Probiotic?

[mmiglio]

My dd12 was recently diagnosed with PANDAS and has candida. Took one month Augmentin which made OCD worse. Started Zithro today. Fingers crossed. Also takin Nystatin. She is taking a BioGaia probiotic for kids (she only weighs 58 lbs) but want to know if there is something better I should give her.

[MomWithOCDSon]

I don't know the BioGaia probiotic, so I can't speak as to whether or not another one would necessarily be "better." I will offer, however, that my DS was on antibiotics for nearly two years, and we had no yeast overgrowth issues by using three probiotic and "cleaning" supplements: a mixed strain probiotic by Renew Life, a sachromyces boulardi (sach supplement by Jarrow (same probiotic strain as in Florastor, but less expensive), and bentonite clay.

 

The mixed-strain probiotic we gave every day, as we did with the sach b. Sach b is, like candida, a yeast, but a beneficial one that helps crowd out candida; it's also impervious to antibiotics, so you can dose simultaneously if you need to without giving up too much of the probiotic to die-off. We would use the bentonite clay once per week or so to help "sweep out" the die-off in the gut.

 

Hope things go well for here on out!

[mmiglio]

Thank you so much! I just purchased the Jarrow this week, but she refuses to take it. I will keep trying. I also bought chlorella for detox but alas, she refuses that as well. Today she refused her abx for two hours but finally took it.

[MomWithOCDSon]

With the Jarrow sach b., I think you can open the capsule? Maybe you could mix it into a cup of applesauce or yogurt and she would willingly eat that? It doesn't have any taste. I would just avoid trying to hide it in something warm/hot, as high temperatures might kill off the beneficial bacteria.

 

Good luck!