Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 In my research and readings I have found that Candida, CFS and FM are all basically the same thing, i have a few sites i oculd post but honestly I can't recamend : What your doctor may NOT tll you about FM " It talks about a pill in there that seems to be obn;ything that really helps and eventurlly gets rid of our condition, you have to follow the diet as wella nd no asprin or I can'tthink of the owrod, but it's on make up I know that. i can't remeberw hat it is. i would highly recamned you all read it. I know it sounds to easy to be true, but we are use to complicated and not everything has to be. S. ------- It's not that life's too short, it's that we're dead so long. New group member. Hi everybody, My name is and I come from Ireland. I have only found out recently that I am suffering from candidiasis after first becoming ill around Christmas time two years ago. I have been searching for a cause for my increasingly worsening symptoms during that time and was beginning to lose hope until I came across some candida information recently and everything began to make sense. During my late teens and early twenties I had suffered increasingly from skin problems, I had gone to my local doctor who referred me to a dermatalogist who prescribed me a cortisone cream and some antibiotics. Unfortunately she neglected to tell me of the dangers of using them long term, and although my condition improved markedly in the short term, the longer term has been a different story. I discontinued the antibiotics after about 6 months but I kept taking the cream on and off for about two years, only stopping after reading with horror about the side effects of long term steroid usage two years ago (no mention of candidiasis though). It was then my symptoms began to develop and have got worse since then. Despite various standard medical tests and referrals I was fobbed off at every turn with diagnoses of viruses, fibromyalgia, and depression. None of my doctors seemed concerned that it was only after discontinuing the steroid cream that I became ill. In the 2 years I had to give up university and was forced to move back home. However,my diagnosis has filled me with a new lease of life and hopefully with your help I can begin to get my life back again. I have been on a candida diet for about 5 weeks and I have got a few questions some of you knowledgeable people on the list may be able to answer. From your own experiences I was wondering what are the most effective anti-fungals are, and am I able to take them everyday or do I have to rotate them? I'm also a bit unclear on how much of each I should be taking every day. I'm also considering taking L-glutamine for leaky gut , have you found it as good as some people claim? Also, a couple of sites I came across recommended taking some essential amino acids, what do you think? Finally, I was hoping you may know a good candida diet site, I am finding the restricted choices very boring. I hope you all have a healthly new year and that most of us won't be on the list this time next year! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Send blank message to candidiasis-unsubscribeonelist if you want to UNSUBSCRIBE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Hi ! *waving from Wales* > From your own experiences I was wondering what are the most effective > anti-fungals are, and am I able to take them everyday or do I have to > rotate them? You MUST rotate - I've had success (ie hideous die-off!) with olive leaf extract, oregano oil, pau d'arco and (less so) caprylic acid. > I'm also considering taking L-glutamine for leaky gut , have you found > it as good as some people claim? Well, my homeopath reckons my gut is much, much better after taking two 500mg capsules daily for a little over a month, and my food reactions aren't quite as bad any more. > Finally, I was hoping you may know a good candida diet site, I am > finding the restricted choices very boring. I can recommend some books - the 'Beat Candida cookbook' by a White is a pretty good place to start, although she does use a lot of wheat which most of us can't have. Happy New Year!! Ann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.willow-web.net Quality Web Design ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 What exactly are/were your die-off symptoms? Any brain fog or spaciness? KB > You MUST rotate - I've had success (ie hideous die-off!) with olive > leaf extract, oregano oil, pau d'arco and (less so) caprylic acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Yes, that's how I describe my die-off when it is bad, horrible spacey disconnected feeling, almost like I'm not quite connected to by body also. My latest bad spell was after Christmas. I was starting to feel *very* well, then came the holidays and I stupidly ate a bunch of no- nos, like dressing (made with bread which I can't have cause of leaky gut) and pumpkin pie. (Hey, it's better than the old days when I used to get sloppy drunk!) Felt spacy for a couple of days then decided to two cloves of raw garlic, and the next day was over the top, die-off wise. (Garlic is very potent in my case.) Not fun, but I couldn't resist all the happy family stuff going on with the eats and pie. Oh well, back on the wagon. KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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