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Hi guys, I'm new to the forum :) 3 years ago I started having uncontrollable gas at work. Slowly, than it became worse. Than I decided to quit as I was ashamed.

I was than diagnosed with IBS and I started the Foodmap diet. As you know, this diet is very restrictive :( However this diet is not that easy and what shocked me is that each of my different doctors seem to interprete this diet differently. So one would suggest that I could have coffee or cheese and another one said that I never should. I received books from these doctors and papers that pretty much contradict themself.

So I never came to a stage where I felt better for 2 weeks really so I could introduce different food. I have gas every few minutes all the time.

Than I was diagnosed with SIBO. I tried Rifaximin (Xifaxan) and after 6 days I had bad stomach pain and strong diarhea. Since I usually don't suffer from stomach pain I got scared that I will be worse and I stopped drinking it. And now what? Now I seem worse as I am noticing people in the bus covering their noses around me and sniffing. It seems that now I have leaky gas.

I admire all of you fighting here. I don't unerstand how one can work, be around people with this condition. I'm not giving up. But I don't know how to fight...

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Hi, was there any discussion about prebiotics or probiotics? I understand your pain, cheese (lactose) and it's fatty will make you gassy especially if you are intolerant. Coffee is also a laxative for most and the caffeine can be a trigger.

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Whatnow3 in reply to Tig345

Thank you for your answer. So from what I read prebiotics can make SIBO worse. That's so confusing. I keep reading contradicting info. My doctor gave me in the meantime Neomycin. I don't feel any improvement yet. I took the bus and everybody is making sniffing noises and I realized that I got so stressed that i was more gassy. It's scary that my thoughts can worsen my condition. I am starting to feel panic when I'm around people. It's tough

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Drsn

I too had similar experiences as u had.

I took medication for hpylori it didn't help me.

Now I am on strict low fod map diet ,which reduced most of my symptoms by 70% .

I reccomend u to try a strict low fod map diet and recommend walking for 30 mints a day.

What I noticed in past few days of lowfod map diet is

Frequency of bowel moments have come to normal 1/day

Flatulence has reduced by 80 %

Even the gas i pass is very mild smelling

No rumbling,no stomach discomfort.

But on low fod map diet u should calculate your fiber intake properly.

Give it a try as we shouldn't stop growing in our life because of illhealth (which can be managable)

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lauralou22 in reply to Drsn

Drsn Do you have a weekly food diary you could share please? I'm really struggling trying to stick to a low fod map diet. Thanks

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