Re: Please help me try to figure this out -

"What was going on in your life before all this started. Did you travel? Was there any physical trauma or emotional stressor."

@Grace2010 First I'd like to say thank you for your kind words and understanding. To answer your question: there was a lot of emtional stress in my life at the time. My mom and dad divorced when I was young, followed by her finding a new boyfriend and going out and getting drunk every night/coming home and fighting while I'm trying to sleep for school. This put a lot of stress on me, because at an early age I felt like I had to step up and baby sit my mom and her boyfriend. I have a younger brother, and an older sister, and I could tell this was affecting them too (my brother became quiet and a loner - my sister turned to drugs/alcohol and began having seizures for unknown reasons - probably the stress)

All I remember when this all started happening, was one summer I went from being very active and playing sports to feeling tired and sitting inside on the computer all day playing games. My lifestyle kind of 360'ed because when I would go try out for sports on the highschool team, I was just unable to keep up with everyone else. I was getting tired easily and it made me feel not good enough so I gave up.

"I always have to wonder why one person gets candida and another doesn't. It makes me concerned that the candida is secondary to some other problem, at least some of the time. We need to treat symptoms to get relief, but what is the cause of the candida? Did you eat exceptional different than others your age prior to and after 9th grade. Were you on tons of Antibiotics ? So many people with Lyme have Candida."

I agree with you 100%. I want to treat the symptoms to get relief, but deep down I want to know what is the CAUSE.

I ate just like everyone else (my mom didn't cook dinner often so there WAS a lot of pizza/microwave dinners/ things like that. It was typically cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and something else for dinner. In between meals a lot of cheese, fruit snacks, chips, etc. It wasn't the best diet, but it was how most kids were eating my age)

I wasn't on tons of Antibiotics . Well let me rephrase that. When the isssues started happening I was not on Antibiotics (the first thing that plagued me was my skin - super oily and very odd acne. It wasn't your typical skin problem - looking back it was probably fungus related) However I do remember going on antibiotics to try and clear up this Acne - I don't remember how long but it didn't work.

I've been tested for lymes disease at least twice throughout my life, so I think I can safely eliminate that.

"I wonder how people would feel about the Myer's cocktail for you. "

I've never heard of this, but for 250 dollars a pop it better be some sort of miracle cure. I would really feel uneasy about spending that much money on something that may only temporarily help my symptoms. I honestly don't know much about them though so I can't really say.

"Do you have small red dots on your skin. These are like flat blood blisters of varying size depending on the fattiness of the skin. These are caused by like 5-6 different things including infection. My mother got them following a bad strep infection(MRSA). I got them from lyme and co-infections."

I do actually have flat red dots on my skin. They're located around my ankles. My mom and sister have them as well. (My mom and sister also both have thyroid issues, but I've been tested by my GP twice and he says everything looks fine)

"But you really sound dehydrated. I wonder if a fish oil would help as a stool softener and possibly help some of your other symptoms."

I'm actually taking Flaxseed oil at the moment based on a recommendation of my eye doctor. He said it would thin the oil out and let it flow more freely - hoping to help my eyes out a bit. A stool softener is something my Gastroenterologist wants me to take, but once again I feel like taking that is only covering up the symptoms. My body is trying to tell me something is wrong with me - if i treat these symptoms individually, I may never fix what is actually wrong with me. This might lead to future complications with my health if I never actually fix what is wrong. However, in the mean time, and stool softener would be nice because going to the bathroom is very painful for me. (I should mention that the stool problem didn't start until I was on Accutane, the drug for dealing with oily skin and Acne - I recently have seen on commercials class action lawsuits for people who are having bowel problems. Do you think that is something I should look into?)

"God bless you. He is our healer, our strength our deliverer. I hope you keep lots of positive media around you. TV will kill what energy and focus you have.

Good for you for trying to find the answer and not giving up after such a long road. Let us know how you are feeling after all this input."

I really appreciate your kind words. I feel like what I'm going through is a test to see how strong I am and to prove to myself I can get through anything. I almost gave up a few times in my life - well I thought about it. But those thoughts never really cross my mind anymore. I'm determined to beat this and life a good life once it is all over with.

I'm very happy you all responded, and I'm sorry my response was a bit delayed- I didn't really know how I was going to respond to each of you and had to give it some thought. It feels good to know that you're all here supporting me.


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