New here. Need more advice please! 
sleepygal
21 y
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Hello everyone! I really need some advice from someone who has been through what I am going through. I have had CFS for about 5 years. My symptoms are extreme brain fog in which I feel drunk all the time and can't concentrate and scared to drive and work,extremely tired, bloated, constipated, many allergies, frequent urination, frequent insomnia, and depressed from the brain fog. I've been to so many doctors in the past 2 years. I was told I had elevated mercury levels. So I tried chelation and had my fillings taken out a year ago. No improvement. I was told I had leaky gut syndrome, food allergies, and candida by my alternative doctor. What I have tried: Three lac for 6 months. I took up to 4 packs a day. I really had faith in this product from everything it said and I even watched my diet. I cannot believe I spent so much money with no relief at all. I took nystatin and diflucan a few years ago, with no improvement. My regular family doctor says all my blood tests are normal except my liver enzymes(ALT) are slighly elevated. She wants to send my to a liver specialst. I think its from the candida. So now I am trying formula sf722 and lactobacillus sporogenes which I ordered on the internet. I just started 2 days ago. I take a protein and vitamin drink, digestive enzymes, fish oils, coral calcium, and alot of vitamin C. I have been doing colon cleasing supplements for about 10 months and just started colonics. I guess I don't understand why I'm not seeing any improvements. Am I missing somthing here? It really seems like candida to me. I just want my brain back! I have a 3 year old to take care of! Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated! Thanks Tammy
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- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... Mia78
21 y
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This is a reply to # 537,524I'm surprised no one has responded to you yet. Shelly, where are you, sleeping?, lol. I understand about the depression. And having small kids. From Shelly's post, it sounds as if you need some liver flushes. Shelly can tell you more info about that. Read this post below, all of it.
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- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... garcia
21 y
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This is a reply to # 537,524sleepygal,
I'm in the same boat as you! I've had Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome for 3 years now, and a year ago I found out it was candida. I too have tried bowel-cleansing which did nothing for me except help me loose 2 stone of muscle. I've also tried (natural) anti-fungals which have done nothing too.
Looking at your case history I am confident that you have candida. Like me you've had it along time and its systematic. This means your body (i.e. liver) is no doubt screwed up from all the toxins its been trying to rid itself of 24/7 for the last 5 years.
Taking your mercury out was a good step. Now like Mia says I think you should probably do a liver cleanse. Shelleycat seems to be the expert on Liver Cleanses around here and so I'd wait for an answer from her.
The good news is:
1. It sounds like candida
2. Many others are in the same boat as you - i.e. traditional route of killing the candida doesn't work
The reason is that our body's are so weakened from years of battling candida that the candida will always come back. What we need to do is to restore our body systems back to normal. Most of the medical community doesn't believe in candida because they say that it can not be a problem in otherwise healthy individuals (i.e. only in people with aids/cancer etc.). I actually think they are right - only we are immune compromised. We need to start addressing that root cause of our illness - our weakened bodies.
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- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... sleepygal
21 y
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This is a reply to # 537,539Thanks for responding garcia.
What products are you taking for candida? I am trying to find out what has worked the best for everyone. Are you on a strict diet? I hope shelly can help me out with Liver Flush information. I heard that Liver Flushes can make you feel pretty sick. It scares me, but if it would help, it would be worth it. I will start reading the Liver Flush Forum s also. Thanks.- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... Mia78
21 y
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This is a reply to # 537,552Read the Liver Flush FAQ page and lurk on the Liver Flush board. Many others were scared like you, but after doing it, they were glad they did.
- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... garcia
20 y
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This is a reply to # 537,552sleepygal,
I'm taking a lot of things at the moment - too many to list. But I'm not taking any antifungals per se as I think they are counterproductive whilst our bodies are so weakened.
One thing I've just started taking Primal Defense as recommended by Shelleycat ( its a probiotic full of friendly bacteria) and although its expensive it seems really good. The good thing about PD is that it contains Soil Organisms which are really hardy - they can survive normal temperatures and stomach acid.
Start taking things one at a time. E.g. just start off with a good multivit. That way your body will be able to tell what is helping and what isn't. The worst thing you can do is just start taking a heap of supplements at once without feeling what each one is doing. That won't help your health or your bank balance.
I am on a "strict-ish" diet. I drink 2 cups of tea a day which is my only extravagence. I don't believe in going overboard with an anti-candida diet - you have to respect this organism - it is much better at survival that we are, and we will starve much sooner than it does. So the aim of the diet should merely be to keep it in check. Lo carb and healthy. Candida can survive on a low-carb diet, but it can not easily thrive. I'd recommend following the dietry advice of Shelleycat which again is based on the standard anti-candida diet with a bit of fruit/veggie juicing thrown in.
- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... Mia78
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- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... sleepygal
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- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... Shelleycat
21 y
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This is a reply to # 537,524The thing you're missing is the Liver Flushes and repopulating your bowels with friendly flora. You can't just kill the candida, you have to replace the friendly flora, the death of which allowed the candida to get out of balance to begin with.
All of your other supplements are fine and helpful, but be sure to add something like Primal Defense to replace friendly flora, and Perfect Food to help your body maintain a proper PH balance without exhausting your reserves of minerals etc.
Candida feeds on sugars and excretes alcohol; over time, this really stresses the liver. The liver slows down, digestion is poor, candida feed of the poorly digested foods. It's a vicious cycle. Antibiotics for yeast don't work because yeast quickly adapt and survive.
Before you go to the liver specialist and spend all that time and money, do at least 4 Liver Flushes and take the herbs and vitamins that support the liver. Then get another basic metabolic panel bloodwork done and see how the enzymes are. I'll bet ya' a hundred bucks they've gone down. I'll be getting my basic tests redone in February and I hope to see an improvement.
Be sure to take liver supporting herbs such as milk thistle, bupluerum, dandelion, chinese gentien. Take lecithin, B vitamins, MSM, all will help your liver de-fat and de-tox.
- Re: New here. Need more advice pleas... Mia78
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