Worse after FMT

[thefmtdude]

Hi, 6 days ago I did FMT through colonoscopy due to my refractory IBS-D. Unfortunately, my poop is worse after FMT. Is microbiome after FMT stable or temporary?


I feel like I gained diarrhea from someone else. I need much more effort to feel relief than before. I prefer my previous D state than post-FMT D state

 

[Michael Harrop]

In general, it seems like the only way to recover from a bad FMT is to do FMT from a better donor.

Where did you get the FMT? From a hospital, using their donor? They did it for IBS? Was it part of a clinical trial?

 

[thefmtdude]

Hospital, their screened donor. It was a medical experiment. Anyway, I don't want to repeat it. Will I return to my baseline?

 

[Michael Harrop]

Will I return to my baseline?

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Extremely unlikely. This is why I've spent the past 10 years warning people about using low-quality donors, and the poor donor screening & selection at hospitals, clinical trials, and stool banks.