OT: Candida

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Hello all. Hope everyone is doing as well as possible and improving.

I have been through the abx routine (unsuccessfully) and am currently using a

Doug Coil machine. I do herx, but after a recent break to let the herx

completely clear, I found very little improvement after 4-5 months of Lyme

treatment. I also herxed while treating Bartonella (which is the freq I started

with), but showed no improvement after a similar timeframe.

My husband recently read something about Candida and Lyme, and the author felt

there was a definite connection to continuing symptoms like mine and believes

that the symptoms will not go away until the Candida is handled.

I'm guessing that there are others here who have dealt with the same problem

since so many of us have been through heavy abx, so the question is, how do I

get rid of it? It's not as simple as avoiding sugar for me. I am definitely

sugar-addicted, and when I try to stop eating/drinking it, my body revolts in a

major way.

I remember reading on here a few times about a supplement or something that was

really good at knocking out yeast/fungi, and I was hoping someone could give me

the name of it or another good treatment. I'm hoping that if I can start getting

the Candida better under control, that I would finally be able to make the

necessary diet changes without feeling as terrible. I am already almost

house-bound and spend probably at least 75-90% of my time in bed. I also have

terrible pain, not controlled by even 50 mg/day of Oxycodone plus OTCs. I won't

let them to give me anything stronger because I have kids to take care of. So

you can see why I don't want to add to the misery with a severe reaction to

sugar-withdrawal. However, you can also see why I am very eager to get better

(as we all are).

So basically, what is the best way to deal with this? I am hoping to build a

homemade ionic foot bath after we wrap up the school year (we homeschool) in the

hopes of helping detox, but I sincerely doubt it will take care of the Candida

by itself. And I desperately want to change my diet but doing so with no

additional help to deal with the Candida is beyond miserable.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Lorrie