Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Need help with yeast overgrowth diagnosis!!!! Please!

Kim123,

I am on the diet on from knowthecause.com and have also consulted a number of other websites including yeastconnection.com since there are some indiscrepancies as far as which fruits and legumes can be eaten and when. However, I pretty much eat all kinds of vegetables greens, spinach, asparagus, celery, cucumber, scallion, garlic, pepper, avocado, green apples, berries; steak, lamb, turkey; eggs; almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds.
I have been taking Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules, Garlic Capsules, Candex, and probiotics. No prescription antifungal right now. Do you think I need one? I plan to see my physician, but the problem is, I am in an awkward stage right now as I am finishing up school in Rhode Island within the next week, then finals, then graduating and then returning home to Long Island,... during which time I can see my regular physician.

Though I am feeling generally a little less depressed today than the last few days, I have been feeling this because I haven't/hadn't really spoken to anybody in my life about it, and even people who I had, I didn't explain it all because it's so complicated and I don't feel people really understand or believe me. In the last two days, I've told my boyfriend, father, and sister a little more, which sort of helped I guess.

I feel like it's hard to eat out of the house with the restrictions because you never really know how people cook things. And the fact that I can't drink sort of gets me down, I'm 21, I like beer for the taste even, not to get drunk, and when most of my friends "go out," they go to bars.

I suppose this may pass... it's only the beginning and it is such a long process as I've read, which scares me out of my mind to think how long I might have to live like this, or what if I never feel better...

I am also on the birth control pill. Have been for roughly 5 years without a break, originally for very heavy bleeding (I'm talking super-plus tampon every half hour, 6-7 days) and now also to prevent pregnancy. I know birth control pills make the body hospitable for yeast overgrowth and the more I read about what the excess hormones can do to your body, the less I like it. I have been thinking of discontinuing after this pack it finished, but I am also very nervous about this. I keep thinking about if my periods go back to how they were (they are extremely light now, 2-3 days), and if I will face many common side-effects of discontinuing BC use like headaches, nausea, mood swings, etc. I am also considering the fact that if I go off the BC now, while it may assist me in recovering from a yeast overgrowth, I may have started to feel better on the anti-fungal diet and never would have known if I start developing symptoms from discontinuing BC use. Do you know what I mean? I don't know if the timing is right or not.

A lot of things to think about and I am very on edge... 8 days now and I am just waiting to feel some relief.

Thanks for all your thoughts and understanding,

Jackie

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21, female, Long Island, NY
school in Kingston, RI

IBS-C, abdominal pain, gas, bloating, cramping; acid reflux; fibromyalgia; chronic fatigue syndrome; chronic headaches

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