Just saw this. For me, I found a medication that helped me a lot and I worked on my diet as well. Not just fodmaps but slowly becoming vegan. That helped me regrow my gut biome a lot. I also experimented with fecal transplants, believe it or not. And I went to a pian clinic and they injected a numbing agent into my nerves. This may or may not have been effective. I tried a lot of things. But I think the diet and medication were the most helpful. Then when I was a bit stronger I slowly tried a lit bit more garlic and onion powder and then eventually fresh garlic and onions. I would have a bit of a response but not much. And after a while that response went away.

[–] Mananasi@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What medication would that be? I have found enzymes that seem to help with fructans and GOS, do you mean those?

I've heard of fecal transplants before, but that it's simply unknown at this point if it helps with IBS. Hypnosis seems to be helpful for some people as well.

[–] Stegotron@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For sure, Celebrex, an NSAID. I had really bad pain and ended up in the hospital and was given Toradol and it helped immediately, and then the doctor gave me a prescription for celebrex afterwards, I took it daily for a while and that was years ago, now I take it as backup if things get bad.

Ye, I suspected that my gut bacteria was a big part of the issue. I found when I did the transplants it always helped. But you have to jump through a lot of hoops to do it safely and effectively. And it may be illegal. And of course, the ick factor is real.

[–] Mananasi@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your story!