Unable to talk

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Dear Bee,

Just wondering if you could give me your opinion on this - I'm suffering from

chronic pain and dryness in my throat and mouth/tongue, and it gets so bad that

often I am unable to speak.

I have had this problem for the past year. The symptoms worsen the more I talk,

and sometimes there is an unpleasant metallic taste which I have heard described

by other candida sufferers. (I don't see a great deal of 'white coating' on my

tongue, there is some but it's not really obvious or anything.)

The discomfort is so bad that it restricts me from talking for more than an hour

or two on a good day, and there are weeks when I can barely speak at all. I was

wondering if you had encountered this issue before, and if you might know of

something I could try to remedy it? I was actually given a course of

anti-fungal lozenges by a doctor I saw some months ago, but they did not have

any effect. Is this likely to be candida-related, do you think? Or perhaps

something else?

(Some background - I joined this group a couple of months ago, after having been

put on a similar anti-candida diet by my naturopath. I've been gradually making

the various dietary changes, and as far as food is concerned I've been on the

diet for at least 2 months, started taking coconut oil about a month ago and am

now up to 4 tbspns per day without any major reactions, and I'm on most of the

supplements but still need to add a few more things I think. I've also been

finishing off a bottle of anti-fungal capsules from the naturopath, which

includes oil of oregano, pau d'arco, barberry, garlic, etc. Then I'll start

just having plain garlic/kyolic.)

Thank you for reading all this, and thank you so much too for the knowledge and

encouragement that you provide on your website and in this group.

Blessings,

Mari.

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> Dear Bee,

>

> Just wondering if you could give me your opinion on this - I'm suffering from

chronic pain and dryness in my throat and mouth/tongue, and it gets so bad that

often I am unable to speak.

>

> I have had this problem for the past year. The symptoms worsen the more I

talk, and sometimes there is an unpleasant metallic taste which I have heard

described by other candida sufferers. (I don't see a great deal of 'white

coating' on my tongue, there is some but it's not really obvious or anything.)

>

> The discomfort is so bad that it restricts me from talking for more than an

hour or two on a good day, and there are weeks when I can barely speak at all.

I was wondering if you had encountered this issue before, and if you might know

of something I could try to remedy it? I was actually given a course of

anti-fungal lozenges by a doctor I saw some months ago, but they did not have

any effect. Is this likely to be candida-related, do you think? Or perhaps

something else?

+++Hi Mari. I've recently been reading about dry mouth, and what is the main

cause in a used medical book I bought. The main cause of dry mouth is because

your body is running mainly on its sympathetic nervous system instead of its

parasympathetic nervous system, which is understandable since being sick causes

a lot of stress, and candida sufferers also have stressed out adrenals so they

are producing high adrenaline.

Running on the sympathetic nervous system is the system that kicks in during a

fight or flight threat, and it shuts down some functions throughout the body in

order for adrenaline to help us react.

The best thing you can do to alleviate dry mouth is regular consistent deep

breathing exercises, which switches your body over from its sympathetic to its

parasympathetic system:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/breath1.php

Secondly, do dry skin brushing every day to help your adrenals, and also do

coffee enemas which decongest the liver and adrenals:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/treat7.php

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/enema1.php

>

> (Some background - I joined this group a couple of months ago, after having

been put on a similar anti-candida diet by my naturopath. I've been gradually

making the various dietary changes, and as far as food is concerned I've been on

the diet for at least 2 months, started taking coconut oil about a month ago and

am now up to 4 tbspns per day without any major reactions, and I'm on most of

the supplements but still need to add a few more things I think. I've also been

finishing off a bottle of anti-fungal capsules from the naturopath, which

includes oil of oregano, pau d'arco, barberry, garlic, etc. Then I'll start

just having plain garlic/kyolic.)

+++I think you are taking too much antifungal at this time, which are coconut

oil, oil of oregano, pau d'arco and garlic - which causes a lot of stress on

your body. I suggest you stop taking them for awhile, and just take unrefined

coconut oil. You may find that helps alleviate the stress you are experiencing

too. " More is not better, " since the body just gets overwhelmed.

> Thank you for reading all this, and thank you so much too for the knowledge

and encouragement that you provide on your website and in this group.

+++You are so very welcome Mari! Onward & upward!

Blessings to you too, Bee