Yeast seems to be growing ON nystatin!

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Ok. It is 3:12 am and for the third night in a row we are up with a very yeasty

boy. He is singing and jabbering and screaming when Daddy or Mommy doesn't come

in and keep him company as he struggles to keep calm.

For a solid 2 years now, we have understood yeast and have used several herbal

drops and dry preparations to fight yeast with varied success (that has depended

on several factors we could not see - due to the fact that they are microscopic

and hidden inside his body).

So, a month ago or so we received our lab tests results that the DAN! office

had ordered (stool, urine, and blood) and I met with the nurse regarding them.

Even though he was sleeping 10-11 hours a night and was a happy and behaved guy,

the labs showed very elevated candida due to arabinose being high. She also said

that the tests pointed to high clostridia, strep, and some staph. She also said

that the tests showed the stuff in his gut would be very vulnerable to Nystatin

(yeast at least) and she wrote out a long list of interventions we were to do as

I felt comfortable introducing one at a time to get his bile flowing, gut in

check etc.

So she wanted us to begin with colostrum (done), then we felt viruses were

dying off and we went slow on that. She said his bile duct was blocked and to

give artichoke extract daily which we are doing. He did have a painful

experience when the obstruction passed and we still give this with food twice a

day. He seemed to tolerate this. Then after a few days, he started to act spinny

and aggressive, but was still sleeping. I thought, well maybe now I see the

yeast she was saying was there so I need to begin the nystatin (the prescription

is nice and simple plus it is mixed with xylitol to help fight stuff). Starting

12 days ago, we began to work our way up to 4 ml. 3 times a day sometimes with

food and once before bed which is on an empty stomach (with no fenol just in

case). Again, after a few days on full doses, he seemed to get worse (not right

away - after 4 days or so). He got really angry, impatient, spinning himself in

circles (he usually just spins his hands near

his face, so this was extreme for him) and began to have difficulty

transitioning. We waited several dyas to see if it was die off, but it

maintained and he seemed to become increasingly aggressive and mad. I wondered

if maybe killing the yeast for a week was causing a flare in the bacteria she

had said was so bad (she had already asked me to give black walnut for that and

because she suspected parasites...also she had suggested oregon grape root for

his bacteria problems). He behavior was deteriorating and I knew SOMETHING had

to be done. So, Saturday (4 days ago) we began to add black walnut sometimes

with and sometimes without food and usually near his nystatin dose (there is

only so much time in a day). We worked up to 1/6th of a cap twice a day. That is

when the " yeast " began to get so bad. Now he is cranky all day. Hits us when

upset, is upset all the time at someone and is watching his " soothing " shows on

TV. I had been giving him nystatin, no fenol, and black

walnut right before bed and for the first time in his life, he had trouble

falling asleep. So, this past night, I switched it up and gave him all of his

doses of nystatin and black walnut throughout the day and he got his

magnesium/calcium/zinc systemic that I ususally do in the afternoon right before

bed. Alas, he fell right to sleep, but at 2:40 he woke up full throttle

" yeasty. "

What is going on do you think? This is my yeasty boy, but that doesn't make

sense! Can/does intolerance of a supplement (even given with no fenol) look like

extreme yeast (b/c the bad yeasty behavior did coincide with the full dose of

black walnut)? If he doesn't tolerate that, would you suggest the oregon grape

root now to fight the bacteria? Should I stay on the nystatin? Drop it? Stay on

black walnut? Drop it? Treat with something else? We do give 2 different

probiotics, but from his labs, I am worried they aren't working...so I am

terrified now that my even-keeled boys is all stirred up and I need to get

control of the gut balance.

What different supplements of ours would you keep doing and in what

combination to get ahold of the gut? When would you give them? With food?

If anyone can help me change this today, I would really appreciate it. Gosh,

he needs some rest...

Thank you,

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