Think I might be in hell. Post-floxxing dysbiosis, IMO, 2.5 years of this and I want out.
I am truly, genuinely, at my end.
2.5 years ago I travelled to Mexico and contracted E.coli. I'd never had a "strong gut" but I could eat dairy, drink alcohol, and live a free life (something I take for granted now, and never would).
When I got the infection, I was treated intravenously with ciprofloxacin for a period of 3 days. This absolutely ruined me, I had all the adverse effects you can think of (CNS focused, gut was messed up, everything).
It took me 4 months to able to walk and sleep properly again. I don't want to talk about it. A few months later post "healing", I contracted H Pylori. I also ballooned seemingly overnight - 10kgs gained.
I took triple treatment a few months after. I then went to South Africa, where I contracted another stomach bug. My gut was totally inflammed, did a GI map and I had ALL the bad bacteria having a field day.
Not sure if I ever properly healed, but I took another GI map this past December and scored as a 7 on the dysbiosis level. I also have balstocysitis hominis, and completely lack any good gut bacteria. I have high levels of methane in my colon and it looks like I have some that's gone up to the small intenstine (low levels of IMO but still there).
My symptoms are as follow:
- Distended stomach (sometimes with pain)
- Horrific bloating
- Acidic taste in mouth every day I wake up
- Stool smelling foul
- Inability to lose weight
- "Histamine" reactions
- Intrusive thoughts
- Nausea/diarhea/constipation
- Brain fog
- Inflammation
- Sometimes feeling "Raw" or "inflamed" on the inside
I cannot tolerate alcohol, dairy and many other foods. I feel best when eating chicken, rice and eggs and nothing else. I am now taking a protocol with antimicrobials and all these other supplements but it's exhausting and I don't even know if I'm seeing progress. I caught COVID in the midst of my protocol which set me back.
I'm working with a practicioner but I don't think he's great. I called a clinic that prescribes antibitiocs for blasto but they don't have availability until SEPTEMBER.
I am at my wits end. This is getting in the way of my life, I can't work, cannot celebrate recently getting engaged, cannot lose weight despite living an active lifestyle (or trying to) and not eating much.
I am so exhausted of living like this. I feel truly, at my wits end. Has anyone cured themselves? Should I do FMT? If anyone is in the UK and has any good practitioners to recommend ,I'd really appreciate it.