So apparently it's my turn in the hospital now...

[Black Aeronaut]

While I can probably find unfiltered apple cider vinegar and organic sauerkraut, anything even remotely alcoholic is right out because I take Remeron (Mirtazipine) with Wellbutrin (Bupropion).  I'd have to drop my antidepressants entirely, and given Wellbutrin's reputation...  It is a good antidepressant.  Almost too good - there's been a history of people going cold turkey on it, and then suddenly becoming suicidal.  And the Remeron has a multiplicative effect on it because it slows the liver from filtering it out of my system.

I was off my antidepressants while in the hospital, but they were aware of this.  They had me on Morphine at first to try and treat the pain, but had to change it up to Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)...  Which is twice as powerful as Morphine as well as being Opioid.  Zing.

Anyhow, for some the combination of Wellbutrin and Remeron is a dangerous one, but it works just fine for me.  No side effects thus far, and as long as I'm remembering to take my meds, it keeps the worst of my depression at bay.

At any rate, from what I've read, probiotics are fickle things that work for some, but not for all.  I seem to be one of the ones it works for as my trips to the bathroom became a lot more normal just a couple of days after starting on the yogurt.