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Hi, you may try without the antibiotics and just take glutamine and probiotics, but results may take longer to appear. This treatment is safe and you have nothing to lose, on the contrary, I think that this will help almost everybody if not everybody indeed. I belive that ibs comes from gut wall damage due to bad bacteria if you have already been tested for all other possable health problems before and the doctors say that it is ibs and that the have no clue what to do. Good luck

Hi Mohsan, I thought I would reply to you because I am actually doing what you have asked - doing this treatment without Xiafaxan. It is very expensive where I live. So far I am about one month - 6 weeks into this treatment, and am taking half a sachet of VSL#3 probiotics per day. I did do this after taking a course of antibiotics that were not Xifaxan, but the antibiotics did not actually work very well anyway, so essentially we are in a similar position.

The answer to your question depends on whether you really have bacterial overgrowth, which is the specific condition this treatment may work for. If you don't, then this treatment may not help you, because there are a whole range of issues that can cause IBS. Some people have food sensitivities, others cannot absorb fat very well, some lack strong enough stomach acid/digestive enzymes, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. However, if bloating after meals is one of your symptoms, then it may be possible you have bacterial overgrowth, and therefore might be worth trying this treatment.

Another thing to consider is, if you think you do have bacterial overgrowth (or SIBO), whether you want to get tested for it by your doctor and try different types of antibiotic other than Xifaxan, as I did. It is not the only one available for this condition, but for people with IBS-D symptoms, it has good success rates. Cheaper alternatives include oxytetracycline, Flagyl and neomycin. Another option, if you can't or do not want to get tested/can't afford it, would be to try other antibiotic substances. Many people who want to avoid antibiotics use oregano oil as an alternative - it is quite powerful and does work, as does coconut oil. You could potentially give yourself a course of these natural antibiotics for 1-2 weeks before beginning the probiotics etc. if you wanted to give yourself the best shot possible.

Hi Mohsan,

I'm obviously not Maurice and I think it should be him replying but I'm gonna share with you my personal experience regarding this as it could be useful. I have been suffering from IBS for 5 years +, only about 2 diagnosed. It has been awful and life impending at some points. Well, there is no SIBO tests where I live, and no doctor would support that theory. I decided no to go for OTC drugs as I knew those would rather harm than help in the long run and tried antibiotics and high dose Vit. D to fix the issue. Those helped but far from enough. Well after reading Maurice's post and thinking it made an awful lot of sense I started giving a try about a month ago. It's been 3 weeks with 10 gr L-Glutamine, 1 sachet VSL3 (450 billion life bacteries) and 5.000 UI VitD a day and I have noticed SO MUCH improvement. Fully formed BMs 80% of the time, no pain, no instisfaction, much less bloating....he mentioned he only started noticing improvement after 2 months so Im super happy and grateful, hopin this is not a simple coincidence and that I recover to 100%. Please keeep in mind its been a year of probiotics and vit.d and a FODMAP diet, so that might have helped a little bit to speed things, but it was definitely not enough. I think this is definitely worth a shot. Good luck and all the best!

Thank you for your anwser.

I am not sure if I have SIBO or what kind of IBS I have. My symptoms are that my stomach is bloated, constipation and all other problems that you can think of related to IBS. I have IBS for around 7 years. I only noticed 2 years ago that I have IBS. Before that I was living in ignorance.

I have tried the last months various diets. I have noticed foods like oninion, garlic, apple, ginger, green mint that I have many problems. These foods are mostly vegetables or fruits. I have tried to avoid these and tried various diets. It did help till a certain point, but it never fixed the whole issue. Therefore I guess that I could have SIBO. The doctors here are really clueless. If you ask for help, the only thing they say: "It's a thing that you need to live with".

I can look here for some antibotics, but I do not think that I will get a antibiotic. I have eaten the laste couple of weeks daily coconut oil in my meals. What amount of coconut oil would be sufficient to take?

I will start from monday to take L-Glutamine and Probiotics.

It will be on an empty stomach:

L-Glutamine 30 grams

Probiotics VSL#3 quarter sachet ( one sachet has 450 billion probiotic.

Do you have any tips? Maurice you maybe? Or anyone else? Every help is welcome!

Thanks for the info!

