candida lab test results - positive, now what?
Hey ya'll, I'm new here and am basically seeking advice on what to do next. I'm a 25 year old female who believes Candida is the cause of all her issues.
A few years ago, around 2008 or so, I had sex with a guy I was seeing who didn't know he had chlamydia. I found out when I got my very first full blown yeast infection. When I went in to my OBGYN to get it looked at, they did some tests...Called me a few days later and said, by the way, you have chlamydia.
They gave me 1 pill to clear it up (I can't remember what it was) and medication for the yeast infection.
It cleared up, but a few weeks or a month or so later I felt symptoms return. This then became a pattern. Prior to this I was able to have sex as much as I wanted and would not experience any infections or irritation of any sort.
Now I am in a relationship of 5 years and it sucks because I get a yeast infection almost EVERY single time I have sex. It used to be every few times, then every other time, now it is every single time. So just a month ago I got another infection and ran out of my usual prescription of Diflucan. I called my gyno and she told me that she couldn't keep giving me antifungals for the rest of my life and reccommended I see a "holistic doctor." She gave me the name to an acupuncturist I have been seeing me who has been treating me with herbal remedies. That was all good and well.
She claimed she could cure my "damp heat" (what they call candida or yeast) and after all of the research I have ever done, I was skeptical. So this past week I went in the gyno again to have my annual exam and asked if she could get me a lab order for a Candida antibodies blood test to be sure. Sure enough, I get a call today saying the test came back positive for it all in high levels.
Now I am unsure of what to do. I have done lots of research on these cell wall suppressors with little evidence that it works...Not many reviews out there unless I dig through forums like this one for hours.
I am curious about CandElim and the TotalFlora15 combiation. I read good things about it but one person on here said it worked and then it stopped working a few weeks after the treatment was finished.
I cannot say whether or not my Candida is severe. I can list a few of the things I feel....
Overall extreme fatigue and lack of energy
headaches every now and then
severe allergies to grass that I didn't always have (I can't skip a day of Claritin-D now)
recurring vaginal yeast infections
decreased libido (although I attribute this to 10 years of oral birth control pills that I quite 4 months ago)
foggy thinking and bad memory
muscle weakness
So really I don't feel terrible except for when I try to exercise, after I have sex (bc then I get an infection) and the fact that I don't sleep WELL every single night and wake up often, sometimes sweating.
I have never been a regular pooper, although now I am taking these Juice Plus fruit & vegetable vitamins because I don't eat either fruits or vegetables really...These vitamins are making me go to the bathroom every day if not every other day. Which is extremely regular for me, and I am happy about this.
But I want to know what you guys think I should try. Something that isn't too complicated and requires a sort of plan that I can stick to. I am good at remembering to take things on a daily basis a few times a day if needed. The only thing I worry about with the cell wall suppressors and all that is that I am worried about the die-off I've been reading about. I am afraid to get really sick from it. Some people report no die-off or very mild, others so severe they can't go to work. I cannot afford not to go to work obviously.
I would really like to try CandElim or products OF THE SAME type as that, that can kill the candida and such. So please, if you have tried any of these things I would like to know and how well it worked for you.