Gutsy Girl

Kathleen and Kayo, I was wondering the same thing. I have celiac and SIBO. I wonder if perhaps one type of bacteria - the main classifications I know about are hydrogen versus methane producing bacteria - tends to have different preferences so that folks who have methane bacteria do better on SCD and folks who have hydrogen bacteria do better on FODMAP...

Check out Dr. Pimmental's info and you'll come up with some answers. Rifaximin is good stuff for hydrogen producing bacteria (the diarrhea type) but I was told by my GI motility doc that it's not nearly as effective for folks who have methane producing bacteria (constipation type). Both are types of bacteria that can be found in SIBO. Are you making...

Was diagnosed with Celiac 2010 (had started gluten-free diet 100 percent strict in mid-2009), and in 2011 was diagnosed with SIBO. Lived almost all my life with chronic diarrhea until several months after going gluten-free. Then after a few months, I had my first run-ins with constipation which was a new animal to me altogether. Its gotten worse and worse...

Geez...does nobody but me have this problem? Any solutions out there?

Ox On Roof... (why the name? you have me curious!) Just wanted to say that reading your posts is entirely entertaining (perhaps I'm easily entertained...???? ) and I've been chuckling . Thanks for posting.

Having big time gut problems, we tend to be acutely aware of how emotions affect our GI system. I personally lived my whole life from childhood in school, through college, and in the workforce KNOWING that if I experienced almost any emotion rather strongly, I was going to have to make a mad dash for the loo and pray I arrived in time before the package...

Hey, something caught my eye in the OP's post. You drink wine once a day or sometimes. I've found it hard to find gluten free wine. Please correct me, others, if I'm wrong. But wine is very often CC and on the general no-no list unless you've DEFINITELY found a brand that is 100% gluten free. Is it possible that this is a source of the problem...

Yea, this is great advice. To simplify, you may consider using Dr. Bronner's magic castile soap (unscented) for cleaning everything - it's made for cleaning literally everything and when I'm reacting to stuff, that's my stand-by for hair, face, body, floor cleaning, even laundry. Helps make the crazy itchies go away. Read all labels twice. Sometimes...

Jenny, I know next to nothing about thyroid and I've never heard of the LEAP MRT so will have to google that when I have time and am more rested and alert. Glad you've gone gluten free. But so sorry you're having trouble. *Compassionate smile.* I feel for you. So...you said you're cooking with butter and doing simple stir-fry sort of deals...

Ravenwoodglass, I could not agree more!

Oh my! I can't imagine what I would go through if I had to eat gluten again...or then again...I can but it's a hellish nightmare. I don't intend to speculate or judge you as to the "WHY?"s of your decision to go back to a glutened diet. I'll just tell you a little about me and my experience, as it seems that's what you're looking for. My wheelchair...

Oh wow, that's interesting! I was using Trader Joe's toothpaste (trying to avoid SLS), and ended up with bleeding painful gums every time I used it! Maybe there's a connection here. I didn't want to go back to big-brand toothpastes, but I saw no other options. Interesting that someone had a similar reaction. Hmmm....Sorbitol?....

Cooking in a cast iron pan can also help. Whatever pans/pots you cook with...the metals in those pans and pots end up in your food to some degree, so cast iron can be really helpful for this. Of course, with a cast iron pan some people don't use detergent so be very careful about cc issues if it's always been YOUR pan. I tolerate iron supplements some...