Hey all, I’m trying to figure out if I have SIBO. I can go into more details but the gist of it is that I’ve had stomach issues for 3-4 years now (I can trace it to my Dominican Republic trip). It started with random bloating and then evolved (today) to extreme bloating, some weird tasting/smelling burp, diarrhea and ultimately vomiting. The burping scares me because it foreshadows the vomiting (which I detest the most) and diarrhea. There have been triggers (mostly eating right before bed, in the middle of the night and then sleeping, alcohol before bed, and potentially not eating while sitting upright). Sure some foods make me bloated but I honestly haven’t pinned it down to any specific food group in particular.

My gastroenterologist has been pretty lax on this and we sort think it’s acid reflux? But the more I look into it the more I’ve been thinking it’s something different. I spoke to my friend who is starting his gastroenterology residency and he thinks it can be either SIBO or FD (he’s leaning toward SIBO). I plan to talk to my doctor about this next week but I feel like he’s very dismissive of my thoughts on this and won’t entertain the thought of antibiotics (previously I was thinking H. Pylori). He wants to do an endoscopy, which I’m honestly terrified of, but my friend and his dad (also gastroenterologist) think they would find nothing wrong and it would put me through unnecessary distress. Has anyone had similar symptoms or experiences? I really want to to stop. It’s beginning to interfere with my life a lot (missing class, work, Mother’s Day, sister’s graduation, etc).