OT: Yeast

[Guest guest]

Hi all:

Here's a question for those of you treating yeast problems...

We had been giving (2.5) nystatin 3x per day and culturelle 1x day

for about two months...then he got the flu and was off all supplements for

about 2 weeks.  I kept him off the meds for an additional week while we

completed the specimen gathering for Dr. Amy's tests.  In that period of time

he has been doing great...I mean fantastic as far as language, eye contact

and engagement.  Now, I have started him back on the nystatin again (only 1x

day, trying to ramp up to the max dose again) and he has been just a

mess...melting down, keeping to himself, horrible diarrhea, ulcerated sores

on bottom, struggling for words).  My husband wants him off the nystatin for

good since he feels that is losing the gains he had made.  I don't

know what to do and since our test results aren't back we don't have anything

official from Dr. Amy...although she did look at our test results from GPL

and said that he probably had an unresolved clostridia problem and that

nystatin would not address that.

Any advice you have or links I should check out to help us through this would

be so appreciated.

Thanks,

M in Upstate NY

Mom to (4), & (2.5)

[Guest guest]

It is my understanding if you kill off the yeast without addressing the

clostridia problem that you just give the clostridia more room to grow.

Betty

----- Original Message -----

> Hi all:

>

> Here's a question for those of you treating yeast problems...

>

> We had been giving (2.5) nystatin 3x per day and culturelle 1x day

> for about two months...then he got the flu and was off all supplements for

> about 2 weeks. I kept him off the meds for an additional week while we

> completed the specimen gathering for Dr. Amy's tests. In that period of

time

> he has been doing great...I mean fantastic as far as language, eye contact

> and engagement. Now, I have started him back on the nystatin again (only

1x

> day, trying to ramp up to the max dose again) and he has been just a

> mess...melting down, keeping to himself, horrible diarrhea, ulcerated

sores

> on bottom, struggling for words). My husband wants him off the nystatin

for

> good since he feels that is losing the gains he had made. I don't

> know what to do and since our test results aren't back we don't have

anything

> official from Dr. Amy...although she did look at our test results from GPL

> and said that he probably had an unresolved clostridia problem and that

> nystatin would not address that.

>

> Any advice you have or links I should check out to help us through this

would

> be so appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> M in Upstate NY

> Mom to (4), & (2.5)