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Pandora1151 · 04-22-2008, 02:10 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm down another few pounds since last week. I want to answer some of your questions:

"Pandora, Thank you so much for your post! I'm going to bring this information to my endo, my thyroid is also being re-tested, though my levels were also within normal range I was put on synthroid a couple of years ago, but we'll see if I need to be on a higher dose because I'm always tired. Hoping to have the same success as you did....

What kind of test determined that you had a yeast overgrowth? What are the symptoms for Candida yeast overgrowth? And what kind of treatment are you on?"

If you have Reverse T3, you might need to switch to a different medication if Synthroid only includes T4. My doctor, who is homeopathic I guess, prescribed Armour Thyroid because it matches human thyroid hormones exactly and includes both T3 and T4. In addition to my symptoms of yeast overgrowth (irritability, low energy, inability to lose weight, slight intolerance to foods/drinks that contain yeast - I would swell up when I drank wine or beer, unexplained hives, increased allergies, increasing inability to fight off colds, abdominal bloating, gas, alternating between diarrhea and constipation, strong cravings for sugar/carbs, inability to concentrate, and severe muscle/joint pain), he did a simple blood test to count my candida albicans antibodies - I don't know what this means, but he tested Candida IGG, Candida IgM, and Candida IgA. Results less than 0.89 EIA units are negative, between 0.89 and 0.99 EIA units are Equivocal, and greater than 1.00 EIA units are positive. My treatment is a 30 day diet that eliminates anything with yeast, sugar, gluten, vinegar, dairy, or alcohol. The first 2 weeks you also eliminate fruit. So basically all you can eat is meat, soy or oat milk products, nuts, and veggies for 2 weeks and after that you add fruit. After 1 week on the diet, I had to take Diflucan for 10 days. After 1 week on the Diflucan, I had to add Nystatin for 90 days. After the 30 days is up, I can add dairy, vinegar, and some bread back into my diet slowly but my doctor wants me to continue to follow this diet indefinitely becuase of the insulin resistance. The first 2 weeks were hard but after being able to add fruit I don't even miss the bread or dairy anymore. This is just normal for me. I'm not going to know what to do with myself after I can add vinegar back in! You'd be amazed how much food contains vinegar and yeast!

"She seems to really understand PCOS and I'm just waiting to get all my tests back. Your story sounds very similar to mine, I believe I'm hypo, I also believe my progesterone is low and have estrogen dominance as well and I know I have adrenal problems as well.
But I don't have fatigue, on the contrary, I'm always wired, so I'm not sure if that still means I'm hypo or not, I guess all will be revealed soon."

I'm so glad you also found a doctor who will help! How nice that you can get free blood tests! My doctor told me that if I had hyper instead of hypo I would always feel wired. Maybe that's it, but at least you are being tested to find out instead of having to guess. Another thing I like about this natural doctor is that he gave me prescriptions for the vitamins and supplements so I don't have to guess and wing it on what doses I need for these as well. I like the natural medicines too - nothing synthetic going into the body means less side effects and wierd things popping up down the road.