r/Microbiome

I got this to help with my gut and bloating issues and it made it significantly worse.

If you’re not familiar, it’s a rotating symbiotic where you take a single strain daily for a week, then you move on to another strain for the week and so on. The point is to increase biodiversity in your gut

First two weeks felt great. Actually had some nice changes.

I started week three and the amount of CFU’s doubled. Went from 7 to 15 billion.

Then all of sudden INTENSE bloating, cognition issues from focus, memory, thought formation, emotional blunting etc.

Met with a gastroenterologist and said it could a bacterial or parasitic overgrowth. They recommended ivermectin to start but if it’s bacterial that wouldn’t matter and may cause other issues. I’m asking them for more insight about this tomorrow.

It’s been worrisome because it’s affected me mentally and I feel stupid trying to do my job.

It’s frustrating because I took this to help with my issues and it made them significantly worse.

Also please don’t make me feel dumb or that I should have known better. That’s not going to help.

Below is a link of a probiotic product:

https://a.co/d/0gddO6nv

Is this product a scam? If so, what's the best way of increasing the lactate consuming bacteria in your gut? I've realized this has been part of my dysbiosis by the fact that yogurt makes my whole body inflammed like I worked out really hard.

Please chime in and give your best recommendations.