Re: Candida: Got sick and tired of it, decided to nuke it all-out with meds for a month (ketaconazole tabs + nystatin tabs + natamycin tabs + terbinafine tabs) and weather the sidefx. Curious about what I'm feeling though.

>From your experience with HPI treatment, would you say it's best to sort out any major dysbiosis first before tackling the Candida head-on? (My dybiosis involves very low levels of good bacteria, some dormant C Diff. and lots of undigested food in stools) As you say, AF would be more effective if there's good bacteria to help out.

HPI did not fix my low levels of bifidobacteria, my overgrowth of Clostridium, undigested starch in my stools or my candidiasis. But I didn't take the ABx prescribed to me before doing HPI. HPI works best for people who have bowel flora already devastated by previous bouts of strong ABx, such as for treating C. diff related diarrhea. If you took strong ABx before doing HPI it might improve your bowel flora, or it might make it worse (not the HPI, but the ABx). Sorry, but I can't give you the answer you're seeking, only my experience.

>One of my concerns is taking more Antibiotics which could make the Candida worse (main Candida symptoms I'm aware of, white tongue, tightness in throat, headaches).

Yes, your concerns are valid. I would be concerned too. That is why I didn't tak the ABx they wanted me to take prior to HPI. But then it didn't work for me. But it also didn't make my candidiasis any worse either. Would I have had a better outcome if I'd taken ABx, or would I have just made my candidiasis worse? I don't know. But I wouldn't do ABx + HPI if it were offered to me tomorrow.

>You mentioned in another post you had zero Bifidobacteria in a stool test, was this after you did the HPI? I would've hoped those would have been restored.

After HPI. I had hoped so too, but no.

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