For those who have done FT

I am on day 7 of an at home FMT protocol. My question for those who have done it is this - did your symtpoms fluctuate throughout the process?

The first couple of days things got worse, then I had 3 really good days where it seemed like the FT was starting to help, but then symptoms returned today...so I am wondering what's going on.

I know there's a whole lot going on in there right now, and maybe it's normal to have some ups and downs as the body adjusts...but this morning's bm has me questioning if this is going to work for me.

Can anyone share how their symptoms were during their FT experience?

My son's symptoms were up and down for definitely the first two weeks but probably even for the first month of FTs. First two weeks there was urgency, mushy BMs, stomach grumbling big time (like a war going on). The fact that you had a few good days so far is promising. We made a committment from the start to do FT for two months which we did and we are in fact still doing them over a year later. There were definitely ups and downs along the way but I think sticking with them has really helped him. Hopefully you have many more good days ahead.

Are you guys taking antibiotics beforehand, or just fts alone?

I did not do any antibiotics beforehand, have been on GAPS for 4 months which is very similar to SCD so hopefully that helped kill off some of the bad bacteria.

i took flagyl for 10 days before the FTs.

Yes my symptoms fluctuate since starting ft's. I started ft's a month ago and things have been slowly improving but I still have bad days. I have also changed my diet and upped my vsl dose which may be causing the improvement, I'm not sure.

My experience was negative, like bananagirls, but I stopped after 3 days. Home FT, no abx.