Could be food allergies . Could be a pathogen or parasites. Could be a toxic colon. Try doing a colon flush.

Sorry didn't read you whole post. Well I would say a pathogen overgrowth or parasites at this point. As for your mouth have you had regular plauge cleanings?


Overgrowth of bad bacteria in the mouth will cause slime and swollen glands in the neck.

"what in the world could have caused me to start having these symptoms starting from such a young age?? "

Few possibilities:

- Oral Antibiotics
- Vaccinations
- Antibiotics your mother used during pregnancy or during breastfeeding
- artificial hormones your mother used before pregnancy or vaccinations your mother got before pregnancy
- poor diet
- use of any other medications like artifical hormones

or any combination of those

Did you have any dental work done as a child? Like a filling or a tooth pulled? Braces or a retainer?

You're a bright person with serious discipline. Sadly, our toxic world since the industrial revolution has had an enviornmental effect on many - often in-utero. AKA genetics. They're finding approx. 300 toxins in the umbilical cords of newborns. Some of us end up triggering the wrong DNA switches unknowingly and it doesn't take much these days - a little junk food can do damage. Because you are young you are able to manage daily life, and rather well it seems. However as we age, pathogens continue to replicate and often there are co-infections. I had to eliminate sugar, yeast, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs, hydrogenated fats and meat. Once I eliminated the meat, healing began to grab a gear. I never eliminated fruit and I know the anti-candida diet forbids it. There are some that believe it has the fiber, enzymes and other important nutrients that our body uses for the better before the candida can get to it. It's a personal choice. I did, however, reduce fruit in the first 3 months but I was still eating chicken. Finding new ways to eat was a challenge but these days, it's 2nd nature. I can eat a little of whatever I want, but truth is, I no longer want what I thought I might get back to in small portions. I also use raw garlic as an anti-fungal, anti-microbial, anti-biotic, anti-viral, and a host of other heavy hitters: Oil of Oregano, Oil of Olive, ACV. Easy does it with any foods for healing- it can throw a person into die-off in a hurry. Recipe portions are nutritional, medicinal doses are medicine. Just a slice from a garlic clove daily to begin with. Research any/all suggestions and weigh the risk/benefit factor as it applies to you. I've also done tremendous purging, but this is territory you really need to be educated on - lest, at your age, you could get tagged for an eating-disorder. At age 8 you were pre-pubescent? Puberty and hormones can trigger biological chaos. I would stay far and away from birth control pills - even if at sometime they're prescribed 'off label' for stablizing. Your teeth? Have you had many fillings? Research this if you have. Primarily mercury and amalgam. Dr. Mercola covers it pretty well - maybe a little overkill, but for very very sick people like me with heaps of medical damage overkill is okay. Healing and correcting deficincies, eliminating toxins is a very personalized process. Keep reading and listening to your body. I salute you at such a young age. Perhaps Norman Walkers Book " Colon Health" - it's way old school, but I believe he's spot on. Be wary of any intimate relationships you get involved with. Look at their health history and lifestyle.