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Posted 10/21/2018 11:02 AM (GMT -5)
So I have been lurking for awhile and I just randomly reply to topics sometimes - But I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing IBS symptoms and such.

I'm 35 male - 145lbs - and used to be in great shape with the gym and energy.

Back story:
Had a really stressful year in 2017 - Probably the worst of my life and I've been through a fiance being killed in front of me in 2008. Worst than that. Ended up in Nov getting really sick, once I took a vacation from work.

Symptoms were: Head aches / Body Aches / Fever / Dizzy / brain fog / Extremely tight neck / felt sick - unwell / Face hot / Elbows and knees ache sometimes warm - getting out of bed in the morning was terrible / Slightly raised lymph nodes in neck (never raised enough for any alarms from ENT or GP some were sore - some were not / stomach issues - Constipation mostly.

Ended up going to multiple Drs. All said it was Mono / EBV. So they put me on abx for 2 months - AMOXICILLIN‐POT
CLAVULANATE.

Seemed to help and then I got a cyst on my neck and I was prescribed another abx for that - Forget which one - was 3 weeks course.

So at that point - I seemed to be getting better (that was in Feb 2018) - started working out again, crushing it back in the gym. Felt overall great. Than in May I tanked hard - fatigue - stomach - general feeling of unwell - headaches - and so on.

I ended up going to a Dr that tests through Saliva and Urine - turns out I had a ton of parasites / mold / bacteria including Lyme. So I went on a course of Herbs and their formula for treating it.

So far it has made me feel amazing. I feel great after almost 4 months of being on it, except for my stomach and GI Tract and nothing is showing up on my tests now other than Lyme.

Every morning I wake up amazing, and then by the night time I'm full of gas and bloating - and so uncomfortable.

Does anyone else have these symptoms? I know this can be caused by Lyme and more so Bartonella or Babesiosis?
(I could have that wrong)

I eat clean - no sugar - no dairy - no gluten... I'm just not sure what else to do... I even take A-F Betafood for enzymes.
Could this be IBS, SIBO or something else? Again ... it only happens as the day progresses. I'm going to start just eating chicken. I'm not sure what else to do. HA!

Thank you!

EDIT: Oh, and It seems to get better as long as I have a bowel movement, so I do feel 'constipated' at times, but I go everyday and a few times a day, as long as I take Magnesium Citrate. (sorry if it's TMI)

Post Edited (BossJ) : 10/21/2018 10:07:00 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/21/2018 11:46 AM (GMT -5)
I had the same story-found and treated dental and parasite and the digestion got cured. you may check the dental meridian chart-google it.
Posted 10/21/2018 11:55 AM (GMT -5)

magoo2 said...
I had the same story-found and treated dental and parasite and the digestion got cured. you may check the dental meridian chart-google it.

I'm actually going to the dentist this week I haven't been in 8 years and I know I have one tooth that is infected. So that could be it?
Posted 10/21/2018 12:17 PM (GMT -5)
Google dental meridian chart and see-its been spot on for me,
I also would only go to a biological dds-no root canals or metals
Posted 10/21/2018 12:28 PM (GMT -5)

magoo2 said...
Google dental meridian chart and see-its been spot on for me,
I also would only go to a biological dds-no root canals or metals

Ok thanks for the advice!
Posted 10/21/2018 12:51 PM (GMT -5)
"I eat clean - no sugar - no dairy - no gluten... I'm just not sure what else to do... I even take A-F Betafood for enzymes.
Could this be IBS, SIBO or something else?"

IBS is a "label" of symptoms so conventional Drs feel they don't need to look further.

So many things we need to look at.

Could be SIBO or gut candida or still some food your eating. Or their reaction to certain foods and not others. Keep note of what your eating.

Clean eating depends how long you practice it and what "clean" means for your body, as its different for everyone. The best way to tell your food sensitivities if you eat basic "American" foods (vs foreign / ethnic foods foods) is the Mediator Release Test. They test your blood in a lab with exposure to 170 whole foods, spices and a few food chemicals to take the guess work out of "lean eating". I was shocked at a few. Started at my cleanest foods per testing and work my way up every 3 weeks as they are all on a rated scale. Anything not tested I dont eat for now.

I did this (now eating cleaner than ever) and discovered a few I didnt know about that released cytokines into my blood- real inflammation, they were worse than gluten for my body. Actually, yeast itself is worse for me that gluten (no beer or even near beer for now). Apparently once the gut heals, some of sensitive foods should be consumable again. I started feeling less sore after 1.5 months. Hoping this continues.

https://nowleap.com/the-patented-mediator-release-test-mrt/
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I have an athletic past, was a "gym rat", but could not do that the last ten years. After lyme treatment I've been focusing on gut heath- since thats the start of your immune system and nutritional uptake. This MRT test and food plan seems to be helping. Last year eating "clean" and working out again, I was still 13% body fat, now 1.5 months into eating cleaner I'm at 10% with no greater gym time. My body metabolism and nutritional uptake is working better. I was never "heavy" but digital resistance BMI test can measure internal organ fat as it averages the whole body like the water dunk test, and unlike a caliper test- good to know.

