Progress on SIBO treatment

In my last post, I wrote about my doctor's SIBO protocol.  I'm now only a couple of days away from finishing the protocol.  My symptoms (mainly a feeling of inflammation and bloating in the gut, especially after meals) have improved, without a doubt.  I now have many days where I have no symptoms at all, and other days where there are only minor symptoms.  This has been a significant improvement in quality of life, and for that alone, the treatment was worth it.

The problem is that I still have low-level symptoms and I can tell that if I stopped treatment today, it is likely the symptoms would come back just as strong as before. I half expected this because most of the the SIBO sources online emphasize how difficult it is to get rid of SIBO--especially when one has the methane-producing variety of SIBO, as I do.  Some people are clearly at the point of believing that it can never be cured (although it's not clear if they have tried a protocol similar to the one my doctor prescribed).

My doctor's instructions state that if at the end of the one-month protocol I am not completely symptom free, I should transition from antibiotics to herbal antibiotics for continuing treatment.  This is what I plan to do...