I think I have SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) which was causing constipation until I started an anti-parasitic herb supplement called HUMAWORM.
Basically, HUMAWORM is supposed to reset your GI flora, killing all the bacteria in your gut and allowing your body to reset....
It's a month long cleanse and it has powerful anti-parasitic herbs as well as anti-bacterial herbs in it. I used to be chronically constipated to the point where I had to do enemas just to get shit out of me... most laxatives didn't do anything for me.
After 2 days on HUMAWORM I started having normal bowel movements again!
I believe that SIBO occured after a heavy dose of Cipro I had about a year ago for a UTI... while the Cipro cleared my infection, it probably also knocked my gut's flora outta balance (mind you I was eating shitty at the time, no diet, and was drinking a lot too) and now I have an accumulation of the wrong bacteria in my gut which is causing the SI damage.... I only noticed the GI problems after this course of anti-B's... which probably explains my poor digestion, absorption, chronic fatigue, constipation, and maybe even nutritional deficiency...
Although, right now I eat super clean; gluten and dairy free....
I read a website that explains more about SIBO and how it's commonly the cause for most IBS and that it's often times overlooked. I am debating to get a SIBO test done, or just ask for treatment and see if it helps....
Common treatments are listed on this page at the bottom, along with diet (which sucks because it's low carb/disaccharides so no bulking for at least 3-6 months... good time for a serious keto/cut I guess!)
http://ndnr.com/web-articles/small-i...al-overgrowth/
To be honest, I may even just order some anti-B's myself, because of cost, and test it out myself, however I'd really like some pharmy grade drugs... we'll see.... I have to talk my general physician into this treatment first..... Will print this out and bring it to him, along with the following website info...
I am on TRT so I am not worried about losing too much mass, but I still hate the low energy of having being depleted of sugars.
Here's more info with some diet stuff on there too... some people utilize diet alone but takes WAY too long, like 3 years or something....
SIBO About it:
http://www.siboinfo.com/sibo.html
SIBO Treatments:
http://www.siboinfo.com/antibiotics.html
SIBO Symptoms:
http://www.siboinfo.com/sibo-symptoms.html
SIBO Testing:
http://www.siboinfo.com/sibo-testing.html
Just look through the links on the site for all the rest of the info... It's really interesting and everything I have fits this bill perfect. The way I figure it, it's worth doing 10 days of anti-B's before dropping a couple G notes on an endoscopy, which I still have to pay out of pocket due to shitty insurance policies..
Oh well, whatcha think?