your body goes into a different mode and chronic illness you have can go away. Your body gets stronger In a way because you are carrying a baby. I know someone who has chronic gastritis and it went away while they were pregnant too.

-You probably have slow motioity which can be a root cause of sibo and methane dominat, they give you prokinetics for that.

Hi there. Wow, your story is incredible! I’m curious, with the methane SIBO do you have constipation? I believe I’m suffering from the same but with no stomach pain but with severe constipation.

I have just been diagnosed with methane sibo, i await treatment.... i think i want to go to a holistic holiday resort where you eat nothing and cure everything...

Thank you soooo much for sharing... I wanted this for days but was not getting full information about it...

One thing I find infuriating. Lots of people with these types of illness go through lots of doctors. I'll bet they still charge the **** out of you, don't they. That isn't right . . .

i just got diagnosed with sibo, ive been struggling with symptoms for years but they recently got extremely bad and painful so i finally went to the doctor. i dont know what i should do, take my antibiotics and go for low fodmap or really up the acidity with lemon, acv, etc.

I have SIBO too and it’s terrible!! I tried many different diets of gluten free, dairy free, and others and still had intense bloating and stomach pain. Eventually I got a blood tests for Celiacs and it came back negative and the hydrogen breath test came back positive for SIBO. I took two different antibiotics after trying a few more diets like Low FODMAPs and others. The first antibiotic was very cheap and made my stomach feel terrible/ symptoms much worse. The second antibiotic was extremely expensive (and the insurance company took months to decide whether or not they would cover it and they eventually decided no) and also did not work. I feel tired all the time and don’t think I am absorbing nutrients well because I am hungry all the time too. Now it is summer break and I am doing a little better because of less intense cross country/track practices and so much less emotional stress from school. However, The SIBO is still there and I am wondering if I have methane SIBo since the antibiotics didn’t work. It’s all so frustrating and hopeless!! Thank u for sharing your SIBO story.

Take baking clove powder in a chai tea. Drink it daily also fresh lemon juice squeezed from lemons

I have methane dominant sibo . Still trying to get it handled .

God Bless you. I have SIBO too. Trying the Xifaxan for two weeks, followed by the elemental diet for two weeks, followed by the low fodmap diet combined with herbal antibiotics. I will let you know what results I have.

Aimee, thank you for your thorough video! What is the name or type of medication that the individual at the POTS conference suggested is better to treat the archaea? Was she suggesting statins?

You could try the carnivore diet for a month. I have heard it helps. Also add garlic. Avoid fiber until you feel better.

Buy neem, Berberin, allicin capsules and take them twice a day for one month. Read the book supergut and make L reuteri yogurt

Have you tried Atrantil? Also SEED probiotics. Both have helped me. I had very high methane scores ( in the 70’s)

I'm in the same boat as you antibiotics for two straight years off and on all the herbals off and on my only system is that I'm super bloated breath test shows hydrogen and methane sibo I know a few people who flew out of the country to get the fecal micro transplant and they all had sibo and they're cured unfortunately I don't have the cash for it

The second antibiotic for methane is neomycin

Hi there, thanks for sharing! I am have methane SIBO. I have been on a lowfodmap diet since Octo 2022. I've added sourdough, lactose free half and half (for decaf coffee) and low fodmap cheeses here and there. Ive done two rounds of antibiotics and many supplements through my dr. I'm tired of the strictness and the overload of supplements. I'm sorry for you long journey, so frustrating! It sounds like you haven't exactly found anything that helps other than pregnancy?

Have you tried the elemental diet yet? I’m just finishing my first week of it and I’m planning on going for a full four weeks as I have had SIBO for at least ten years and think it’s going to take all the extra effort to get rid of it.

Aimee. So do you have any acid reflux issues now? I asked you because I am a SIBO/Methane. My issues started having a burning sensation in my stomach. I went to the doctor and they prescribed me anti acid medication. It felt good for a couple of weeks and then my stomach got bloated like yours. I started burping a lot after each meal. I had an endoscopy and they didn’t found gastritis or ulcers. My esophagus was so irritated from all the burping that I had to be on a liquid diet for a month. I stoped the anti acid medication because it was making me feel worse and the GI doctors were not listening to me. I went to see a naturopath afterwards she gave me some natural supplements to heal my esophagus and calm my acid reflux issues. Then she gave me probiotics which is the worst thing you can take when you have SIBO. My stomach then got more bloated and it was very painful. At that point we decided to do the breathing test for SIBO and it came positive. I took Rifaximin and It didn’t do nothing. I was feeling frustrated because my acid issues were still there and my stomach pain was getting worse with the medications they were giving me and the low fodmap diet was not helping me. I can’t eat many of the stuff in the low fodmap diet anyways because of my acid reflux issues. I’ve been dealing with SIBO for a year now and it’s very frustrating. I’ve also done a 3 month course of herbal antibiotics and recently finished the elemental diet. Recently, I found out I have LOW Stomach Acid (Bile reflux) which is the root cause of my SIBO and yeast overgrowth.

Which is the best hour to take antibiotics in this case? It has to be with meals? And it has to be like 12 hours to 12 hours to next dose or one dose each day?

I am starting to think that methane based Sibo in women is due to fluctuating Progesterone and it's a hormonal disorder side effect because progesterone helps with gut transit times.

Omg so similar to me. I had hydrogen and methane sibo. Burp burp. :( heartburn stomach burns gas bloating nausea.... Etc

Is anyone else experiencing bad breath from Sibo?