I am going to start from monday the following supplement:

L-Glutamine 30 gram

Probiotics VSL3 quarter sachet ( one sachet contains 450 billion probiotics)

Besides this I will follow a diet which doesn't heavily trigger my IBS.

Also my brother has IBS. We read one of these days that a high dosage of Vitamine D can certainly help. Therefore he will be starting from monday on taking 4000 IU Vitamine D3.

We will see how this goes. It's better than doing nothing.

In your post you mentioned you were taking for around a year probiotics and vitamine D and a fodmap diet. What were the result then? Did the result came when you did include L-Glutamine?

 

My last message is waiting to be moderated. So I don't know if that even will be showed.

So i will give a quick summary here.

First of all thank you for your reply.

I have IBS for the last 7 years. I have tried various diets it did help till a certain point. But it never cured it 100%. There are some foods that heavily trigger IBS. These are onion, garlic, ginger,etc. It are mostly food that are vegetables or fruits.

So I guess that I can have SIBO.

I am not sure that I can get a antibiotic here. I have eaten the last couple of weeks daily coconut oil. Do you think that this is sufficient? I would like to give glutamine and probitocs a shot. I would like to try the following supplements:

L-Glutamine 30 gram

Probiotics VSL3 quarter sachet ( one sachet contains 450 billion probiotics)

Do you maybe have more tips? Or you Maurice? Or anyone else? Every help is appreciated!

Hi, give it a try without the Xifaxan, it should work also but maybe the results will take longer to show. Good luck and send feedback of the results

I can't really tell, Mohsan. I tried to introduce changes in my diet and suplemmentation slowly but my reaction and progression was messy enough for me not to be able to take clear conclusions. I think probiotics definitely helped, but I still felt misserable. Vitamin D was a more noticeable improvement (but I never quit probiotics and kept taking them for months, trying different brands and types). Maybe it was the combination, but I was far from normal or happy about the results. I do think it was definitely L-Glutamine that has brought in a big difference. I never had such an immediate improvement. I'm far from cured as I mentioned above, and I still get a flare up now and then, but considering I wasnt expecting results until 2 months in the treatment (keeping Maurice's experience as a reference) and that I got 70-80% improvement in a matter of 3-4 weeks (with immediate days solution to acid reflux) I certainly thing that either l-glutamine or the combination did it. I think I was in the right track with Vit.D and probiotics, but that the leaky gut didnt allow my body to absorb either properly. Now with the glutamine, everything is working towards improvement. L-Glutamine for leaky gut and repair intestine wall cell damage, probiotics to balance the flora and vit.D for inflammation (it was a standalone cure for IBS for some people I read too, not my case though). I think this makes a lot of sense and Im super grateful to Maurice. I still need to figure out whether this is just a coincidence (if IBS is recidive I could just be on a better period) or something that works for a while and stops doing so later on, but my body is reacting so well Im pretty sure it is the answer. I have been able to eat a lot this Christmas, keeping it healthy but finishing dishes that I could've never in the last year. Almost no oil in stools, less bloating and 1 flare up a week max. I think this is great results! I might increase the 10 g l-glutamine intake and reduce the full VSL3 sachet at some point, but not yet. I am also sticking to the fodmaps diet but less strict on those foods that are healthy (apple,mango, artichokes, for example). Keep us posted on your progress. All the best to you and your brother!

Thanks for your reply.

I am not sure if I have IBS-D or IBS-C or even IBS-A. If I read the symptoms on the internet, I think I have probably IBS-C or maybe IBS-A. Does it really matter which IBS you have?

It can help you to figure out what to/not to eat, and what supplements might help based on the type of bacteria you have overgrowing. It's pretty straightforward to tell if you have constipation, diarrhea or both, surely?

Hi Mohsan. No problem.

I am sorry but I don't have the expertise and success story Maurice has, I have just been following his advice and some other tips on the internet for a while. While I am far from cured and have been on Maurice's suggested treatment for only about a month I am positive I'm in the right track. I am convinced I have IBS, and leaky gut, what I don't know it's whether these come from SIBO or candida infection (none of the doctor's here would test or believe in either of these), or even some other reason (most certainly not food intolerances, since I react to same foods differently depending on how well I am to start with).

First conclusion I took was that I needed probiotics to restore my gut flora balance, these helped but not enough.

