What's it REALLY Like to Have SIBO?

• Overwhelmed by too much advice. You can find websites and groups dedicated to SIBO - but how do you know what’s based in science or actually effective (without making yourself into a guinea pig!)?
  
  

• Your doctor doesn’t understand. Many MDs haven’t even heard of SIBO, let alone understand the intricacies of testing, treating, and preventing relapses.
  
  

• Stuck on a restricted diet. You finally found the 7 foods that don’t flare your symptoms… and now that's ALL you’ve eaten for the last 6 months. It’s not sustainable, but you don’t know what else to do.
  
  

• SIBO feels like a life sentence. Getting better - and staying that way - feels impossible. You’re scared that feeling this bad, all the time, is your forever.
  
  

• Worrying about relapsing (or already have). You finally start to feel better - and then 2 weeks later you’re WORSE than before. And every time you relapse, it takes longer and more effort to get to feeling better again.
  
  

• Surrounded by failed treatment attempts. Your medicine cabinet is full of half-empty bottles from everything you’ve tried that didn’t work - and you’ve tried every awful diet, too! No matter how dedicated you are, nothing helps enough.
  
  

• You just want some relief. Yes, you want to know the root cause and cure your SIBO for good - but you also just want to be able to button your pants tonight! You need quick solutions for bloating, constipation, and diarrhea that won’t hinder your healing.
  
  

• No clue what the next step is. Do I start with a diet? Supplements? Do I stop the diet during treatment? What if I only feel a little better - do I try something else? What the heck is a prokinetic????

Success story!!! I have been battling SIBO for almost a year (maybe longer but didn’t pay too much attention to my symptoms).  I have learned so much about GI and motility during these past 8 months. Have taken the SIBO SOS Recovery Roadmap® Course, great source of knowledge. It helped me understand SIBO better. Every time. I talked to my functional medicine doctor and my GI had lots of questions. They were impressed with everything I knew about the condition.

Don’t give up!! If one treatment doesn’t work, try another but finish each treatment. Get tested after each treatment to see if it is working. There is hope my friends!!

Maggie