Hi, so I'm having a rough time and don't know what to do next, so I wanted to see if I could get any decent input from people on here. I've suffered with a full blown candida infestation for over a year now, but a few months ago, the protocol ( http://www.thecandidadiet.com/forum/yaf_postst1334_From-Able-and-Raster-The-Protocol.aspx ) I was using stopped working because I developed adrenal fatigue and hypothyroidism. When I first got my hypothyroidism diagnosis I was excited because I thought It would be a quick fix and I'd be back to beating my candida problem. But things went bad. As soon as I was put on levothyroxine I got symptoms of hyperthyroidism and couldn't tolerate the hormone replacement. I would get manic, angry, heart palpitations, dry skin, loss of hair, rapid nonsensical thoughts and feel frayed mentally and physically. I cut the dosage in half (down to 25mcg) and started seeing a naturopath. She got me on glutathione, milk thistle, vitamin c, stress b complex, iron, and st john's wort. The adrenal problems seemed to be the worst (I was becoming dissociated, paniced and scared by every little thing, extremely fatigued, seriously depressed, angry at the tiniest inconveniences, and having disorganized thoughts.) soo my ND put me on ashwagandha. My reaction to that was a heightened prevailance of all these symptoms to the point where I thought I was going to lose my mind. After that, I again stopped tolerating my thyroid meds and dropped down to 12.5 mcg. Around that time I saw my ND again and she wanted to try out ginseng for adrenal support. I guess what she's been trying to do is support the adrenals while I'm on the thyroid meds to get them to a point where I can tolerate thyroid hormone, but it hasn't worked. With the ginseng, I had one somewhat good day on it, but the rest of the time it just made my mind race, depleted me of energy, and made my adrenal symptoms worse. Once I hit a breaking point on the ginseng, I stopped both that and the levothyroxine totally. I saw my ND again a week ago and she put me on amino acids (L-Tysorine, Zen, and 5-HTP), her reason being that my endocrine problems have caused neurologic problems that need to be addressed before I can support my adrenals. I tried them all, and they all fed my candida infestation, and gave me a headache or kept me up at night. I don't know where to go from here. I'm stuck in a bad living situation which is very stressful, and my job is pretty bad too since I'm in retail and it's the holidays. I tried for disability with depression and anxiety as the reason twice and was denied. My candida is at a standstill, I always have a rash and some brain fog, but the mental aspects of my endocrine problems are the worst thing right now. I can barely get out of the house without feeling overwhelmed, paranoid, angry/frustrated, anxious, or unhinged mentally. My last shift at work I couldn't keep the negative thoughts away and it led to physical exhaustion and I had to go home early. If anyone has any reccommendations for me, please let me know. I don't know what to do, and trying to find an answer is becoming exhausting as the rest of my life is.
Thanks for the reply. Since I've been seeing so much posted about it I'm actually considering nutritional balancing. The only thing I'm not sure about is if it will work for me because my diet is so restrictive. My candida infestation is so sensitive that I eat the same few things every day and it puts me right around 100% DV on everything thank god. I have the same 6 veggies every day (about 5LBs worth), 4 eggs, buckwheat, coconut/teff bread, olive oil and occasional salmon. I'm very weary of changing it up much because I get flare ups to the tiniest thing (I can't have avacados and other fresh foods anymore because they have to be perfectly ripe, therefore I mostly eat frozen veggies). What problems did you have before you got into NB? Anything like what I'm going through? And how long did it take to make a difference? Are there ways to approach the program with food problems like mine?
She got me on glutathione, milk thistle, vitamin c, stress b complex, iron, and st john's wort.
I'm just wondering, how would you find out wether you have a fatty liver or your liver is hampered by toxins, and also where would a good place to start be? I will probably be starting a NB program next month and for now I am only on milk thistle, iron, vitamin c, stress b-complex, glutithione, usually a tbsp of coconut oil and st. johns wort. I want to try some new things, but don't want to move too fast.