Hey I kind of have the same problem as you. i don't have odor but I'm wondering about candida and sibo as well and i too think it is sibo. My doctor wasn't really helpful either.. She's not my usual doctor, but a replacement while mine is on holidays. I fortunately found a site where I can get self referred for hydrogen/methane breath test instead of being referred by a doctor and should be getting the test soon. Is there any way you can get a test? I'm not sure if it's the best idea to try treating it if you don't know if that is actually what it is since the Antibiotics are quite expensive and could make candida worse.. also because some people (uncommonly) produce methane rather than hydrogen in their breath tests and usually that is more well treated with neomycin than xifaxan (or both)

If you can't get any Antibiotics or breath tests then you can do something called an elemental diet. I've heard from some people who have had success with sibo from these. You have to take a predigested formula called vivonex plus (it's kind of like supplementing with protein shakes) for 2-3 weeks and you can't have anything else during this time.. It's used to starve the bacteria although I heard they taste really bad and it can be a pretty horrible experience. Other ideas are doing diets like FODMAPs or SCD, but I am not sure how long these would take to work and they are very restricting... I plan to also take betaine HCl with meals because I think I have low stomach acid which could be making it difficult for my bacteria to die off. I'm not sure what else would work with sibo.. a lot of people say probiotics help and others say it doesn't so I'm really confused about that one but I'm choosing to stay off it

It's probably best to try and get a test done before you start treating it, but if thats not possible those are some ideas

Also just wondering.. do you still eat gluten? I was gluten free way before suspecting sibo or anything, but if you are still eating it maybe it's causing problems?

There is a good test to distinguish bacterial overgrwoth from candida overgrowth. It is the 'gut fermentation profile' from biolab in the UK. I just sent my blood to them monday.
For years I have thought I had candida overgrowth. Treatmetns did nothing. I did a test Jorge recommended twice called candida complex or something like that and it was negative both times.
There is someone who used to post here called 'onthejourney' who had a great (and cheap) protocal. I think it would be effective for SIBO too as a lot of the things she did are also antibacterial (she was treating yeast).

Hi mate,

You're on the money with the Candida/SIBO

Don't stress about the coated tongue, It doesn't mean you all of a sudden got Candida, It's more that your body just started dumping old toxins and sludge from you system. Hence the coating on the tongue. Everytime I have ever done a cleanse or a juice fast this has happened

The quickest most efficient (and cheapest) method for you to get the bad stuff out of your body IMO is green juice fasting taken in conjunction with colonics. Candida is quite easy to kill but It's not easy to eliminate from the body, especially because most of us are packed with KG's of old feces and rotting food. A week of herbal colon cleansing will not be anywhere near enough. It will take some time.

Good luck.
Jordan

Hello,

Getting your gut flora sequenced might help.

I came across a research project on gut flora and I thought it may help identify which gut bacteria we're missing or have too much of:

The website is http://www.indiegogo.com/ubiome?c=home


The name of the company is Ubiome

I have no affiliation with the company but wanted to spread the word because I think it's important what they're doing.