Greetings,
I have moved a discussion with SM here since the title of the other one isn't likely to generate input. Here is SM's post:
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Hi Brenden, are you willing to go on a restricted diet for 30 days? If you can, that may shed more light on where you need to focus next.
It's certainly possible you have Lyme or another similar systemic infection, bacterial and/or fungal. I have been dealing with a systemic fungal infection plus an as-yet-diagnosed systemic bacterial infection and some of your symptoms sound very familiar. (I'm 56)
Unfortunately, if you do have such a disease, it will change the way your body deals with foods and the foods can cause problems all of their own, especially wheat and fermented things (such as beer, bread, soy sauce). My first "Eureka!" moment came on a Meniere's Syndrome website (my first diagnosis) when someone suggested I cut wheat out of my diet. It was the dumbest thing I had ever heard, but I was desperate enough to try it. It helped ease my symptoms quite a bit and led me on the path to a cure which I'm still following.
If you do go on a wheat free diet and you feel better, you will not be cured, but you'll have some relief from your symptoms, and an idea of what to investigate next.
Please google candida diet and elimination and challenge diet. Cut out most carbs, eat veggies & meat. Limited fruit is OK, but no fruit juice. You'll want to eliminate wheat, which means not eating prepared foods without reading the labels. They hide wheat and wheat-derived ingredients in many prepared foods these days. Also be aware that if you eliminate wheat and do feel some better, it does NOT mean that you are gluten intolerant or that you have Celiac. Wheat can cause problems even if you don't.
And, after 30 days, if you don't feel any better, you can go back to your old diet. Despite being called a Candida diet, this can help with other systemic infections.
HTH,
SM