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I have been reading up on yeast and candida.
I am only on my third week of antibiotics. I am taking doxy. I have been prescribed pretty large doses of Nystatin for the yeast.
I have not gotten my probiotic pills as of yet. Haven't ordered them yet. It was the next thing on my list.
I have not been eating sugar. I have not cut out the gluten yet. I have been on Magnesium.
Today, I have noticed my tongue has the white coating on it and is very sore. Burns whens I eat certain foods.
I read that this is probably yeast. What in the world do I do now? Do I stop the antibiotics, I started taking the doxy on April 9. It hasn't been three weeks yet.
I have a call in to my doctor. He hasn't called me back yet, but he will.
I am in a panic. I thought it would take a lot longer than three weeks before getting yeast.
The posts that I have read are from people that has taken antibiotics for a longer period of time.
Thanks much for any advice or comments.
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You cannot take abx without adding probiotics (not at the same time) or you will suffer with yeast. I would also get some diflucan to kill your yeast beast.
I agree with Ralphi, at least 200 billion probiotics per day. I used to take 400+. You might want to do a yeast cleanse (health food store).
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I will be getting a prescription of Diflucan tomorrow morning.
I also have the probiotic from the drug store. Wonder how long it will take before I feel a difference?
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The probiotic won't make you feel better, but the Diflucan should.. though at first you may feel WORSE. You can have a die-off reaction as the yeast is being killed.
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I bought the CVS Ultimate Flora. It has 30 billion in each capsule.
I am 59, the lady at the pharmacy said I should get one for 'seniors'. But I went ahead and got the Ultimate Flora.
I will start taking them tomorrow. At 30 billion (10 strains) per capsule, I should just take one a day? I will have my diflucan tomorrow morning also.
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I bought the CVS Ultimate Flora. It has 30 billion in each capsule.
I am 59, the lady at the pharmacy said I should get one for 'seniors'. But I went ahead and got the Ultimate Flora.
I will start taking them tomorrow. At 30 billion (10 strains) per capsule, I should just take one a day? I will have my diflucan tomorrow morning also.
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Take what you can afford. You are going to need about 100 billion CFU's per day .. minimum.
I have no idea what that lady meant by one for seniors?? I'm glad you got the UF.
PS.. space them out during the day and make sure you take them 2 hrs away from an antibiotic. I find a really good time to take them is first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Then one during the day if possible.
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For me it has been diet, diet, diet. No sugar period. I eat very low carb too really.
I also take candisol which I love -- better than Candex for me and candida cleanse by NOW-- each help a lot. I take tons of probiotics and eat lots of sauerkraut and drink a lot of kefer.
It has been a journey but I can tell you that when I pulled all sugars like carrots etc from my diet -- the yeast went nuts as it was dying and I ended up at an acute care not hardly being able to make sense and feeling like I was weak and going to pass out. It also made my stomach burn like fire to the point I could not take probiotics for awhile. I then went on the GAPS diet, and everything slowly began to turn around. It made a lyme flare honestly look easy. I wish I had known that dieoff can be that bad. The anxiety I had waking up in the morning was beyond anything I have ever experienced, in a word, harrowing.
I do think that getting the candida under control gave my body a leg up to be able to put the lyme into remission. Blessings and let me know if I can help in any way.
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No carrots, eh? Wow - I have been doing limited sugar, limited carbs, nystatin, probiotics (400 bn), and natural antifungal rotation, and the yeast is still getting the upper hand.
I took some more diflucan the other day, which really helps me, but I quickly realized that I cannot take it at the same time as the rifampin (for my bartonella).
So I'm back at square one - the fatigue is creeping back in and I'm non-functional again.
Would removing the last remaining traces of sugar (like in carrots) really make that much of a difference?
It has been a journey but I can tell you that when I pulled all sugars like carrots etc from my diet -- the yeast went nuts as it was dying and I ended up at an acute care not hardly being able to make sense and feeling like I was weak and going to pass out. It also made my stomach burn like fire to the point I could not take probiotics for awhile.
I then went on the GAPS diet, and everything slowly began to turn around. It made a lyme flare honestly look easy. I wish I had known that dieoff can be that bad. The anxiety I had waking up in the morning was beyond anything I have ever experienced, in a word, harrowing.
I do think that getting the candida under control gave my body a leg up to be able to put the lyme into remission.
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Got to do something, since I can't be on diflucan while I'm on rifampin (took diflucan on my own for 2 days and then realized that I needed to stop!).
Fewer and fewer things for me to eat, but I need to be able to be awake and not sleep all day.
Thanks for all the help!
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