A focus on high quality content related to Fecal Microbiota Transplants.

I've reached a point of desperation in my life. I've suffered from chronic pain and a myriad laundry list of symptoms for over a decade since at least age 17. The most prevalent are peripheral neuropathy in my feet and pain while standing. I've had other symptoms ebb and flow throughout the years, similar but not limited to constipation, light sensitivity, sciatica, tight throat, dry eyes, anxiety, depression, night sweats, twitching feet, twitching eyes, eye floaters, increasing myopia etc.

Most notably, in addition, I've been suffering from post finasteride syndrome after consuming two pills of finasteride for the better part of 7 years, and believe I now have long COVID after getting it from my dad. I had to take a break from employment and work on my physical/mental health which I should've done over 10 years ago. I've seen an armada of doctors/health professionals and they have all come up short with all tests being "normal."

I'm at my wits end. There's got to be a root cause for all this sensitivity to everything and incapacitating symptoms. A LOT of this reads like autonomic nervous dysfunction, or inflammation/damage to the vagus nerve which sounds like a factor in the gut-brain axis that's been talked about in several FMT communities.

Is this worth a shot? A high quality donor could be my younger brother. I'm 29 and he's 24, and he barely has any issues and had generally excelled in school work and employment. He's in good physical shape as well.

Hi team,

Is there anyone out there who has used the dutch/netherland option at gezonde-darmflora.nl

Any other experiences from other institutions in Europe are welcome 😇

Thanks in advance.

It's $200, so worth asking before ordering

https://www.thorne.com/products/dp/gut-health-test

What is tested: https://i.imgur.com/3O7zKrX.png (and more)

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Has anyone in the UK been successful in ordering a stool sample from a reputable place for purposes of FMT? The kind where they will ship it to you on ice?

I have been looking around and it seems like nowhere will send you the stool. There's the University of Birmingham which looks promising, but like most places they focus on C Diff. I wish it was easier to just order some stool and do a DIY at home. I'd be willing to pay as much as necessary for a clinic to screen the donors. It seems like there's such a lot of reluctance to do this. And the NHS will not do anything unless it's for C Diff.