Hi everyone,
This will probably be a pretty long post. To preface, I’m a 23 year old male that has never been sick to this extent before and is otherwise quite healthy, and don’t have any known allergies (although maybe a suspected slight hayfever allergy but it’s not officially confirmed). I got some really severe food poisoning about 2 months ago (it first started on the 29th of May) and have been recovering ever since. The sickness is now out of my system and I don’t have fever or anything anymore (I didn’t vomit when I was sick though) and I am now in the process of recovering my gut and getting back to normal. I did not take any antibiotics during the time I was sick, and I don’t take any other supplements or medications.

I started taking Life Space Double Strength probiotic on Friday the 17th (I am taking it in the morning after eating breakfast) and all was well on the first day but on the second day (Saturday) I had really severe gas and bloating, leading to trapped gas in my body that gave me pains in my back and shoulder, though this subsided after a few hours or so. On Sunday I had some gas and bloating but it was much less and a lot more manageable, there were no pains. However, on that same Sunday, after eating dinner I started feeling quite lightheaded. The feeling passed after about 30 minutes to an hour, and on Monday morning after eating breakfast, I felt the lightheadedness again but it was a lot less in severity and also subsided much sooner, in about 20-30 minutes. After dinner that same day, I once again had the lightheadedness though it was very minor and subsided within 10-15 minutes.

On Tuesday, after breakfast I didn’t feel lightheaded at all but I felt slightly woozy from about 10am which lasted until 1pm or so then cleared up by itself and I was fine for the rest of the day. I did however feel quite anxious in the morning for some reason, I am not usually someone to get randomly anxious or stressed.

On Wednesday (today in Australia) I once again didn’t feel lightheaded after eating breakfast but at about 9:30am or so, I had a severe anxiety attack which lasted for over an hour, the main symptom was that it felt like my heart was pounding, and I felt very worried for no particular reason. My resting heart rate at the time was anywhere between 90 to 105 bpm. This settled and once again, left me feeling slightly woozy, where I’m still currently feeling slightly woozy now (at 2pm) but otherwise feel okay.

Some other things that I wanted to mention is that my sleep seems to be affected, over the past few days I’ve been waking up at least once in the night and today on Wednesday, overnight I woke up twice and found it difficult to get back to sleep, though eventually I was able to. I’ve also found that when I do wake up I tend to have a noticeably beating heart, which seems to be an anxiety symptom to me.

As it stands, my current symptoms really are the anxiety and slight lightheadedness, I have also been feeling fatigued and going to bed earlier but from what I understand, that is expected for now.

My stools also aren’t too bad, they’re usually formed and come at around the consistent times and amounts every day, although can fluctuate a bit in terms of how well formed they are and whatnot which I know is expected for the first week of starting a probiotic. I’m able to tolerate things like lactose without any issue too. They are a lighter colour though when wiping but are brown in the bowl.

I’m not sure if it’s worth mentioning this too, but my diet consists of high fibre low GI toast for breakfast, some slices with avocado and some with a small amount of margarine and Vegemite, with a cup of tea with milk and sugar. For lunch I would have teriyaki chicken don (white sushi rice, pieces of chicken, small pieces of broccoli, house made teriyaki sauce) and for dinner I would have rice with pieces of flake and chicken, with steamed vegetables such as carrot, green beans and broccoli. From my knowledge, I don’t have any issues with tolerating and digesting these meals. I also have a bowl of fruit every day with things like banana, strawberries, blueberries and red grapes.

On some mornings, I have oats instead of the toast with the same kind of fruits I have in my fruit bowl.

Since this is the first week of taking the probiotic (I’m currently on day 6) I understand that there are some side effects that occur and I just wanted to confirm if what I’m experiencing is “normal”, and can I expect these to clear up and stop happening in the coming days? I’ve heard that during the first week, the new bacteria from the probiotic are essentially fighting a turf war with any existing bad bacteria. These symptoms have been quite concerning for me, especially since I just want to get back to normal and feel how I did before I got sick.

All contributions are greatly appreciated, thank you so much!!

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