Bless you Sunnydays - I'm so glad the cold cleared up quickly, but know just what you mean about some antibiotics making you feel a bit sick. Had a course of Nitrofurantoin a couple of weeks ago & they can do that unless you're very careful to take them with food. Interesting about the echinacea - knew they were recommended for colds but never tried them myself - always afraid of supplements adversely affecting thyroid meds.
If you're asking for a recommendation for probiotics, might be worth seeing what reviews say on the web? I worry a bit about advising as we all react so differently & you've been so poorly. I know at least Optibac & Amazon have reviews for probiotics & probably countless other companies too. Depends on whether you want something mainly to restore digestive health (& in what way - calm it or give it a rocket!) to boost immunity or help with sleep/mood, but with any luck a healthier gut will help towards all those things.
Optibac do a range targeted at different conditions, give relevant research on their website & I find the customer reviews helpful, but being cynical, always read as much unbiased research as I can before paying too much attention to a manufacturer's site! I'm currently taking theirs called "For Every Day" (5 or 6 strains I think) & find it seems to keep gastritis at bay, as I get a flare within a few days every time I try to stop taking them! I take a teaspoon of Bimuno powder every evening as well (said to help feed probiotics). Michael Mosley found it helped him with sleep.
Took Nature's Best's Acidophilus Extra for a long time (4 billion strength - can't tolerate the 10 billion). It contains just 2 strains, but said to be very well researched & the BB12 strain supposedly very good for lower digestive tract!
The Quest one I mentioned earlier - L Plantarum is supposed to be good for suppressing less desirable organisms, but it is only a single strain & we're often advised to go for a multi-strain product. Impressive research if you have time to Google it though. Can't order direct from Quest now - I got my last via BodyKind.
BioCare always used to have a good reputation for very good quality probiotics & Nutritionists used to recommend their products. They were the only company I used for many years - think the brilliant Microbiologist friend I mentioned must have recommended them to me.
Would just warn that I often get a few days reaction at first - sneezy, itchy eyes, sort of allergic feeling, sometimes a slight, itchy rash on arms/chest & some griping in tummy, but it passes after a few days & on the whole I feel better taking probiotics than without. There's loads on the web about this - called the Herxheimer reaction & it can be unpleasant enough for some people to stop taking them altogether.
Had a test last year to check for overgrowth of bad bugs in the small intestine which can result from slow transit (often resistant to all the usual measures in hypothyroid patients) & to my surprise it came back fine, so I put that down to long-term probiotics, loads of live yoghurt & generally taking care with diet. A relief, as consultant had warned if tested positive, I'd have to take different antibiotics on a rotation basis long-term!
Great that you've been out on the bike today - cycling's OH's passion & he goes out in all weathers! Has even commuted the 30-mile round trip to work by bike with snow on the ground. Says it's fine if the road's been gritted. Seems madness to me but I know better than to argue!
Good luck with the probiotics & the HRT - let me know how it goes.
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