difflucan, nystatin, death wishes

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Hi,

I'm curious how you get this 'diflucan' when you want it. It's an

rx and my allergist took me off it pronto when my liverwork

showed elevated enzymes. Of course, I had the bloodword

done after 1 DAY on it so I don't think it was the diflucan.

However, she had no choice: it would be malpractice to keep

me on it.

I then went on oral Nystatin, a wimpier anti-fungal (I have systemic

candida) but my liver enzymes are still elevated so I'm waiting

to be taken off that.

O misery. ( " Natural " anti-fungals do nothing for me. I have

taken and continue to take them, in rotation, of course.

Neither does a diet completely free of sugar and refined carbs. I

injured

my gut with 20 years of anti-biotics and huge doses of

aspirin and tylenol, so the yeast and then fungus got the

upper hand. I am sensitive to most foods and so even

most of the foods on a so-called 'anti-candida' diet are

off-limits.)

and my mother is dying of cancer. I'm the care-giver

and I'm stressed beyond max. I see no point to my life

except that to die would be hard on my mother and unfair

to my mate and daughter.

I saw a psychiatrist this morning on an URGENT referral from my

allergist, and he said psychiatrists are extremely

busy, and I should be concerned with living not dying,

and get my liver checked.

FWIW I find that Nystatin give me cramps and diahhrea,

whereas Difflucan had no side effects. I wish I could have

stayed on it. Maybe one day my liver will be happy again and

I'll be able to deal with this fungal overgrowth?

A.

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sarah wrote:

> for the last 2 years

> I have been living with Candida, it is not easy I am struggling

> I seem to be able to control it better if I don't eat any food with a

> high fat content, it makes it flare up, and I then have 3 days of

> hell, at the moment I am trying to get control of it with more

> natural anti fungal agents, I find that if I take Diflcan it will get

> will weaken it and it will give me about 4 weeks, symtom free but the

> fact that Diflcan can damage the liver, makes me reluctant to keep

> taking it,

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