So far over my head..

Well, goes without saying.. I have Lyme, for sure, and possibly some coinfections.

I may have an issue with candida, or am in a position very near to getting one.

I'm pretty sure I have leaky gut - lots of issues with digestion, these past few months, constipation, more and more food allergies. I'd been hoping they were just due to my infections, or, again, a slight problem with candida, and that they'd clear up with treatment. I was hoping I'd have enough time to get to where I could treat them more properly, before things got worse.

But, now, it seems that won't be the case, which really sucks.

The last few foods I've found safe to eat are no longer an option, unless I want to feel like hell all day. I've run down the list of things to eat, ever since all the digestive stuff started around January.

There's nothing else, either because I can't afford it or because the options just aren't there. I mean everything, everything you hear about being safe for Lymies, safe for people with candida, everything, apart from a few vegetables. No chicken, eggs, rice, beans, avocados, cabbage, and I even think cucumbers and coconut oil. Flax and chia seeds as well. I could try fish, turkey, but.. where are the calories? I am skin and bones. I need weight, but I can't eat anything.

Even if I found something, the sensitivities would just come back, because I wouldn't have enough of a variety to switch things up as often as is necessary to avoid them.

I don't know what to do. I can't treat all of this stuff at once. Even if I go for one or two things at a time, the other stuff is going to go unattended, and I'll get worse in those areas. I'll forever be playing catch up.

Also, thinking it's all causing an issue with my adrenals/thyroid, which is awesome.

This stuff decided to come crashing down on me at literally the worst possible time. I'd decided I'd get a job to be able to provide a bit more of a chance for myself to heal, then.. hey, here's some more problems for you, Antonio. Good luck with that, buddy.

I know I've said much of this before, here and there. Sorry, I won't mention it, after today.

Just can't keep up anymore, no matter how badly I want to, and I really want to. Really. Life can be fun, sometimes, when you can get a chance to breathe in between all the spells of drowning, **** trying to drag you down.

But.. oh well..

Might check back later, might not. You guys don't have to respond. There are no answers for me. I mean, there ARE answers, treatments for all of these issues, but.. I can't apply them, being in my situation.

Encouragement's cool and all, but.. won't change my reality much.

I will be here, trying. Will let ya know where it gets me.

P.S. Pardon the mess I've made.^

Oh Antonio.

Life is tough, but so are you.

Quercetin really calmed my food sensitivity down. My everything sensitivity actually. It's supposed to be great for your gut too. It's kind of spendy. But it covers a lot of bases so you might not need other stuff.

So you don't see a doctor or what?

Thanks P. for posting!

Kinda at the point where I wouldn't even know what to tell a new doctor, if I were to even get one. Ha..

Antonio,

I have been there, several times actually, where you're just so overwhelmed you do not know what to do, where to turn, or how to help yourself. But with the leaky gut problem, you kind of have to start over.

First, it is AWESOME, beyond awesome that you know you have this. It took me nearly a decade to figure it out for myself. But it's important that you understand every facet of it because you need to hone in on the right specialist ASAP.

And, to be blunt, all the supplements and herbs you're taking aren't doing much good if you have damage to the mucosal lining of your gut, which is what the leaky gut is. You're not absorbing much of anything that you are ingesting, nutrients from foods or supplements or medication… AND, you're relying on reactions to things and you're interpreting reactions to help provide information for what will work or not work, which is exactly what you need to be doing… except that with a leaky gut, very little is functioning the way it should so it's producing false information for you.

So, as crazy as it sounds, I think you kind of need to put everything on hold, study up as best you can and find a good ND AND nutritionist who can help you triage your gut.

Once you read through the stuff I suggested, I'll help answer any specific questions you can think of and help you get ready for finding the right specialist to help.

-p

My son was getting candida this winter. I put him on 100 billion probiotic 11pm with 2 candex. I get both on Amazon now. At that time I gave him a 50 billion probiotic at lunch time and 2 candex at 6 am. I have now eliminated the 50 billion at lunch and still give him the rest. This way, all night his gut is healed and protected and another shot at 6 or 7 am with the candex keeps cleaning it up. He eats between 9 and 11 and that is when we hit the abx and detoxes, from 9am - 7 or 8 pm.

Hope you feel better. This regimen really cleaned him up.


Oh, and watch your diet - he is no/low carbs, yeast and sugar. For a week in Feb. when it was getting bad, he was on a candida diet - can hardly eat anything but fish, poultry and veggies! So that did not last long!

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