u/s20000001

Current symptoms:

• Ringing in ears/tinnitus
• Powerful belching
• Waking up at 5am if I exercise or take certain supplements
• Occasional itching
• Occasional tight throat

Story:

1. Initial symptoms: A year ago I felt like I needed gut support, I had mild constipation and I had reactivity to yogurt and wine (only) where I couldn't fall asleep if I had them.
2. SIBO treatment: I worked with a naturopath and I tested positive for a mild case of methane SIBO. She treated me first with herbals (neem, oil of oregano, alliance, berberine, and more) to break down the biofilms and then antibiotics (Rifaximin + Metronidazole). During this time I felt good and constipation was gone. I tested negative for SIBO after treatment.
3. Post-treatment symptoms: After a month I started having weird symptoms. I would wake up wide awake at 5am (usually I wake up sleepy at 8am) if I took certain supplements OR if I exercised. A month later my ears started ringing but it wasn't that loud.. Then a month later they started ringing really loud and would get worse in reaction to noise (i.e. work calls, music, movies ☹️) At the same time I started getting burps and what I thought was reflux.
4. Testing: I tested negative for SIBO and H pylori. I got an endoscopy that only showed mild gastritis and esophagitis but didn't answer any questions.
5. Current histamine journey: To see if this is histamine intolerance I went on the diet and started taking H1/H2 blockers. It got rid of the burps but the ringing persisted (slightly less loud) I suspect it is leaky gut from the SIBO but when I even take 1/8th of a zinc carnosine supplement I wake up at 5am wide awake.

Can anyone make sense of this? I have no idea what's going on. I think histamine is playing a roll but can't figure out the whole story.

Why am I burping so much? How do I get better?

Hey all. I’m trying to understand what’s going on in my body. I’ve never been so confused about symptoms in my life and it’s really affecting my mood. I’ve never had heartburn in my life and still don’t really have it, but I have the following symptoms which all appeared over night and have lasted almost a month:

\- ear ringing/tinnitus
\- belching/ hot burps
\- throat tightness/shallow breath
\- intermittent nausea

Obviously Google has led me to this subreddit and the possibility of GERD but I’m just confused how it happened over night. Has this happened to anyone else? The ear ringing is the worst for me right now I just wish I felt normal in my body again :( I’ve been doing all the recommendations to see if it helps: alkaline water, sleeping at 45 degrees, low acid diet. It’s not helping.

Hey all. I’m trying to understand what’s going on in my body. I’ve never been so confused about symptoms in my life and it’s really affecting my mood. I’ve never had heartburn in my life and still don’t really have it, but I have the following symptoms which all appeared over night and have lasted almost a month:

- ear ringing/tinnitus
- belching/ hot burps
- throat tightness/shallow breath
- intermittent nausea

Obviously Google has led me to this subreddit and the possibility of GERD but I’m just confused how it happened over night. Has this happened to anyone else? The ear ringing is the worst for me right now I just wish I felt normal in my body again :( I’ve been doing all the recommendations to see if it helps: alkaline water, sleeping at 45 degrees, low acid diet. It’s not helping.