r/SIBO

55k members
r/SIBO is a subreddit with 55k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses sibo, struggling, symptoms, treatment, and antibiotics, and they frequently recommend/review laxative, protein, and non-dairy milk.
A subreddit dedicated to Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.

Popular Themes in r/SIBO

#1
Solution Requests
: "GI Map helped solve my issues"
2 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "GI gave me a choice: Try Linzess for a few weeks first to reset my gut, or go straight to Rifaximin for IBS-C / suspected SIBO. Has anyone done this?"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/SIBO

#1

Sibo

: "Treating Sibo with B12, big update"
323 posts
#2

Struggling

57 posts
#3

Symptoms

47 posts
#4

Treatment

42 posts
#5

Antibiotics

: "GI gave me a choice: Try Linzess for a few weeks first to reset my gut, or go straight to Rifaximin for IBS-C / suspected SIBO. Has anyone done this?"
42 posts
#6

Hard Time

30 posts
#7

Doctor

30 posts
#8

Looking

29 posts
#9

Bloating

: "why does Bloating get worse the more fiber I eat?"
29 posts
#10

Looking For

28 posts

Products Discussed in r/SIBO

Laxative

54 reviews
#1
Miralax
4.4 from 8 reviews
#2
Magnesium
4.1 from 7 reviews
#3
Linzess
4.5 from 4 reviews

Protein

17 reviews
#1
Almond Nut Butter
3.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Chia Seeds
3.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Flax Seeds
3.0 from 2 reviews

Non-dairy Milk

10 reviews
#1
Lactaid
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Simply
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Malk
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/SIBO

#1
Questions
: "Bloating seems to be the most external/ visible symptom for a lot of us."
28 posts
#2
Treatments
: "Peeped this on twitter 🤞🏻"
17 posts
#3
Symptoms
: "Is this anyone else’s stomach after drinking water 🙃"
9 posts
#4
Sucess Stories
: "Scraped 7 million comments from this sub and 15 others into a database, then ran queries on it, and found something no doctor ever told me in years of treatment."
6 posts
#5
Venting
: "Hot take on bloat pics"
5 posts
#6
Methane Dominant
: "I feel so helpless, symptoms 100x worse after antibiotics. Can someone point me in the right direction?"
4 posts
#7
Hydrogen Dominant
: "3 rounds of Rifaximin but I still have symptoms"
2 posts
#8
News/Studies
: "MIT scientists discover amino acid that helps the gut heal itself"
1 post

Member Growth in r/SIBO

Yearly
+15k members(36.6%)

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Last updated: June 1, 2026