Posts made by retard

@cornwallis I didn't check t3/t4, but otherwise yes. Reverse t3 was 19, TSH 2.05 pre-thyroid.

I'm dealing with an acid reflux that is constant, slight contipation, bloating, belching, fullness, and sometimes nausea. Additionally, drinking liquids will make me immediately very full, bloated, and nauseous within 2-3 minutes. Solid foods and liquids seem equal later down the line, but liquids tend to generate immediate discomfort. The only lead I currently have is a positive SIBO hydrogen-dominant breath test, but antibiotics are not doing anything. Can SIBO account for my immediate discomfort drinking liquids, could the SIBO be making my stomach that inflamed? What to do next?

I have tried, to my knowledge, all of the front line therapies, including thyroid(unfortunately it has never done anything for me, even with a lowered rT3, 99 degree temp, 0 TSH, I feel no different). Nothing thus far has helped my digestive problems.

@tea Well wouldn't the prolactin return to normal upon the cessation of bromocriptine? You should be able to lower it more with thyroid, salt, and small doses of progesterone.

@tea @dannyphantom

For men, the closer the prolactin is to 4 or so, the better. 11 is too high for a male. Just getting the TSH down with adequate thyroid should help, among other things.

@Grothendieck Just about everybody could benefit from supplemental thyroid, probably.

@skywxlker I've tried lots of progesterone, other drugs acting on hormones/neurotransmitters. Thinking of playing with some more androgens, but I don't think it's going to help the digestive problem. Only used a little bit of pregnenolone because I'm skeptical of the quality of what's available on the market. I've tried some probiotics but I've never really went too deep into that. But nothing thus far has ever changed how my GI feels whatsoever.

I don't know if it was sudden or a gradual onset. I've had this problem for many, many years. It had to have started when I was a child, because I don't remember feeling any decline or sudden deterioration of my digestive function. It must have started going downhill further back than the scope of my memory. I can't remember a time where I wasn't plagued by this.

Unfortunately it could be a skeletal problem - a lack of maxillary support.

Would exemestane + topical DHT work better than either of them alone?

I'm dealing with chronic GI distress including belching, reflux, fullness, anxiety/nausea, and bloating after eating. It hasn't responded to, well, anything thus far, not even a couple different antibiotics.

Has anybody ever had success with augmentin, neomycin, or rifaxamin?

Title is such because it's not clear to me if my failed antibiotic experimentation implies it's not a bacterial issue, or perhaps it just wasn't the right antibiotic(s).

@skywxlker Bump. Similar problem here. I've used many different antibiotics, varying dosages, never actually helped thus far, but the show must go on.