I bought some probiotics last night and this morning was up quite early going to the bathroom off and on quite a bit. I'd been bloated so know they are already doing something good. My mental outlook is also MUCH improved today. I drove my husband out of the house (by how I was reacting to him) yesterday but it melted away for some reason. I felt love for him for the first time since I've been feeling this way. Weird. (I feel the spirit again, too. I had an all around bad attitude).
I really appreciate all of y'alls support about this. I go so much better before cutting out sugar and its amazing the difference. I'm not too far off track, but plan to get back to how I got before. Not even sure what happened. I'm chalking this up to a learning experience. My will is back to being there again. Thanks you guys. Its amazing how far reaching helping one person can be. I feel like me again and want to be there for the people around me again. I was insane. Thats the only word for it. Granted I've had some real stress, some real issues that have built up, but my reactions were not normal. I feel more attractive again even. Amazing. (Not a real happy camper when I don't feel good about myself either). THANK YOU~!~ I'm so glad I stayed on here. Thanks for keeping me on Russ..... (Or putting me back : ).
Jeanie, one doctor I knew about said that his wife struggled with candida and they wound up separating. Once she treated her yeast, they wound up back together. So yes, it can seriously screw up a person's feelings/emotions/perceptions/hormones and even ones appearance. Whether her actual underlying problem was mercury or not I don't know. But just treating the yeast made a significant difference to her and her moods and self esteem. However, unless they found out what was causing it, i dare say she'd spend the rest of her life having to be vigilant.
It's worth the frustration of feeling deprived of certain foods/goodies just to gain back a bit more sanity and stability. Not just for oneself, but for members of our families who have to put up with us also. So it can aid in the meantime, whilst a person treats the cause of the candida (if they know what that is). I'm hoping to get some probiotics soon too. Hopefully to build up my good bacteria a bit more. I think a course of antibiotics did me in big time. I've been much worse ever since with yeast.
Jeanie, remember that you can still go pretty natural by using alpha lipoic acid alone. it is simply an antioxidant! So if you are 3 months post amalgam removal (or other mercury exposure), you are safe to use ALA and do not need to use DMSA if you don't want to. Though the routine is not fun - every 3 hours dosage including during the night - it is important to do it that way to avoid the dangers of redistribution.
In the meantime, it looks like you do have a pretty serious problem with candida as well and like myself, require ongoing treatment of it and remaining vigilant. Falling off the wagon for me brings dire results. Which is why I'm not just treating candida at the moment, but looking forward to trying ALA again.
Let's try and keep to the programme! And it's nice to feel that one is not isolated in all this, but gaining support from others on here - as well as important healthful/helpful information. I find that a much better therapy than seeing a shrink!