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/21/2018 12:12:18 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/21/2018 12:57 PM (GMT -5)
Thank you! I'll look into that!
Posted 10/21/2018 3:17 PM (GMT -5)
So I just got to thinking, could this be a die off symptom?
Posted 10/21/2018 3:37 PM (GMT -5)

BossJ said...
So I just got to thinking, could this be a die off symptom?

Die off of Lyme, Bartonella or Babesiosis? I doubt it. If it were, it would be constant all day long.
Posted 10/21/2018 3:48 PM (GMT -5)
IBS and stomach issues are VERY common in Lyme patients. I still have issues. What you might be looking at is SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) that most doctors don't test for. I took a round of Nystatin and it helped some, but the issues remain. Allergies and histamines also cause problems. I see a lot of people now talking about going on low histamine diets and that relieves some of the issues.
Posted 10/21/2018 4:34 PM (GMT -5)
Gotcha. Thanks for the responses
Posted 10/21/2018 4:39 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, it is by far the worst of my symptoms!! I've had 3 years of embarrassment due to gas in work. EVERY time I eat I have gas (which I can't control sad ). Having a bowel movement is the only thing that helps. I can now smell urea mixed in when I need to go. It's a disgusting smell.

I have been tested for almost everything so it must be Lyme and co.

I am as clueless as you though, sorry, can't help. I'm just hoping treatment will get my gut back to normal.
Posted 10/21/2018 8:13 PM (GMT -5)

SG091 said...
Yes, it is by far the worst of my symptoms!! I've had 3 years of embarrassment due to gas in work. EVERY time I eat I have gas (which I can't control sad ). Having a bowel movement is the only thing that helps. I can now smell urea mixed in when I need to go. It's a disgusting smell.

I have been tested for almost everything so it must be Lyme and co.

I am as clueless as you though, sorry, can't help. I'm just hoping treatment will get my gut back to normal.

It's nice to know, it's just not me. Thanks!
Posted 10/21/2018 8:45 PM (GMT -5)
Yes. I experience IBS with constipation. Mine's a long story. I'll give you some background. I'm a 48 year old female.

Had lifelong tendancy toward constipation, but it never really bothered me until my mid 30's. (Suspect now that I was born with bartonella, at least.) Around mid-30's, I started having unexplained belching that seemed to have nothing to do with food. Initial Lyme symptoms started suddenly at age 39 and mysteriously came/went for years.

At age 45 after an upper respiratory infection, symptoms went full blown in April 2015. In Sep 2015, I developed IBS with constipation that made me feel like something had hijacked my intestines. Nothing worked except enemas until I started Natural Calm magnesium citrate. I started at 1.5 tsp. Now, 3 years later, it's 5 tsp every night.

Probiotics, diet changes, treating Lyme/coinfections, detoxing mold - had no effect on the IBS-C. Comprehensive stool analysis and blood tests revealed no parasites or Candida.

Finally, after taking Candicid Forte for 4-6 weeks, I got sick with diarrhea and vomiting. The stuff that came out looked like seaweed. Four days later, I expelled some more and THEN, I felt immensely better and was able to move my bowels on their own without any magnesium or anything else. This lasted about 4 days and then constipation started coming back. Was the first time in 3 years I could move my bowels unaided.

That was this past April. In Sep, I expelled some more seaweed-like stuff and stuff that looked like ropeworm.

I now know that my IBS is not permanent or caused by muscle paralysis or anything like that. It got better with antifungal herbs. So I'm experimenting with more herbs, supplements, and foods that are antifungal, antiparasitic, antihelminthic.
Posted 10/21/2018 9:14 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks for adding to this walkingbyfaith! Appreciate your input, always a pleasure reading your posts!
Posted 10/21/2018 11:16 PM (GMT -5)

astroman said...

BossJ said...
So I just got to thinking, could this be a die off symptom?

Die off of Lyme, Bartonella or Babesiosis? I doubt it. If it were, it would be constant all day long.

My die-off (ie herxes) are often only for a part of a day...ie maybe the evening...or the morning...
Posted 10/22/2018 2:59 AM (GMT -5)

Girlie said...

astroman said...

BossJ said...
So I just got to thinking, could this be a die off symptom?

Die off of Lyme, Bartonella or Babesiosis? I doubt it. If it were, it would be constant all day long.

My die-off (ie herxes) are often only for a part of a day...ie maybe the evening...or the morning...

Hmm... So this is interesting. It's quite possible that it is a herx!

Thank you girlie!
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