Struggling with Candida

Hi Brenda

Have spent a while looking for our previous conversations but could not find it. Can you tell me what happened to them as there was a lot involved in them and I'm not sure where to start?  It was titled "Desparate for Answers".  Anyway I have a serious case of Candida with leaky gut  I'm positive.  I have your "Road to Perfect Health" book and I have all the symtoms.  I had an endoscopy done recently and was diagnosed with gastritis and prescribed Omerprazole 40mg. I took one and didn't like the side effects and stopped.  The wierd thing was before the procedure I didn't feel any problems but since I've been experiencing burning ever since and if I wait too long to eat it gets worse.  I went back to your book and realized I had not been using the Intestinew. After I took it things really calmed down. Is it okay to continue on the Intestinew; will this heal the gastritis or is there something else I need to take?

I've been under extreme stress.  I am extremely sensitive to foods containing any kind of sweetener.  I was given Inulin and I stopped myself from taking it because I knew I would have a problem with it because it is a carb (sugar) but read how it feeds the good bacteria in the colon and now know how important it is but I start to cry after about 10 to 15 mininutes after I ingest it.  I purchased Renew's Ultimate Flora 200 billion and after I took it this morning I cried for half an hour or more.  My question is why is this happening to me? If you don't know the answer can you possiblly find out from one of the Dr.'s in your book. There is FOS in the probiotic which is what triggered it because when I take the 50 billion I don't have that problem. I'm trying real hard to eat just veggies and legumes and meat  but it seems the more I try to clean up my diet the more sensitive I get.  What can I do to help with the cravings for sweet or carbs?  I had a diflucan a couple of days ago and it really takes toll on me. I have another one to take.  I'm worried about how much diflucan a person with serious candida should take. I'm pretty sure the candida is not only in my bloodstream but also in my brain. The problem is it gets hard to function and get things done and could this also be detox symtoms. I can't stand to smell any chemicals either.

I need to find a doctor who can find out what nutrients I'm lacking in the blood and brain so I can function properly.  Can you help me with a doctor?  The other promblem is my insurance which is only an HMO will not cover natural doctors and I already spent over $4,000 on my holistic dr. and supplements and I'm no better than I was a year ago. So I wonder if it some chemical or nutrients is what I need.

My symtoms started a year ago October after I detoxed off of antidepressants for 20 years.  They weren't helping but I gained a ton of weight and became severely constipated with a host of other problems.  I've lost 70 pounds since all this started.  I was reading the section on depression in your book and it sounds like what I've been going through because none of the antideprssants worked.  Please tell me where I can find the mood formula you recommend and if there is one containing all these ingreds (5-HTP, St. John's wort, B6, folic acid, rhodiola, L-tyrosine). I tried a few of these in the past but don't know how much of each one to take. Maybe Dr. Sponaugle would know.  My regular internist wants me to go back on Wellbutrin but that won't solve the problem just mask it.  I'm also wondering if my internist can run some kind of detailed bloodwork to see what I need at least in my blood.  Please help me however you can Brenda. Thank you. L. Tirado