I'm just iron deficient, but i feel like I really want to sleep all the time... I also have adhd, so its so hard for me to get out of bed sometimes, and being on my period makes it 10x worse :/

I've been having GI issues recently ranging from vitamin deficiencies, literal loss of hunger cues, easily gained gastritis despite not taking meds for a long time, cant tell if i feel full or hungry, lost a ton of weight unintentionally and struggle to gain, am mostly constipated and rarely going unless i have an upset stomach around my period.

I had gotten covid a few times in the past 5 years, was put on antibiotics, steroids and nsaids around march, was put on famotidine around june, got covid again in august, then ppis and sucralfate from september-november. And an antibiotic again.

I did the breath test, but im pretty sure i messed it up bc i ate a banana the day before. i had to fight to even get the test, then the nurse insisted i do it anyway, and refused to let me retest after i mentioned i couldve messed it up, and said to just take amox-clav. She gave no instructions for after. Could i possibly have sibo and the antibiotics will help? I've started them, but i'll be sad if its a dead end... My PCP also wants me to do a GES. My GI issues are way more than gastritis related, and my scope in Oct, said it was inactive then.

And can anyone tell me if they know the difference? I had gastritis, and i thought mine got worse, but my scope last october said its inactive. so im having some new issue.

My problems are low vitamin absorption that happened first last march, no hunger cues/feeling like im full all the time even though i could feel like i dont need to eat at all for MANY hours, abdominal cramps, and either diarrhea or constipation. I completely stopped feeling hunger last october and lost a ton of weight. I went down to 98lb, and when I try really hard I'm stuck at 106lb right now. No Dr i've seen cares very much at all about the no hunger thing.

im still not absorbing, but now im having gi issues. That couldve been from anything like antibiotics, covid, ppis, sucralfate, becoming vitamin deficient... i dont know. Did anyone else feel similar?

I'm being tested for GP and SIBO right now, but i see the main complaints are nausea for this and bloating for sibo, which i dont have either.

My problems are low vitamin absorption, no hunger cues/feeling like im full all the time even though i could feel like i dont need to eat at all for MANY hours, abdominal cramps, and either diarrhea or constipation. I thought it was gastritis before, but my scope said it was inactive. I completely stopped feeling hunger last october and lost a ton of weight. I went down to 98lb, and when I try really hard I'm stuck at 106lb right now. No Dr i've seen cares very much at all about the no hunger thing.

I had vitamin deficiencies and i didnt know why at the start of last year, and im still not absorbing, but now im having gi issues. That couldve been from anything like antibiotics, covid, ppis, sucralfate, becoming vitamin deficient... i dont know. Did anyone else feel similar?

I do have allergies to things like dust and mold and pet dander, but it's not that serious... BUT I have white snot osccasionally even though I know that's associated with a cold. I don't have sneezing, coughing, or runny nose, though. Does anyone else have this or know? I'm confused why.

I dont have facial pressure or congestion, and drs have never said anything abt my lungs.

I was thinking about if I have oral thrush or not, but my tongue does not look as extreme as the google images. I try my best to brush, but it doesn't go away. Its not anywhere else in the mouth or throat.

I was deficient in d, b12, and iron, and i still dont know why. I had to pause my b12 injections to wait to even see the hematologist to ask about an infusion again. They dont believe b12 injections would lower ferritin so much.

My pcp didnt really test anything and said it could be thrush and recommended an antifungal mouthwash. I'm just seeing that people online where actually tested instead of eyeballed, and Im frustrated. I have no clue why im deficient and I'm having all these GI issues now... I feel like no dr takes the deficiencies seriously and i have to fight to even be tested, and half the time they dont do it right... Im desperately trying to find anything to look into for the deficiencies, but coming up short.

Is a thin layer of white just on the tongue connected to deficiencies or could it also be thrush?

I'm low on b12 and iron, dealing with oral thrush and SIBO. I'm taking nystatin and amox-clav. Is taking laxatives with those ok? Or do you guys go the magnesium citrate route? I've also seen people talk about prokinetics, but i dont know much about that.

I try to drink water and eat fiber, but I think i might need a little more than just that. And before anyone asks, I tried to ask my Dr, but the gi nurse just said miralax, so i dont think they're offering any advice beyond drugs 😞 If anyone has any tips at all or anything i'd appreciate it 😄

I started last year suffering from severe vitamin deficiencies (iron, d, b12), an urgent care nurse gave me an antibiotic just because she thought i was breathing weird, a diff dr also thought i had a uti when i dont think i did, then i got covid. I guess my b12 was lowering, I was on given nsaids, ppis, and my iron was also low, so it might've been inevitable.

Does anyone have tips? I'm also trying to deal with SIBO, which might have caused my deficiencies, and it seems like both treatments can cause the other... I'm really confused about all this. I started nystatin and amox-clav two days ago.

I was on b12 injections eod, but had to pause because it lowered my ferritin again to 31. I'm waiting for my appointment with hematology. Right now my main symptoms are no appetite, constipation (and slow motility), brain fog, and joint pain. For SIBO I was told i'd need a low fermentation diet after, and to try probiotics... i dont know if that clashes with this??

I just never had GI issues in my life, then suddenly I go from gastritis to gerd to constipation and gi just suggests drugs to take :/ Should i do a specific diet sometime or supplements??

I've been looking into SIBO after having unexplained deficiencies. People say SIBO has a cause, and it couldve been covid, food poisoning, using ppis or whatever, but people talked about motility.