Two herbs work you need oregano oil and olive leaf or Allicin-garlic and Atrantil switch up and trace minerals , ginger, keep low stomach acid up

Hi can sibo also cause horrid breath. Since we have been masking I noticed my breath smelled like sulfur and felt like it could smell a whole room. I have bloating first sure. My np didn’t do sibo tests but went ahead a prescribed xifaxan

So did you cure it or not? I appreciate the story, but you didn't tell if you cured it and if what worked

Antibiotics made my stomach bad. I suffer with back gas pain. Just feeling like pressure in the Middle of my back and bubbling. Constipation too

Hello Aimme! Did you take Neomicin antibiotics too?

You don’t remember the antibiotics they gave you for the methane??? And how did you treat it naturally? This is dumb

What procedure did you have to test for the SIBO? What is the testing called exactly that confirmed the diagnosis?

It seems like fasting is the only thing that works. And carnivore diet.

I know I get bloated like her , it literally hurts and I'm set up for testing finally

And why wouldnt the BREATH TEST BE FIRST??? Instead if all those other expensive a d invasive tests.

I have SIBO but no health insurance so I've done the diet changes, and it's barely helping. 😢

Thanks for sharing

Hey girl, how are you doing this year with your SIBO? I deal with wicked 9 month pregnant looking bloating too and the burping. As of yet, I have not found anything that helps.

Do you have H Pylori or have had it?

I have methane dominant SIBO, too

Hi sister...what is meaning of sibo

Please guys I need help, doctors ain't helping me ....I have excess flatulence and trapped gas and it's driving me crazy,always trapped gas even after passing some.... please what can help?

Just wanted to ask you , how's it going now , im 15 mth now finally got diagnosed and on all the supplements that my homeopathic gave me

I'm starting the process of testing for these exact same symptoms as you mentioned. My doctor first thought it was all because of my gallbladder so I had it removed. It was very infected when they removed it but apparently removing it did nothing for my symptoms. I've dealt with bloating and burping for a little over a year now. Stomach pains have just now started too on and off but daily. My primary doctor wants to try digest enzymes next and I have already tried the lowfob diet which didnt help. Acid meds also didnt work. I'm so frustrated and I am about to have to go to a GI doctor. I'm terrified of all the testing but I know my quality of life is terrible right now. I'm 36 and 114lbs but I look like I'm 9 months pregnant. Mine gets worse as I eat throughout the day so many days I put off eating even though I'm hungry. I've lost 36 pounds from when this first started a year ago. I suspect sibo but I'm hoping to find a GI doctor willing to test for that first. I dread a colonoscopy and endoscopy so bad. I'm so sorry you have had to deal with all of this and still have no true relief. You've been through so much... 🙁 I just want to thank you for sharing your story with the world. I've learned a lot just from your video.

Did you ever be chest paid or chest bone pain? From bloating ?

I have my hydrogen breath test first thing in the morning. I’m terrified

Try L- Glutamine and Betaine HCL together.

Actually, that doctor of yours was on the right path - it's the gallbladder dysfunction. Look into Ursodeoxycholic acid and bile salts.

wondering if intestinal massage can relieve hypoglycemia. 🤔

How is your daughter with her stomach ? As you had so many medication in your blood , before the pregnancy .hope your baby girl is not suffering from caliche .

Sooo you didn't find anything that worked?

What is archea ? I don't understand and Google translate neither. French is my native language and I've never heard about archea regarding of digestion issues. 😆 Thanks.

Watched your video,umm, you said you have pots,it is a disorder of autonomic nervous system,and hence in some way,it is affecting your small intestinal motility, due to which the colonic bacteria are going up in the small guts,and causing sibo,I think you should have medication which increases intestinal motility,and lower abs motility exercises,sibo is also very common in diabetic autonomic neuropathy,the mechanism is same,where intestinal motility gets restricted, hope that helps you,I myself am also a doctor,Dr.Soumik,nice meeting you.

I am here now,same isue..

I’ve been suffering from methane sibo since at least 2011 maybe even longer ago. Of course I went undiagnosed until 2017 and have since had so much trouble getting it under control. My insurance refused to pay for rifaximin because apparently it is only approved to for ibs-d so even though I had a prescription for rifaximin for my sibo, insurance refused and I can’t afford the out of pocket cost. In addition to learning I had methane sibo, I also found out I have atrophic gastritis along with pernicious anemia and possibly Crohn’s disease. The number of deficiencies I have leave me so fatigued, tired, and with severe brain fog. I don’t know what the answers are but i hope we find them soon

I have gas so bad and bloating and also nausea I have no idea what to take at all

I have the exact same story. Had pots 3 years before my whole life never had any issues with food of any kind now with pots i bloat and react to most things. When you said nausea do you get nausea when you drink fluids? that's when I feel it worst.

Did this cause you anxiety as well?

I have been taking trulance for what i believed is/was IBS-C. So after reading "the bloated belly whisperer" ive come to conclusion i have SIBO. Now im hoping the nurse im seeing will order breayh test. If i test positive for either hydro or meth dom then im going to hope to get med. Insurance will probably say no. That altria or whatever sounds like a good one for meth dom. My chief complaints are left side bloating,tons of gas,farts that stink so bad i cant believe it,cant produce a normal dump, and miserable. My gas is unbelievably raunchy that i gotta run out of rooms and blame it others

So did you finally resolve it?

Hi Aimee! I'm so sorry you're going through this! I was just diagnosed with Hydrogen & Methane dominate SIBO and my doctor put me on antibiotics. I am curious though, I see that you list endometriosis as one of your conditions... I actually am looking into the possibility that my SIBO has been caused by my endo. Has any doctor mentioned this to you?

Did you manage to heal it? Any update?

did you get tachy when you got bloated? pots is also associated with gastroparesis

mam please tell me how to control sibo bloating

have you ever tried the elemental diet?

Go carnivore. It worked for me

does sibo have a bad breath?

and you dont have Crohn disease?

Watched the entire video. No Methane treatment options provided