SIBO

I posted a picture of G onto my GAPS facebook board yesterday. The main reason was I was probably looking for reassurance, even though I know facebook should be a place I go to get verified. These moms have been there done that, so I thought I'd see what they had to say. Anyway, I posted a picture of his little broken out face, and basically wanted to know if anyone else had used Neocate, and if it caused more damage to the gut. I got an overwhelming amount of responses.

Someone saw the picture and said his cheeks looked like SIBO. I had never heard of it, but did a little research. Sure enough, I definitely think I have an overgrowth of bacteria! I was coming to the realization that myself due to my current health problems, but I realized that I had symptoms of SIBO for a long time.

The biggest symptom that made me realize I was suffering was when I read a single sentence. It basically said it isn't uncommon for people with bacteria overgrowth to be a size zero when they wake up and by the end of the day, they look 6 months pregnant. This is me to a T. I can have the flattest stomach when I wake up and be so bloated by the end of the day it hurts.

I first noticed this when I was in middle school. At that time, I thought it was just a weird thing- like being double jointed. When I got older, I attributed it to my period. Some days- okay, most days- of my cycle I was this way. Then I'd have maybe 2 days a month where I could wake up skinny and go to bed skinny. The rest of the time, I'd wake up feeling skinny and go to bed with a hard belly that I couldn't suck in. Then, when G started to show symptoms of being allergic to foods, I noticed the more foods I cut out, the less bloated I felt. Until yesterday, I just thought I was more sensitive to foods than I originally thought.

Now I'm convinced I suffer from SIBO, so now I plan on eating Low FODMAPS while on GAPS.