I tried to read online how to increase that and read

>"Other factors that contribute to gastroparesis:

>Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, constipation, use of high-fat overnight feeds, muscle or nerve abnormalities of the GI tract, prior GI surgery, medicines, and recent viral illness."

but in the sibo sub, they made it sound like this is the cause of sibo. Is it both?? I'm just trying to find the root cause of everything and am very confused... I do know my b12 being low makes motility worse though

I already posted that im not sure my gi did the breath test right (they said me eating a banana and cheerios the day before doesnt matter), but my pcp also said to try the antibiotic, amox-clav. But my pcp also said i have oral thrush on my tongue and to try nystatin. Can I take them together? Did anyone else get an upset stomach with these?

I heard both can upset the stomach so im scared to do it at the same time... my pcp also said you can get fungi from antibiotics, so wouldnt i possibly just get it again after trying the antibiotic?

Are there any tips to starting these? My nurse genuinely told me nothing at all about it. Why i have it, if we even did the test right, what to do during or after... anything.

What should I do? I feel very poorly. I had two infusions in november for my level of 12, and it went up to 52, then I was on b12 injections and hematology insisted i shouldnt supplement, but also any time i try iron and vit c, my gastritis just comes back. The cardiologist tested my ferritin and it was a 31.

I still don't know my cause, and i want to look into sibo, but i dont know what to do. I paused b12 injections since getting low iron symptoms, and I'm feeling very poor right now.

I've had sever health problems for over a year. Unexplained vitamin deficiencies (iron, d, b12), and recently stomach issues and bone pain. Before last year, I had slowly been getting more and more tired.

I was deficient in d, but raised it with just 4 weekly 50,000 iu d2 pills from 27 ng/ml to 77, but still feel bone pain. I saw a rheumatologist and he said my rheumatoid factor was barely high and I could check back in 6 months.

My pcp wont check pth bc she said my thyroid levels were normal and my calcium wasn't high. But I started thinking something was weird when people kept asking me about calcium, and mine never dropped at all. It wasn't high, but it stayed normal even though my d was low.

Im also looking into testing for sibo and i match symptoms with that and saw slow motility can be from hypothyroidism... idk if there's other reasons to check. Ive just been feeling like im withering away and all these specialists just keep telling me to go back to the other and barely trying tests...

Do you think this diet would have been bad the day before?

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They also didnt say anything about brushing teeth, but i saw some people online mentioning it?

Also, my nurse had me breath into a tool, then set it aside after 1 minute and said it went into the 50s and she didnt need to know anything else. i've seen all these people on here posting graphs and such and what their type is, but i genuinely have no info like that. I had to push to get the test, and just got the vaguest instructions and info after.

The nurse tried to prescribe rifaximin, but insurance denied it, so she picked amox-clav after.

I'm 27f, 106lb, 5'6ft, US never drank or smoked. Main problem is vitamin deficiencies

My past year: The main reason i initially went to the GI was to investigate vitamin deficiencies. I'm iron, d, and b12 deficient and going back and forth on trying to supplement. The gi almost turned me away saying they couldn't do anymore, but i argued for this test.

These are generally my daily symptoms: Poor mood, Tired, muscle weakness, muscle cramps and twitching, stinging feelings, tingling hands and feet, acid reflux, no appetite, burping after eating, joints hurt (elbow, fingers,), dry eyes, a lot of hair falling out, tinnitus, heavy body (eyelids, arms, chest), anxiety, sweaty eyelids, bones hurt (hip, jaw/tmj, shin), poor focus, chest hurts, cold, burning stomach, chapped lips, stinging in stomach, gums/teeth hurt, dizzy, burning mouth, head hurts, eye twitching, in bed like 20 hours, not thirsty, ruq pain, constipation

History: I was showing severe iron deficiency symptoms first last march, then drs gave me antibiotics, steroids, and nsaids, before checking my blood, and caused gastritis in june. Then i was put on famotidine for a month, caught covid in august, and gastritis came back worse. Gi then put me on ppis and sucralfate and had me cold turkey in October for my scope which caused terrible reflux. I also completely lost hunger cues in october... My scope said I have a small hiatal hernia and the nurse said it shouldnt cause symptoms. dr thought i had a uti so they gave me antibiotics again. I worked to wean off ppis twice and got off them around january, but still had slight acid reflux. Since then I had either been constipated or having diarrhea and rarely having an ok BM maybe around my period. I think b12 injections helped, so i thought it was my b12 being low. I've recently started to develop bone pain despite raising my vit d to optimal levels, and i never had gi issues before taking ppis/getting gastritis.

I've been tested and was negative for: celiac, h pylori, lyme, parasites. Hida scan had 74%, scope only showed small hiatal hernia inactive gastritis and hemorrhoids, normal abdominal/pelvic and brain ct, normal abdominal ultrasound, normal chest x-ray, normal ekg, normal brain and spine mri, pill camera showed nothing but stayed in stomach mostly and i had to get an x-ray because it took too long to pass. My gastritis was apparently inactive in Oct, but I had inflammation in stool tests in march. my rheumatoid factor was high, but my rheumatologist said it wasnt that high and to come back later.

Any advice would be appreciated, I didnt have issues until last year, and everything slowly started getting worse. I can't find the cause of the deficiencies, and if i do have sibo, i only started having gi problems last fall...

I ate a little bowl of cereal accidentally, and the gi nurse s aid it was fine. I did the test to blow into the little tool, and she showed me the number popped to 20 and kept climbing, and she just set it aside when it was in the 50s. She said it's take hours to do the test, but then with that one breath she said that's all i have to do. Is that right, even if i ate the wrong food? I dont know anything about what type or whatever, im just learning about it all through google.