Questions about DE

I was dealing with high mercury from decades of eating only fish and no meat. I have SIBO and nothing was working. I went to get a meridian reading and was told i had candida and two parasites. My stool tests from two years ago did not show any parasites.

I tried just Black-Walnut tincture and got very ill and couldn't function for over seven days so i stopped. I then did a bottle of Intestaclear, ordered the Edible Red Desert Clay i have been bathing in and taking everyday. I am now doing a bottle of Gaiia Para-Sheild and will go back and do my next bottle of Intestaclear. I am wondering if the tablet form of DE is as effective as taking it in the clay form??

I am still seeing some rice in my stool and still feel very itchy and have some red marks on my chest.

It always causes me to bloat up when i drink a glass of the clay only using 1/8th of a teaspoon and i was thinking the pills might not cause me to bloat more than i am already.

Does anyone have experience with taking the clay with water vs. the tablets?

I am also thinking of adding in some fermented foods or fermented goat yogurt but the SIBO docs don't think probiotics help as you are already full of bacteria where it shouldn't be. I am not going to work on mercury until i can get clear of the parasites and hopefully candida. My tongue is still white and my brain fog and fatigue are very severe.