Candida, hypoglycemia, adrenals.

I have pieces to the puzzle but no answer.

1) I have tested with multiple food allergies that have been developed in the recent months since I got sick. I used to be able to eat ANYTHING and consumed like 4000-5000 calories a day as a heavy weight lifter. Now, for some reason after a very bad reaction to clindamycin ( Antibiotic caused me some massive nonstop diarrhea) I am reactive to egg, dairy, cheese, casein, wheat, gluten, yeast, soy and some nuts. Seriously..sucks terribly.

2) I have leaky gut. A little bit over ref range when tested with lactulose/mannitol test. 1.25 (ref range is <.08)

3) Symptoms wise- I have hypoglycemia. I have an insatiable hunger that is not quenched until I eat sugar, carbs, starch. And having restricted all those things above, it usually turns out to be fruit, rice cakes, gluten free cereal, etc. I have ALWAYS had an insatiable hunger where i needed to constantly eat and craved Sugar more and more every 2 hours or so even before that dose of Antibiotics that pushed my gut over the edge 10 months ago. (I've always had digestion bloating problems and had allergies to yeast, alcohol and whey as well).

Adrenal issues are off the charts. Low cortisol but having done a saliva test, my saliva test doesn't fit with the degree of severity of symptoms such as heart palptiations nightly, waking multiple times a night, feeling shaky, breathing issues, etc. Basically, i've read tons of people's stories and I can conclude my adrenals are in bad shape but according to my cortisol output, my symptoms are way worse than it shows.. I personally realized recently that its probable that a lot of it is hypoglycemia related. As everyone knows, hypoglycemia causes adrenal taxation, and weak adrenals > low cortisol > worsens low blood Sugar issues.

4) Had white caked tongue/thrush after Antibiotic use. It was real bad. Went away but still in the morning when i get up or if i eat something a film of yellow/white appears. Really gross to scrape it off.

5) I've had a stool test. 4+ lactobacillus. a little decreased bifido count however. 4+ klebsiella and some overgrowth of the clostridia species. NO YEAST HAS BEEN FOUND.

My question is, based on these pieces of the puzzles, is it likely that a candida overgrowth in my small intestines is causing the hypoglycemia and prolonged adrenal fatigue issues, leaky gut, and multiple sudden food sensitivities ? If so, wouldn't there be so much candida that there would be candida showing up on my stool test? Or is that not the case with chronic prolonged candida?

Other pieces of the puzzles, like conventional medicine tests I can post but basically i have exhausted cedar-sinai to the bone. No diagnosis. Doctors stumped. Referred to psych. Holistic MD has no real idea. ANY input from anybody here with real life experience is appreciated.

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