Anyone care to share how long it took them to get rid of candida symptoms and what you did?

I feel candida is my main culprit right now and the die off is intense when I take antifungals.

I'd like some encouragement on what to expect, assuming I'm sticking to a full plant based diet and on the proper antifungals and probiotics.

I've used the search function and I know Pirouette has had some success. Is she still around?

I've delt with it many times. Besides lyme ABX use, Candida is common with autoimmune issues, and it can go hand in hand with leaky gut. I first treated it 8 years ago before I did anything for lyme. I used herbs (below), corrected diet, went gluten free for three months, treated leaky gut - all on my own.

I'm familiar with P's use of powdered nystatin, which you get at compounding pharmacies, but I never tried it. I 've used herbal mixes like the popular Now brand Candida Support. And also individual herbs. You need to "change it up" with herbs, the candida can get use to it otherwise, I know this.

After ABX I got systemic Candida pretty bad along with oral thrush. Nystain in tablet form did nothing for me. So we nuked it with Diflucan tablets every day. That worked for me, used it for 2 1/2 months, tapered off at the end.

Note: Either the Diflucan anti-fungle itself or the candida die-off toxic load made me go further hypo than I already was. After its use my thyroid levels went back to what is normal for me (normal at my regular thyroid med dose).

We all have amounts of Candida, so you really just control it, not eliminate it. I can feel it come back if I eat sweets, junk food, or more beer ect. So I have to watch it during the Holidays.

I dont buy regular bread. Whole grain is not any better than white bread either. I only but true sourdough loafs of bread, which is fermented. I buy like 3 doughnuts a year. No candy bars. Gluten free Pasta only Takaria brand (spelling?). Way less pizza. More raw veggies - love sweet peppers, not hot. No sugared soda. I drink a lot of flavored herbal teas at home in winter. I like a cold brew in the summer (but never have been a hard drinker), and even tried some of the new gluten free beers, $pendy, but better for you, and no Candida beer burps LOL!

I'm trying to figure out how big of a problem it is in my case.

My head symptoms seem to outweigh my GI issues in severity so idk. Like my brain fog and general cognition is my main complaint. I herx like crazy from antifungals.

In just wondering how bad can systemic candida alone present itself?

I know it gets harder when considering Lyme, but I haven't had any luck with antibiotics so I'm wondering if candida has been an issue even before antibiotics were taken for extended periods.

I'd say if I have candida alone without Lyme (which I'm not 100% sure about), it seems like a pretty bad case. They seem to go hand in hand but I can't seem to determine the main culprit. I'm fairly certain I do have yeast based on my reaction to antifungals.

I don't appear to have thrush based on my observation. At least not a lot. so it hasn't been easy to determine that way.

I just keep wondering if candida toxins be as debilitating as Lyme?