I thought for sure that the last 40 days of herbal antibiotics was going to knock out the SIBO once and for all.  Instead SIBO regained some strength and managed to fight back pretty hard and throw a few good punches.   Things aren’t as bad as they have been but they sure aren’t as good as my September test and are much closer to the worst test in July than the September test.   I went from a high of 10 at 120 minutes to a high of 42 at 120 minutes and now I not only have methane showing but also hydrogen showing.  My hydrogen has never been above 2 before and now it is peaking at 9.  My methane was down to a high of 8 from a peak of 42 and now it is back up to 33.   Very frustrating to say the least.

I had a feeling that things were creeping back even though I actually feel a lot better than I have all year.  I’ve been steadily gaining some weight, been working out with weights, doing a bit of running, and eating quite a bit more than I was able to eat before.  I get a small amount of gut distress after dinner some nights but most of the day am totally symptom free.   My only clue as to things not going right was that I’ve become a bit more constipated again over the last month and need to take more magnesium in order to go regularly.  When I was testing at 10 that was not an issue at all and I barely needed any mag at night.

I’m at a loss as to what to do next and am just frustrated after  year of these ups and downs.  I did 30 days of Berberine and AlliMed followed by 100 days of AlilMed and Neem, 70 of those at full dose.   I’m currently about out of herbs and will need to order something on Monday when things re-open.  Debating of switching it up and trying the John Hopkins protocol of Candibactin-AR and -BR for a month to see if that makes a difference.   I’ll be talking to Dr. Keller at the end of next week and get a new plan in place.