One thing I would do is see if you can stop using any cortisone treatments you may be on for allergies, including any cortisone nasal sprays. Cortisone lowers the immune system's ability to fight off fungal infections. I'm being treated for allergies, and I'm convinced using cortisone nasal sprays, combined with taking Antibiotics up to twice a year for bronchitis, is what set me up for candida. I was also surprised at how easy it was to stop using cortisone nasal sprays (and Singulair, too, which I stopped at the same time.)

Are you on the diet? If not, that is where I would start. Also, check out the parasite forum. From reading over there... I guess parasites LOVE probiotics and that is why sometimes people are unable to take them? I'm begining to suspect parasites as well. I have major joint and muscle pain and numbness too. I guess they both come hand in hand ( parasites and candida) and many symptoms did improve on the diet and supplements. I'm also getting my blood sent out *again* to test for Lyme.

Good luck

I want to make people aware of an underlying cause of headaches, especially migraines, and candida. Since most doctors receive very little training in mycology they do not recognize their patients' headaches or candida may be from toxic mold exposures their patients are experiencing in their everyday environments.

About seven years ago I experienced a toxic mold exposure in an apartment me and my two children lived in. It devastated my health with multisystemic problems. One of those symptoms was headaches, including migraines. They were constant. I also had candida.

For a year and a half the doctors experimented with cat scans, antidepressants, tranquillizers, and neuropsychologists. They misdiagnosed what was causing the problems, even when I specifically asked them if my health problems could be from the mold problem we had in our apartment. Vetinarians get more training in mycology than people doctors.

Finally I connected with Dr. Vincent Marinkovich in Redwood City, California. A simple antifungal nose spray which kills off the fungi which had accumulated inside my body, as a result of the incoming mold accumulating faster than my body was able to clean them, started alieving all my health problems within a week. At that point I thought 'what the ...', And started down a path of extensive research to figure out how and why.

We are all getting exposed to various levels of molds from our environments. Many times we are getting heavy doses of molds and their mycotoxins(which affect the brain and central nervous system) even though their is no visible mold on walls or ceilings. They grow inside walls and ceilings. The occupants of the home, office or school are accumulating increasing levels of mold and the mycotoxins they produce with no idea of what is causing their health problems.

This information is often countered and corrupted by school districts, landlords, companies including insurance companies, and government agencies who have a vested interest in the truth not coming out. Thus confusing information on news reports regarding how harmful mold is.

The mycotoxins some of these same molds found in homes produce are so powerful when they are concentrated and weaponized that they are used as some of the most powerful biological weapons on Earth, the T-2 Mycotoxins. You can Google that to find out more. They are effective as Biological weapons because of how they damage the brain and nervous system. When they concentrate inside a home, office, or school they can gradually have just as detrimental an effect as a T-2 Mycotoxic Weapon has in a matter of hours.

I will now explain how they cause the headaches and other health problems. When the mold spores and their mycotoxins enter the human body the immune system combines that antigen of mold with the antibody the immune system has produced to counter the invader. The job of the immune complexes is to patrol in the blood circulatory system to attack and kill the mold and mycotoxin invaders. Due to the mold antigen being so large, when the antigen and the antibody are combined it forms an 'immune complex' so large that it often gets stuck in and blocks the smaller capillaries.

The capillaries are noodle-like passageways used to get the oxygenated blood from the arteries to the cells and tissues, necessary for them to live. With these immune complexes getting stuck in and blocking smaller blood capillaries it contributes to a number of problems.

Oxygen in the oxygenated blood does not get to the cells and tissues. Cells and tissues degenerate and die.

The 'Flow Rate' of blood is slowed down. Repair and construction crews which travel in the blood highway of the body cannot get to their destinations at a rate to keep the body in a generative state.

The heart continues to pump at it's normal rate, building up pressure behind they blockages. Higher blood pressure. You can actually feel these blockages in the head, as they sometimes have a momentary blockage and then a relief as it gets pushed on through, sometimes.

***** There are higher numbers of smaller capillaries around the joints and in the brain!!!!! These immune complexes cause Arthritis around the joints and headaches in the brain. I know. I experienced it! I also experienced Arthritis and headaches disappearing when the level of molds and their mycotoxins were lowered in my body to levels my body's cleaning system could handle.

