Hi

I desperately require some advice.

I have had all sorts of "unexplained" health problems over the last 8 years. When things started to get significanly worse I worked out that I suffer from leaky gut and candida, and have been on a candida diet for 6 months. I have been taking natural anti-fungals and had terrible die-off. Had been doing really well more energy, clarity of thought, felt more like myself and was getting on top of all my health problems for the first time in 8 years.

I then Stupidly took 1 senna laxative (had never taken any before) as was pretty constipated. Subsequently I hade acute diarrhea for over 2 days and lost 8% body weight. Now have really bad leg cramps, muscle weakness, achy bones and burning sensations 5 months on, and just dont seem to be able pick myself up.

Twice I have built up a small amount of energy then bang no more energy and can barely walk to the toilet and back. Also bad bruising on my legs for no apparent reason, have very dry eyes and skin and been burping loads after eating. Also I now think that Im lactose intollerant as I had been eating lots of organic plain yogurt but can no longer handle it. Prior to the diarrhea I didnt have any of these new symptoms.

I have tried magnesium and calcium suplemts, ionic trace minerals and celtic Sea Salt . I dont eat fruit as it makes me really sick due to the candida, however I tried eating banana for a couple of days and for the first time by leg bruises started to heal. The down side was that after eating the banana I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital with really bad palpatations so I havnt been able to continue with them.

I eat lots of veg & salad, fish, chicken, quinoa and brown rice. I had been juicing broccoli, cucumber and Celery for a while but didnt notice any obvious improvement.

I have tried a supergreens product with no results and am waiting on a new one to try. Also thinking about getting goats whey which is meant to be high in minerals especially electolytes (although I have tried cow whey with no improvement)

Having read lots I definateley believe that the problem is to do with my electrolytes especially potassium & sodium, tried potassium supplements and potassium salt on my food but both times I thought that I was going to have a heart attack.

Blood tests suggest electrolytes are normal, but I spoke to another dr who advised that while blood results are normal body stores at cellular level could be low.

Also i had put back on 7lbs, but have since lost it again so getting really worried. After further research I started taking HCL as read that if you dont have enough sodium or potassium your body cant make the stomach acid. Burping is now a lot less and really thought this would solve my problems but still dont seem able to break out of this. My body doesnt seem to have the energy to heal itself and think that its not absorbing nutrients from food or supplements.

I also feel really toxic. After months of trying to kill the candida I can feel toxins building up in the muscles in my shoulders, my arms are also covered with spots which get worse when I eat the "wrong thing" or have anti-fungals. In the past I would exercise and take hot baths/saunas which always really helped but since the diarrhea I have no energy for exercise, and hot baths and saunas made me feel a lot worse (lost minerals through sweating?). Feel im in a catch 22 situation with no way out.

Nothing seems to be working for me been off work with no pay and may loose my house to the bank as cant get it sold.

Would really appreciate any advice that anyone can give. I have posted on a few different boards in the past few months but still havnt found the answer. Maybe there are herbs that could help?

Regards

Gadgie