I'm feeling down today. I was doing so well after my diagnosis of the vitamin deficiencies- and taking the vitamins. Then this weekend I had a huge bout of IBS with vomiting. I really suspect high...
Does anyone know of a malabsorption forum or forum for leaky gut? I wish there was one on Healingwell because I really like this site....
PPIs= Proton Pump Inhibitors like Nexium and Prevacid (acid blockers.) In the US, most labs consider anything in the range of 211-911 as "normal" for B12 but studies have shown that people can be...
My IBS seems to be completely healed since I went off from PPIs (I was on them for 20 years) and found out I had Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies. I got shots of B12 and take 5000 IUs of liquid...
Find out what your levels were. Don't just let a doc tell you they are "normal." My B12 was in the low end of normal and yet treating it took care of my symptoms....
I have had many similar symptoms and tests. Ultimately, my issue was severe B12 and vitamin D deficiencies due to prolonged use of PPIs for GERD (acid blockers for acid reflux). I also went gluten...
I was called back for a redo after my first mammo also. They said my breasts are very dense. Then I found out I have microcalcifications. I go back in July for my 6 month follow up. My breasts hurt...
I am trying a gluten free diet even though my celiac test was negative. Of course, there are all these other things my doc is trying me on at the same time, so I can't say for sure which is helping,...
Fiz, See if you can find a doctor who practices Integrative Medicine. (They treat the whole body, they don't just look at one system.) If you have insurance, you can probably do this in conjunction...
Heh oh, there is the antibiotic in my signature - Xifaxin...
Annie, Have you been tested for "SIBO" - Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth/Candida? My symptoms too swung out of control at age 40. A few months ago I found a doc who tested the following: Vitamin...
That's low, I think....
I am not sure where you are located, but I wonder if you could get an appt at a teaching hospital. I heard about someone who was able to go to one and then fill out some papers and they didn't have...
I have a hard enough time getting my doctor to do ANYTHING for IBS, let alone fecal transplant LOL. I finally found a doc who would actually test me for bacterial overgrowth. I am on Xifaxin for two...
UPDATE: I started B12 shots and sublingual B Complex in addition to the Vitamin D, and I feel SO MUCH BETTER. Almost *all* my pain and fatigue is gone. I feel like a new person. I still have IBS and...
Cash, I am going to add that you should be tested for Vitamin D25 and B12. I started having my major problems when I was your age. I am now 40 and just now being tested for these things. I was...
Thank you Ak Angel- May I ask, how long were you on the vitamin D alone before you knew you had to take those other pills for the other things? I am unwilling to take anti-depressants anymore and...
I just got back my test results and my vitamin D is deficient at 11. I also live in the northeast and from everything I am reading, for most of the year north of the 40th parallel, the sun is not at...
K, I wonder if you need a hydrogen breath test or other tests for overgrowth of bacteria or yeast in your intestines. See if you can find an Internal Medicine doctor who can order these tests for you....
Ah, I see. I have had the biopsies - they showed nothing. No inflammation, no Barrett's. No Heliobactor or whatever that other one is. I have not had Manometry or a pH study. I'm interested in what...
Hello everyone! I'm new and while I came to Healingwell.com due to IBS, I looked over the GERD board as well since I have been on PPIs since 1994 (until this January, when I stopped them, thinking...