Candida fight

[MichaelTampa]

Thought I'd toss this question out, in case anyone here can help. I have had very serious candida infection for over a year, very likely many years. After many months on an extremely restricted diet and other supplements designed to help, I started on antifungal drugs to see how that goes.

 

I started on diflucan for about a week, and had mild headaches a lot and did get more energy. I then added ketoconazole, a nasal spray, as the doctor has suspicions about it hanging out in the sinus area. Just more of the same, and felt pretty good about how things were going. The next day, I added liquid nystatin, an "antibiotic antifungal". The introduction of the drugs was staggered really more as it took time for the pharmacy to make them, but somewhat glad it turned out that way.

 

With the nystatin, I ended up with hunger after eating, and had a nap after lunch the day I introduced it. Took 3 doses that day, 1 dose the next day, then stopped, seeing those symptoms as a candida flare-up (not considering die-off as a possibility for those symptoms). My stool, which had miraculously turned more or less solid and normal 3-4 days before I started these drugs, also went urgent and very loose, and continues now that way, even 3-4 days after I stopped the nystatin. The hunger after eating and needing naps did stop, though. [The loose stool has been a problem for decades, and I had been getting improvement with straightening out spine and getting muscles loosened up, and did just have allergy treatments, so the improvement was not unexpected. I did recently add two other supplements, a stronger vitamin D and other probiotics, so they could also have caused the loose stools, and I am stopping them today to see if that makes a difference.]

 

I quickly blamed the nystatin and stopped it, in part, because I hear that antibiotics can cause flare-ups in candida, and it is an "antibiotic antifungal". And yet, it is commonly used to treat candida. A bit confused by the phrase "antibiotic antifungal". I had assumed it meant that it is an antibiotic and an antifungal. But could it mean something different, like it is an antifungal that is a little bit special but not an antibiotic?

 

Has anyone had the hunger and naps as part of a candida die-off, really headed in the right direction?

 

Michael

[MichaelTampa]

Actually, forgot to point out, also, the initial antifungals definitely reduced genital itching, but then with the nystatin, the itching increased again, and decreased again a day after I stopped the nystatin. I have read that the die-off can make you "feel bad", but by that, can it actually be an increase in candida symptoms?

[faith]

Michael,

I don't know from experience, but I've heard that with the yeast treatments, initially the symptoms can get worse for a bit before they get better. I think that's pretty much the consenses. I think you might find more info on the tics board, maybe look at some really old posts about 'candida' and 'nystatin', etc.

 

Faith