Help please

I have multiple issues going on, Hashimotos being my biggest at the moment. But for years I have had IBS. I never payed much attention to it. Mostly IBS C but for some reason I get so constipated and then like lightening itll turn to IBS D for a couple hours, I guess my body at the end of its rope and cleaning itself out. I do have bowel movements everyday though. And sometimes I wont have symptoms for a week or two, then it comes back again for weeks and weeks.

I have been reading and have a doctors appointment coming up next week for my thyroid. Would it be ok to suggest to the doctor to try a round of Xifaxan? I have never had stool tests, it was diagnosed years ago by symptoms. I read a lot of good about Xifaxan but its usually for IBS D correct? Or am I on the wrong track. I am just so tired of bloating so easily, cramping on left side colon area, and having trapped gas daily which can really be painful. Thanks for any advice you may have.

Thank you. I have been taking probiotics for almost a year now. From Garden of Life products to VSL3. My thyroid levels are close to normal now, definitely not optimal though. One more increase in dosage and I might be there. It isnt a problem with the thyroid, Hashimotos is an autoimmune and the body is attacking the thyroid. Its my belief something in the small intestines set it off. From all the research ive read it comes back to a bacterial or yeast problem in the intestines. But ivd read so many studies from John Hopkins and others that my brain runs in circles....lol. So trying to eat right, taking glutamine and probiotics are where im at. And yet I still cant stop the bloating constipation and occassional diarrhea. Its baffling.