Hello to anyone reading this who is suffering with leaky gut and/or postprandial fatigue.

A few years ago I took a heavy course of ibuprofen and steroids for a throat infection. Before long I became increasingly ill with muscular pain in my joints and other parts of my body. I also became excessively tired and gradually I developed a whole suite of food intolerances including gluten, corn, dairy, sugary foods, starchy foods to name a few. Over time I became very lethargic and generally felt very unhealthy. This went on for 2 1/2 years. During this time after giving up with the doctors who could not diagnose me I went to see a nutritionist who put me on a strict candida diet and various supplements. This helped somewhat but made me very miserable. A couple of months ago I tried a probiotic that I had not tried before that my nutritionist had mentioned called Culturelle, at this time I was suffering terribly with post prandial fatigue as well as generally lethergy. Within 2 days I was stunned to find that my energy levels had returned and I felt almost like a normal person, something I had not felt for a long time! I continued to take the Culturelle along with other supplements I had been taking for a while including GI cell support and Lectin Lock by Vitamin Research Products along with my usual food enzymes before all meals. About a month ago I accidently consumed barley and noticed that I did not have the usual reaction of pain in my elbows and feeling ill. I then began to experiment with all the gluten and dairy foods I had been missing out on over the past few years and to my amazement I found that I had finally overcome this dreadful curse. I cannot say for sure whether it was the Culturelle, or a mixture of the supplements I was taking or whether my gut had finally healed naturally after 2 1/2 years. I wanted to share this story as I always thought to myself during my time suffering that if I ever found a way to cure this I would share it with as many people as I could because this is such a delibitating illness which is completely overlooked and misunderstood my western medicine. I dont know whether these products will help anyone who reads this, but Im sharing this to give people hope that they can overcome this nightmare. I still have occassion IBS, which I always had and I still take my food enzymes, but now I can function and can enjoy eating out finally as well as cutting down on the costs of my food shopping bill - another irritation associated with having to eat specialist foods!!! I really hope this message will help people suffering with this out there!

Good luck and good health!!!