Hello all just found this site tonight and thought I would see if anyone may be able to help.
Back in 2000 my stomach started to hurt, had nausea,pressure,bloating and distention after lots of testing I was told I have IBS,and GERD as the years passed this only got worse I then went back and was told gull bladder need to be removed then came the fullness even if I have not eaten anything all day I felt full like I had just finished with thanksgiving dinner there was pain pushing out and up like being pregnant and having the baby under your rib cage was really bad on my left side almost like I could feel my large intestine bloated and rolling up under my rib cage I then went in for yet more testing and was told I have small bowel bacteria overgrowth on top of IBS i was so bloated I looked like i was 9 months pregnant and felt terrible I cant eat etc and had this white stuff on the back of my tongue mind you this has been ongoing since 2000 my doctor put me on flagyl 500mg 3x a day with augmentin 875/125mg 3x a day this was working and I was feeling great everything was going back to normal which I had not had for 9 years I then called her as I was done with meds and said I do not feel it is gone yet but we are getting there and felt I needed another round of meds the doc said nope and to come see her in 3 weeks after one and a half weeks everything started coming back just as bad as before by the 3 week i was almost back to where i started so then another round of those meds were then given to which there was no improvement this time around so now I am on flagyl for a month and Xifaxan 200mgs 2x a day for 10 days this is the 4th day on these meds and I have only noticed a small change nothing big like when she first started all this I am so upset and feel bad I guess I just dont understand why she did not continue what was working when it was and what is going on now why I am not getting any relief yet I do also have lupus sle and fibro however my doc said this has nothing to do with it I am just at a loss and wondered if anyone else has had this problem or any ideas as to what could help
I cant really eat anything and am so over feeling like this its bad enough to deal with the lupus and fibro without this added to it I would love any ideas or info ...thank you all for your time.