My second step was to introduce the FODMAP diet, this helped but as you know you're not curing anything, just keeping flare ups at bay (this was far from enough but also helped a tiny bit).

Third one was to introduce high doses of VitD, given that I read success stories like Maurice's but with this, and I needed supplementation on this one anyway.

After introducing all of the above I can tell you I could have a life, but I was still miserable and weak.

I kept reading until I stumbled upon this post and read further on Glutamine. It seems to make a lot of sense on restoring the gut lining and it seemed save to give it a shot.

I told my Doctor and although he had no records of this working he said I could give it a try and adviced I start with lower doses. 3 gr. a day did nothing for me so I only did that for 2 weeks. After the 3rd week I increased to 10 which is where Im at now, and  the moment I increased to 10 g I also introduced 1 full sachet of VSL3. Although I had taken it before and did help a bit it was now that the change was drastic. I hope it wasnt a coincidence but for 2 full weeks I only had one day where I was back to problems. The rest of the time I was 80% better, which is a lot. I hadnt been able to finish a dish, be bloat free and have regular BMs more than one meal in a row ever before in the last year. I think it must be the treatment but can't confirm since the results and reactions are not steady yet. Maurice says it took him 2 months to notice improvements, 6 to have no flare ups so I hope Im in the right track.

I still think I should keep the FODMAP diet to avoid triggers and allow the gut to heal by itself. I think the mix of high potency probiotics (for flora balance), glutamine (for leaky gut and in order to absorbe everything else better), and vitD (for inflammation) makes an awful lot of sense whether you have SIBO or Candida (all these fight both conditions). It is also supposed to help both IBS-C and IBS-D since even though its mainly thought to stop diarrhea it could help those constipation situations where it's due to a leaky gut. It is hard to know but worth trying.

For extra cleaning and fighting bacteria I add coconut oil (about 3 teaspoons a day), curcuma powder (2 teaspoons), flaxseeds and chia seeds, and sometimes manuka honey (beware of this last one as its a fodmap and trigger but also potential antibiotic which should be good, test your tolerance).

I am thinking that if I dont make the progress I am looking for with this alone I will supplement with some candida formula that includes oregano oil, caprylic acid and all of the other compounds which help with candida overgrowth.

I am staying away from antibiotics since I know this could help if introduced in the right amount, right kind and right way but Im pretty confident these are what caused my current condition so I'd rather play safe.

Thank you, hope this helps.

Hi dear,

I am glad to know your improvement.

But as you mention above that for reduce the symptoms first of all we have to change our diet. I do have a query about which type of food or diet is helpful to reduce the symptoms and is really Vitamin D helpful in this treatment process. sorry for made you disturb .... plz give your comment

Thanks

Hi, as mentioned aboved I am following a FODMAP diet. No gluten, only selected low-lactose diary, no garlic, no onion and unfortunately, a long etcetera. I have been trying to reintroduce certain healthy elements that I wouldnt tolerate normally such as apples and mangos in small quantities now that Im a bit better. This is the hardest to filter though, everyone seems to be different. People keep commenting how ginger hurts them, I, on the contrary, have much smoother digestions with it.

My biggest trigger foods were always heavy creams/cheeses, gluten, garlic and onion. Then depending on where Im at some veggies, especially raw. Hope this helps, all the best.

But how vitamin D help you

You can find plenty of information on the web regarding Vitamin D and IBS. It helps in inflammatory processes. It just boosted what the probiotics were doing alone to a bigger extent. Less bloating, better formed BMs.

I have probably then IBS-C. I will try this treatment of Maurice, and I will see what it brings. Thanks for your answer!

Yeah this surely helps a lot. Thanks!

I will start from tommorow on to take L-Glutamine and VSL#3. My brother will be taking vitamine D3 4000IU. We will see what this brings.

Hi, IBS from sibo can be in any form, everybody reacts differently, diarrhea or constpation or both, but the root cause is the same. Now the tricky part for constipation (IBS-C) is that L-glutamine absorbs water in the bowels and may or not have an constipating effect, so for those with constipation, the best is to start with low dosage and work your way up to see until what dosage is ok for you.

Hi, just my personal experience here, even just drinking plain water sometimes would be the trigger for flare ups after a good night sleep when i had IBS/SIBO.