In early 2017, I was working with a functional medicine practitioner and my SIBO improved a lot.
I felt like I had finally found the solution I had been looking for and as you can imagine, I was VERY happy about it.
But that joy only lasted for about a month.
I could not believe that functional medicine had “failed me” (much like conventional medicine had). My faith and hope in the approach crumbled because…
I had suddenly switched to the hydrogen sulfide type of SIBO and things went downhill quickly. It lasted for 3 long years. And it was horrible. I was emotionally drained, anxious, sleep-deprived, and had a constant racing mind. It was the lowest time in my life.
AND no one could help me.
In fact, my FM practitioner finally said that she thought I should consider starting a course of antidepressants. My GI specialist told me, “Jen, at this point, you know more about SIBO than I do”.
I knew I had to become my own advocate and figure things out myself.
That is one of the reasons why I went back to school to learn functional medicine and study under the world’s top SIBO practitioners. I rolled up my sleeves and investigated what it was in the approach that had initially helped me and how I could get more of that success again. It took experimenting and looking outside the box… even the functional medicine box.
I eventually overcame my H2S SIBO, and with the right guidance, you may be able, too.
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