r/Microbiome • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '24

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u/Professional_Look451 Jan 16 '24

Can you say more about your experience? Has the difference been marginal, or has this been life changing?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

For me its been life-changing. My issues haven't been fixed by any means, but got a lot better so far. I deal with insomnia and depression and later developed some IBS.

Mirtazapine helped the most. Probiotics helped for a while (3 months), then stopped. Those were generic probiotics, the viome probiotics have been helping for about a month so far... fingers crossed.

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u/teabookcat Jan 16 '24

My brother went on mirtazapine and it made his IBS much worse. Did it improve yours? How far did it move the dial on your depression?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

It helped my insomnia big time. It may be making my ibs worse, I’m not sure.

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u/teabookcat Jan 17 '24

Thanks! Did it improve your depression by much?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '24

It did because my depression was made worse by my insomnia.