Treatment vs. Candida; What to do?

Hi all,

I've posted my story earlier, and had questions regarding continuing antibiotics after being off of them for 2 months, transitioning to herbals (Was on some herbals with my 10 months of Doxy, and then Rifampin/Biaxin/Tindazole - couldn't go to high up due to reactions). During these past 2 months I've been on full doses of Houttuynia/Sida Acuta twice daily, along with Dr. Rawls Vital plan (still on those), and im slowly adding in Samento/Banderol. However, at my LLMD's behest, i added Bactrim back in and am seemingly delving back down the antibiotic route (due to some symptoms popping up).

HOWEVER, my labs showed my blood level for Candida Albicans was 1.2 (under 1 is 'normal'). I realize this isn't super high, but I definitely feel that it is, and is becoming, an issue. I admit, after a month off antibiotics, i felt so decent that I pretended to be a normal human again, and ate a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have. C'est la vie.

Sorry to ramble on - my main question is - should i be as unconcerned about the Candida as my LLMD? I feel like a lot of my current issues (fatigue, headaches/fog/lightheadedness/dizziness/gas) is Candida and not my lyme/bart; mostly because many of these symptoms are newer, after 14 months of treatment.

I feel like I'm trying to fight two battles at once and sorta losing at both. I know my doctor is extremely good and intelligent, but I'm having a hard time tolerating the Bactrim anyhow (way more twitching, less sleep), and the Candida only makes me want to stop taking it more. My diet has been pretty close to perfect recently, and i take tons of probiotics/prebiotics/kefir etc etc etc

My other worry is seeing horror stories about Bactrim causing calf twitching all on it's own, along with other symptoms. I see a Naturopath at the end of August and I'm looking for any personal stories or advice.

Don't get me wrong - compared to a year ago I'm doing a lot better, overall.

Sorry for rambling! Thanks everyone!

I've been taking Candicid Forte, and it's doing something for me.

I think that Candida can be worse than Lyme. It infects every part of the body, skin, organs, brain etc. and it replicates much faster from what I've read. It is one of those yeast that takes any weakness in you to grow out of control.

Another problem with Candida is that it can become resistant to anti-fungals much quicker than bacteria. Fluconazole is often used to kill it. There are so many strains of Candida now that are resistant to Fluconazole because of its ability to adapt.

Also, many of its symptoms are very similar to Lyme, so it is hard to tell if the symptom that someone is having is Lyme or Candida.

Thanks for the replies; I will definitely look into Lauricidin and Candicid Forte. I currently take 150 billion CFU refrigerated probiotics, a non-dairy kefir drink, Sac B. in pretty large amounts, and another candida supplement.

Didn't realize I could take Sida 3-4 times a day; maybe I should be working up to that.

And I believe that I'll be contacting my doctor and setting aside the antibiotics for now - and probably Bactrim for good. I tolerated Rifampin/Biaxin/Tindazole all at once better than I've tolerated just the Bactrim

candida symptoms I had were white tongue, stomach issues, runny stools, burning feeling in my mouth.