C. Diff or just normal abx gut issues?

I've had similar experiences. I also would stop antibiotics, up Sacch B. and probiotics, and eat a healthy bland diet until it stops. L-Glutamine and bone broth can help leaky gut. If you keep having frequent diarrhea that doesn't calm down in a few days you should probably see a doctor.

My gut is all the way messed up from illness. I'm almost always somewhat constipated with a gurgling stomach, but, with diet, sacch b., probiotics, and kefir I keep the diarrhea in check.

I think I have Bart. It's tough to tell with this illness. I've been sick for so long I've learned to be humble. I just try to go where the evidence leads me (and my doctors). I get the bart striae. They come when I'm in a flare. Yes, my gut has been messed up for a long time now. The gut temporarily feeling better when on abx is a phenomena I have experienced as well. I think there are two main hypothesis's for this.

1. The antibitoics are killing the offending pathogen (Bart, Borrelia etc.) and the gut is improving. These infections/illnesses are linked with gut dysbiosis.

2. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth could be an issue. This is more common among people who have been through lots of pharma and herbal abx (for which I certainly qualify!). The antibiotics you are taking may be hitting the inappropriate bacterial overgrowth in your small intestine. There is an antibiotic called Xifaxin that treats this. Unfortunately, the relapse rate seems high. There are herbal products that treat it. Also, there is the elemental diet which has some research backing it. It seems that some people have to make permanent diet changes to keep it at bay, but, hell, that is pretty common in Lyme and co-infections as well.

C. diff probably would not have improved after such a short time. A relative had C. diff and would have diarrhea a dozen or more times per day (sometimes 30 times), including waking her up at night every night (which her specialist said is unusual for other types of GI ailments). No dietary changes or supplements made the slightest difference. So it doesn't sound like C. diff to me.

Seems like something to talk to your doctor about, though. Maybe the rifampin killed off a lot of things your body wanted to expel posthaste, but maybe you have an allergy to it or something else is off.

I agree with saraeli. All the literature I've read about C-diff indicates that is smells terrible and the diarheaa frequency is severe. It can be deadly especially with older weaker adults.

I doubt you have C-diff but I didn't want to be an internet doctor and lead you down the wrong path. Still think the idea of cutting back on the abx and upping the things that help with the gut will probably eventually get you back to baseline.

Bartonella herx caused me a lot of smelly diarrhea. It smelled so bad I thought I might have C. Diff, but no, it was just bartonella.