Increased appetite

I've had the same problem, except during one treatment I did when everything I ate made my stomach feel awful, and I got really sick and lost a lot of weight.

Before I got Lyme, I was always on the thin side, and I never had trouble with my appetite. After I got Lyme, I would buy those huge muffins from the store and eat the whole thing or eat three bowls of cereal at once. I gained about 40 lbs in maybe a year, and while I was too thin at the time, and I probably needed to gain the weight, it just seemed strange to have my appetite change like that right after getting sick.

I did lose all the weight again like I said, and I had to gain it back again, because I was way too thin, but in the last couple years I have been having trouble with my appetite again, and one thing I found that helped was treating parasites. But I still haven't figured out why sometimes I eat so much more than I want to sometimes. Now, I'm never hungry at all usually, but the minute there is food in front of me, it's really hard for me not to eat too much. (a lot of times I eat so much I get a stomachache).

I was on the GAPS diet for a while, which helped, but I just couldn't keep doing it anymore. I think it helped my digestion a lot though.

Thank you both.
Saraeli, I already know I have a very low testostone but the rest of my hormones are pretty good. As far as parasites & candida, I honestly know nothing about the two of them. I’m hoping it just get easier and easier. Thank you for the encouraging post

I have for sure have increased appetite. I’ve gain about 15lbs, hoping it comes off eventually although I’m thankful to just be feeling better. How do you know if you have parasites?

If you have ever eaten sushi, salad, or a berry directly from a bush, then you probably have parasites. We basically all have them, though often they can exist as an unobtrusive part of our normal microbiome. Candida overgrowth is very likely if you have been on antibiotics or have had a standard American diet (even in the past).

But I understand that you mean, how do I know if parasites are causing my issues? There aren't reliable ways to know for sure, at least not that I know of. One way would be to treat for them. There are lots of herbs that are unlikely to cause issues if you don't have parasites but are helpful if you do. Mimosa pudica is a big one - it paralyzes parasites, so they exit the body without dropping their toxic loads, which they would if killed. Another way is with frequencies, like a rife machine or AmpCoil. Some people use fasting to starve them; some say even just fasting 16 hours per day can be enough to clear many intestinal parasites, along with diet. And there are other herbs: vidanga, neem, clove, tansy, agrimony, feverfew.

A sugar-free diet (including no fruit) with as few carbs as possible is key, whether you have parasites or candida. It's brutal at first, but you stop craving that stuff before long. For parasites, some foods help: garlic, onions, pumpkin seeds, fermented foods, bitter foods, nothing processed, fresh foods.

Make sure you are taking binders if you treat for parasites or candida - zeolite, bentonite clay, activated charcoal. Dead parasites especially can release any bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, etc. they are carrying around and make you sicker. Also be sure your bowels continue to move every day, thoroughly. To keep things moving, take vitamin C, magnesium, plenty of water, enemas, and veggies.

There are countless websites and posts about candida, so I'm sure you will find good information about that. Testing for these things isn't great, but I found the GI Effects stool test very informative. I was surprised to find no evidence of parasites or candida, but bacterially things were a mess. I treated my gut for a few weeks with a gut dysbiosis formula (olive leaf, black walnut, artemisinin, berberine, wormwood) and with probiotics (at different times of day), and 25 pounds flew off in a month. For me, the weight had accrued when I was trying an SSRI for "migraines" (misdiagnosed Lyme) years before and hadn't come off despite months of gastroparesis and very little food for a year - truly had not lost an ounce of weight on 400 calories per day. So I highly recommend treating the gut in some way!