how can you tell if symptoms are due to yeast overgrowth

A LLMD was asked this recently. His response was that yeast tends to cause carb and sugar cravings throughout the day, episodes of hypoglycemia symptoms, and GI symptoms. He claims that it is possible to herx on anti-yeast meds.

I recently have been trying turmeric/curcumin for herxing. It seems to work at least to some extent. That might be something to look into. Apparently it lowers, cytokines, reduces quinolinic acid and also has some effect against babesia.

I get the fast heart rate also. It's been increasing lately. I'm also on Biaxin, but I've had it while on doxy also. It's scary but my LLMD usually is not too concerned about it. However, heart symptoms can be serious for some people so you should definitely check in about it ASAP.

I can't remember how long you've been treating yet or if you've done several combos but do you notice a pattern to your herxing yet? For me the first week of a new med or an increased dose I get moderate herxing and the 3rd week I get SEVERE herxing. Throughout the combo I notice an increase of symptoms on the same days each week. That's been true of pretty much every med so far. The spacing of the herxing may help you to figure out what infection is causing it.

If it's only once every 4 weeks it's probably pure Lyme. Every 2 weeks or less would indicate babesia or bart.

Good luck. I hope you're able to get some sleep tonight.

Wow I'm so happy to hear that you feel like you are getting some control over your infections in a relatively short amount of time! That's fantastic! I took andrographis for a while as well. I still take it occasionally if I feel like I'm coming down with a virus. It supposedly works very well for viruses as well as bacteria.

Flagyl is known for creating MASSIVE herxes. I'm glad that you seem to be handling it and able to stay on it! My LLMD won't even allow me to try that yet.

I don't know specifically of any sites for candida, but I know of a ton of "home remedies" since I had to deal with it a few times. Mainly I had severe oral flush for MANY months in the beginning of treatment.

I cut out all gluten, refined sugar and dairy. I cut back on carbs and fruit as well. I had done this all along, but when it really flared up I became much more strict with my diet.

In addition, when I'm having a really severe bout of it, I use olive leaf extract, caprylic acid, raw garlic, nystatin, topical coconut oil, tons of probiotics and turmeric. I can't take diflucan which would be probably the strongest anti-yeast med, so I have to really get aggressive with alternative solutions when it starts getting out of control.

So far those things have been working for me. And I've been on a lot of meds in very high doses long-term.

Try candidapage.com/ for info all about yeast overgrowth...

The Paleo diet is similar to the anti-candida diet, except I think more fruits are allowed with Paleo. Anyway, you can find info on the Paleo diet (which is also good for those with Lyme) here:

paleodiet.com/

Hey, I was reading this thread and the info. on Flagyl caught my eye. My Doctor started me on 2000mg Flagyl/day!, along with Cephalexin and Azithro. I seriously thought that I was going to die form the herxing. He then had me cut the dose of everything in half, but has since said to increase everything. I brought the Flagyl up to 1500mg, 2500mg Keflex, and 500mg Azithro. and I have felt AWFUL since. I really think it's the Flagyl though. As soon as I added it in or increase it, I'm sicker than a dog! What is the "normal" dose for Flagyl and want can be used as an alternative for a cyst buster?