Hey,

Read this post a few days ago but was busy working. Anyways, I don't know much or anything of what Addison's disease is other than reading and watching some videos but it sounds rough and complicated to say the least. I used to have inflamed psoriasis, arthritis, swelling, and Sugar cravings/hormonal imbalance. My gut issues are still there, so are my some of my lesions and Arthritis but over the past month it has began to fade and Arthritis is . I'm more active and my inflammation is subsiding in my joints and skin. Can;t believe I'm actually saying this but I actually love my life, life in general, I'm happy, moving well and going out enjoying life. I'm care free and have relatively low stress, carb craving's gone and sleeping well. Deep sleep and getting a lot of sunshine. I changed my mindset and cut carbs/sugars out in my diet, added some healthier habits and juicing/drinking more bone broths.

Just want to quickly state this. I don't know your situation or how your feeling exactly. Continue to do listen to your Dr. and take medications if your health depends on it and need it. Just trying to help and hopefully you can continue your path to good health. The fact that you're here says a lot and means you're trying to seek answers and fix your own problems without relying on a 'system' that never cures, only treats symptoms and potentially suppresses your immune system. Highly toxic and difficult to detox too. So yeah, there are other options. It does not always have to be go to the Dr., be medicated and feel bad and have symptoms increase when you go off meds.

I used to think applying hydrocortisones, topical steroids on the largest organ, my skin was something I would be doing all my life. When I younger I believed going to dermatologists, taking biologics like Humira, Stelara, Enbrel for the rest of my life for short term remission was my only hope. That was in my late teens thinking this, then I stopped after reading a book called healing psoriasis, by Dr. Pagano and Hulda Clark book. My first but very late introduction to alternative medicine. There is no quick fixes, short term treatment that last weeks, months for full remission or cure for severe, "incurable", "chronic" illnesses. I constantly read, read, educate myself, listen to Dr.s, listen to every person I've met online or person, constantly challenging myself. I'm skeptical about what I hear and read, if it makes sense and I understand the logic behind it, I'll add it to my daily regimen. As cliche as it sounds, we're all scientists and our best doctor. We live this life, suffer and know what works and does not. Do your best. I accept the challenge and feel like I'm going to heal myself soon. I failed so many times by trying different diets, alternative treatments, traveled to Hawaii, Philippines, even spiritual healers and never got better. I just have to change my mindset and apply some common sense and logic to what I'm doing.

I think people, including me in the past, over-complicate the situation. The body is meant to heal on its own. Again, there is no quick fixes, week, month treatment, toxic drug or magic supplement to cure diseases. Drugs are highly toxic, sometimes cause irrevocable damage and puts a strain on one's organs. Doing Liver Flushes while detoxing from whatever you're taking, antifungals, meds. Personally, I think it is overtaxing. Then your body has to deal with dysbiosis, physical/mental stress, hormonal imbalance especially insulin, eating process/sugar food which help worsen the situation in your gut. You had your health issues just as long as me, ~20 years. So constantly battling stress, illness, body going on overdrive to combat every problem for nearly your entire life is weakening the body's defense to combat whatever is going on. Body is overworked, needs help detoxing, needs more nutrient dense foods/juices and rest in general. Reduce inflammation and try to boost your immune system, increase RBCs.

Have you tried juicing? mainly greens, bitter greens like chard, dandelions, nutrient dense greens like kale, beets & leaves, carrots, etc? Putting more nutrient dense, nourishing foods into your body like bone broths from bone marrow, high quality proteins like grass fed meat, Antibiotic free chicken/turkey, oysters, wild fish. Cooking low and slow, with coconut oil or broiling..Drink spring water with little Sea Salt . Using essential oils, spices like cinnamon, herbs, teas, warm foods and drinks to help stomach acid and the liver.
I am such a believer in using diet as a tool for everyone to feel better, especially for people with chronic diseases. I don't know how effective these synthetic supplements are, how they're stored and how stable there are. And drugs like steroids are toxic to the body. If you really have candida, leaky gut I would continue the antifungals, add more supplements to detox

And I would seriously consider juicing, eating high quality proteins/bone broths and eliminating Sugar (if you candida). Grains, gluten is a huge issue for me. When I stopped, my body feels great, i move better and my skin is less inflammed. I still have to heal leaky gut.
I don't work for Omega juicer or Bed bath and beyond but there is a sale for 20% for omega juicers at BB&B. Buying a slow masticating juicer like the Omega J800, NC800 or J8004 is a great investment for your health. One of the best investment someone can make. juicing is better than blending because it gets easily assimilated into the body. Should consider juicing a lot while using antifungals/meds, imo. If someone can help you, all the better. BB&B has a great return policy and you can use it, return it anytime. Try a Omega masticating juicer, it comes out to $260-290 with the 20% sale depending on the Omega models. For this price point, it beats out a lot juicers because it has low pulp, slow enough to keep the live enzymes, nutrients being there due to low oxidation/rpm.

I would try to do both natural and go to your Dr. L take your normal supplements and antifungals. For people like me who used to be very weak, frail, always sick, I have to do more than the average sick person like go to near extremes in dieting, taking a leave from work or school to deal with stress, sleep in,because my immune system/hormones is so out of whack. Candida, SIBO, stress and poor nutrition/too much carbs/sugar wrecked my immune system. I feel better after doing a AIP/SCD/Low fodmaps type diet. Also, an Elimination Diet which helped reduced inflammation. Try to juice and eat bitter foods.

Candida, read about diatomaceous earth, betonite clay. Listen to Crista Orrechio's stuff on health podcasts, youtube. Take more vitamin C, milk thistle and turmeric. I make peppermint or fresh turmeric tea. I'm still working on how to increase my Vit C because I don't eat much fruit, no citrus. Is Iodine supplementation with selenium, increasing Sea Salt in drinks or food good for your condition? Before even reading the Water Cure , I've been adding real Sea Salt in my water, food and taking iodoral with selenium. I like salty foods and I think it has helped my thyroid and hormonal imbalance. As well as getting a lot of sun.
Have you heard of Dr. Terry Wahls and her diet/protocol? She had multiple sclerosis and is now in remission from dietary changes and exercise. Nothing is far fetch these days and a incurable disease is Bull. It is going to take some discipline, hours, trial and errors, failures and money to heal. Invest in your health. Health is wealth.

Anyways, I got to go. I have a lot of things to do. Cya, and have you feel better. Juice more;-)
excuse the errors, repetitiveness, I'm in a rush