[Joellie, for some reason I can't reply to messages on Curezone, so I'm answering your questions here. Maybe the info will help others.]

I have *never* taken Antibiotics , and never will.

My theory for explaining how my SD began is that it was when I over-ate one time (during Thanksgiving, I think). I also drank many glasses of wine. I *think* this is when it started. Was it the food? The wine? The combination of both? Something else that was going on at that time? I don't know.

I KNOW there is a connection between my gut (stomach, intestines) and my SD.

I, too, problems with "brain fog." I think both this and SD are related to the hormones that are produced when something is wrong with the gut.

My body's immune system is not working correctly. I know that, too. It's attacking my skin for no good reason. This is what auto-immune diseases do. The question, of course, is *why* and what gets them started?

I believe I was cured after three months of eating Indian food. I was eating "dal," which has lentils and lots of vegetables and lots of turmeric, and "naan" bread. I was eating NO desserts (sugar) and drinking no alcohol. I was getting sun about two times per week (for an hour each time). My SD was GONE, completely, for WEEKS, and then I went to a family reunion and I came back with rashes everywhere!! I had STUFFED myself with Arby's roast beef sandwiches (about 10 of them), and I think that's what did it. Was it the meat? The fat? Just too much food? The shake I had afterward? I don't know, but I really think that was what caused it.


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