Re: What are your candida symptoms???

I am so glad I found this thread! You have no idea!

I think I might have finally found something to explain everything wrong with me for years!

For years I have had mystery illnesses, never anything definitive. I went to my doctor and had blood tests done, he laughed at me for seeing an osteopath, told me there was nothing wrong with me, everything was in my head, and all my blood tests were normal. VERY discouraging.

Here's what I've noticed over the years, very similar to what everyone has been saying on this thread:

- Depression (had it since I was a kid, the only thing that has helped has been 5htp)
-crippling anxiety/panic attacks (again, 5htp and CBT/exposure therapy has been the only thing to help, but it is still pretty bad)
-insomnia
-itchy soles
-lightly coated tongue
-many emotional problems
-digestive problems/IBS/alternating diarrhea and constipation
- food intolerances (dairy and eggs, maybe gluten and sugar)
-sugar cravings
-night sweats (VERY bad night sweats)
-bloating/gas
-itchiness generally
-weight gain (also from endometriosis and the pill)

Now I'm wondering if all these years, it's been candida! I've always had depression, but a few years ago, everything got so much worse. I tried so amny different types of antidepressants and nothing worked, and it seemed to create a ton of problems (anxiety, panic attacks, inability to digest food). Basically, my life was ruined, and it's taken the past 4 years to get part of it back, but I am still not all there yet.

Can anyone tell me what to do about candida, besides the Sugar thing? I've cut down drastically on Sugar over the past month and not having as many cravings. I am also doing a parasite cleanse at the moment.

Hopefully I can get my old life back!