Regarding the candida. This overgrowth of the yeast mold is contributed to and complicated by any and all other molds heightening the accumulations of mold in the body, exasperating the fungal/ bacterial imbalance. The abnormally high levels of molds such as candida yeast need to be reduced to bring back the fungal/ bacterial balance. Then they both need to be lowered at the same time to levels the human body's cleaning systems can handle.

Most of your Antibiotics are fungal based. Taking an Antibiotic is essentially adding a concentrated dose of more fungi, exasperating the fungal/ bacterial imbalance further. Antibiotics are sent in to kill off the bacteria. Unfortunately they also kill off the good bacteria necessary for the human body to function properly. Antibiotics kill off all of the microbial competitors of the various fungi, including molds fungi, inside your body. This gives the fungi inside your body free reighn to wreek havoc throughout your body.

When I was at a high level of mold in my body from my toxic mold exposure they gave me an Antibiotic for an infection I have in my jaw. It sent me downhill so fast I wasn't sure if I would survive the coming year. Fortunately I connected with Dr. Berman, head of the Toxicology Resorce Center at The University of Oregon Medical School. He is a former Veterinarian and explained the above information to me.

There is a serious battle inside you. Much of it is being wages in the digestive track. It is understandable you are experiencing pain their as the elements battle. I did too.

One factor of weight gain is that the human body stores toxins in the fat tissue. The more toxins entering the body, the more fat the body will produce to surround the toxins and seperate them from doing as much damage to your body. If a detoxification regiment is not included in any weigh loss program the weight will always come back as the body tries to protect itself.

Most of the other symptoms you describe are symptoms that people accumulating heightened levels of mold fungi in their bodies experience. Memory loss, anxiety, bloating, bad allergies, sinusitis, chronic fatigue, numbness,bronchitis, chlorine sensitivity, nausea, and many more symptoms you are probably experiencing are symptoms probably related to accumulations of all the various fungi, including mold fungi and antibiotics, you have in your body.

The human body has difficult ridding fungi from the mucous membranes throughout your body. When the body can not get rid of them as fast as they are entering the body they accumulate. The reproductive system provides ideal conditions for the growth of all fungi. Moisture, warmth, and biological material for a source of food. They love carbohydrates.

Daniel Mark Norris Newton Davis

Sure does sound to me like candida. You sound alot like I was a year or so back. Your diet is thw WRONG diet all together. A candiad consists of vegetables, cooked or fresh, salads, meats of high quality , fish and possible some candida safe grains like millet or buckwheat that you make pancakes, or muffins out of, and that is all. You drink water only, possible some tea, with water boiled without caffeine. You als add a good multi vitamin, vit c, calcium magesnium(extreme importance) , fish oil. You also Bowel Cleanse which entails taking fiber shakes with or without an added antifungal such as caprylic acid. Enemas are also very important. All thse things must be done. If you stick with diet and do what I mentioned you will regain your health. But it is a commitment.

Any product that offers to kill candida with no die off is a farce. When candida dies it releases chemicals into your system which make you feel worse initially. Die off can be controlled to some degree by the amount of antifungals you take. Also early in treatment fiber shakes can make you feel worse because they tend to stir up all the toxic debris in your intestines. But after a few months ( depends on how bad you are) you will feel healthy and new. Like a brand new person.

Unfortuntely anxiety is one of those symptoms that is caused by die off . The best way to counteract it is 1.) take max dose of magnesium to bowel tolerance 2.) Add Sea Salt to your water 3) drink plenty of water 4) exercise, brisk walking is great to help help oxygenate the blood and help the body process toxins faster.


If die off becomes way too bothersome, enemas are great at flushing out dead candida and their toxins. It is also important to stay regular.

Your goal is to aim tyour treatent at your intestines. Eat plenty of veggies with fiber, salads, drink alot of water ( with Sea Salt ) and keep that bowel clean. Candida lives in a dirty filthy bowel.

Drs. are of no help. Even Drs. that claim to be candida drs do not know as much as some of the people on this board, trust me on that one.