Re: Re: Bored and discouraged!

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At 03:08 PM 12/29/2009, you wrote:

Marilyn, if you want to chime in

here, any dosage/frequency/additional things to try would be really

appreciated!

Amelia,

Well, my adventures with s. boulardii were another, " You really

don't want to do that.... "

I'm using the Nutricology s. boulardii because it was the best I could

find locally. 3 billion per capsule.

Typically, because I am overweight, I end up taking double or triple the

probiotics and/or vitamins that someone at a normal weight would take.

So when I decided to start the s. boulardii, I'd been following

discussions in various places about people starting with half a

capsule. However, many of the discussions I saw were over on Pecan

Bread, and were intended for children. The Nutricology directions say

three capsules is a serving.

OK, fine. I took three capsules, a full dose, figuring that since I

usually end up going double, I was doing " half " a

dose.

Took this at night, about two hours after dinner, mainly because we got

it when we were out shopping that afternoon, and I'd forgotten it before

dinner. Next morning, I took another three capsules, half an hour before

breakfast.

By noon, I felt like I'd been hit with an ugly stick. Flu symptoms up the

wazoo. DIE OFF with a VENGEANCE!

What the...? I thought. Me? Die off? I've been SCD for five years! Surely

I got rid of most of the bad bacteria...? But I had had signs of yeast

& etc., in spite of that. (No doctors to do yeast tests and all the

rest that some of you go with.)

I ended up skipping the dose that evening, then resumed with ONE capsule

twice a day for a week, then two capsules twice a day for a week -- any

higher and I have issues with it.

Two capsules half an hour before breakfast. Two capsules half an hour

before dinner or two hours after dinner. I do not take it at the same

time I take my bromelain or any other digestive enzymes, because they'll

break it down -- I make sure to separate it from them the same way I

would separate other probiotics from an antibiotic.

I had several weeks of mild die off, and then things stabilized. Trophies

about 90% of the time (some variation as to trophy or not is perfectly

normal, even for non-gut issue people) and there were some foods (like

spaghetti squash) which had always been too advanced for me that I could

suddenly eat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_boulardii has a good

article on it. S. boulardii was approved by Elaine.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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