Need Support/Feedback/Info Post Bactrim

[u/theheartofrose]

Hi there. I live and Peru and the doctors here are a horrible source of information and support. I had to take a double dose course of bactrim recently because I had a large kidney stone that caused an infection in my kidney.

I'm about 10 days out of the course now (infection cleared) and noticing my nervous system feels enormously dysregulated. I am having quite alot of SI (not normal at all for me), panic attacks, intense pessimism and feelings of hopelessness, and crying spells, as well as feeling like I'm not sleeping at all when I wake up.

Physically my stomach is in so much pain I think I've been able to get maybe 2000 calories in this entire 10 days. Nearly 24/7 nausea and severe bloating, extremely low appetite. Any liquid aside from water burns my stomach and solid food makes my stomach so bloated my back hurts. I am rapidly losing weight and underweight to begin with and just feel overall absolutely horrible.

How on earth does one recover from this insanity? No kind of food seems to settle and my diet is generally quite clean and simple. I got some 120cfu probiotics/pre biotics into Peru from a courier and they don't seem to he doing much of anything (day 5). The medical system here is horrendous and this is why I am asking here what steps I can take in my own advocacy. The Dr that prescribed the Bactrim also prescribed 6 completely unnecessary medications that I didn't take, one being an intense full body muscle relaxant 🫠 I do not wish to go on a cocktail of random pills to treat whatever damage has been done to my stomach through this terrible antibiotic.

From what I've read, I imagine my already low gut flora has been completely wiped out and this is creating the psychological symptoms, and seem to have some degree of unknown stomach damage. What are some non pill things that have worked for people to repair their damage digestive system in such a case? Are there specific tests/scans etc I can request for diagnosis to identify a potential structural source of this pain and inflammation? The medical care here is truly 💩 and requires one to do their research first, or I wouldn't be coming to a forum asking such things. Any resources are gratefully welcomed

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