pandas/pans or yeast die off?? Badly need help with yeast

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Hi everyone,

I am still in the process of trying to figure out what my son's real issues are.

I have been maintaining a log and very closely monitor everything but there is

so much overlap in symptoms, it is hard to tell what the exact issue is. My son

started prescription antifungals in october 2011 and since then he has been

miserable. We attributed it to gcmaf, then clostridia, then pandas/pans and so

on. Now recently whenever I took him off diflucan, he had a few good days. As

soon as I would start him back on diflucan, he will have a couple of good days

and then would have increased ocd, tantrums, acidity, worsening sensory issues.

We have been using zithromax for his possible pandas diagnosis which has not

been confirmed by any labs so far. That has caused yeast flares. OAT supports

the yeast diagnosis as well. Since my kid was on zithromax, fluconazole and oral

vanco, we started transdermal NAC to help the liver. It definitely calmed him

down and made him happy but yeast loved it. So we are constantly trying to

promote his yeast with zithromax and vanco and he doesn't do well on

antifungals. I am not even sure if he has pans or not. Whatever is happening

this year has never happened before. He is off vanco and fluconazole this week

and I decided to replace culturelle with custom probiotic. He received his first

dose yesterday and was calm right away. Even had a two hour nap in the afternoon

which never happens. Today was a rough day for him as he had stomach ache after

lunch and dinner. I am only using the child scoop and he weighs 72 lbs. He got

very chapped lips today, was thirsty and obviously had heartburn. Is this die

off? Is there an overlap between pandas/pans symptoms and yeast die off? I

didn't like nystatin and even diflucan. I am trying to gradually increase custom

probiotics and see how that goes. I am tired of using diflucan and strongly

believe that it has given my son some form of neuropathy in his feet and hands.

Now he is off diflucan for four days and today his writing was much better. I

want to try naturals once again for yeast but he is very sensitive to phenols. I

tried candidase but he couldn't tolerate it. We have used candex in the past

without any negatives so I am thinking of giving it a try again. So should I

continue with custom probiotic and candex and see if the combo helps? Can anyone

help me figure this out that whether my son has pandas/pans or it is indeed the

yeast beast? His workup indicates yeast and the onset of symptoms was after

starting the antifungals. The reason I want to figure this out is because I want

to stop using azithromycin as I don't see much benefit and get a very bad yeast

flare.

I know a lot of you use GSE for yeast but my son has serious phenol sensitivity.

What other naturals are an option here? I am so tired of seeing my son miserable

and really getting exhausted explaining to the relatives and friends what is

going on with my kid. I would really appreciate any input.

Thanks

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