Mushrooms - Increased Inflammation

Yesterday I bought Host Defense Stamets 7 with 7 mushrooms. I took 2 capsules per the bottle. Today, I feel inflamed and face feels inflamed. Blurry vision today. I got this for immune support.

I have used lions mane tincture at low doses with no issue. Cordyceps powder may have caused a herx long ago. Stopped it a few days after I started and never tried again.

Bottle says it uses mycelium and polysaccharides and an array of extracellular constituents including prebiotics” to increase help immune function.

I am wondering exactly what this means. Lipopolysaccharides are endotoxins (bad). When I searched mushroom polysaccharides, I found they are considered prebiotics. Also saw a connection to beta glucans. Beta glucans are identified by CIRS surviving mold remediation experts as one of the inflammatory particles found in water damaged buildings.

Curious how other users respond to mushroom supplements, especially anyone else out there with mold illness.

Can’t say for sure the mushrooms are what is inflaming me, as I have unfortunately had increased inflammation much of the past week after about 7 mostly good weeks☹️

WalkingbyFaith - I definitely have candida and may have been exposed to mold as well (lived in a basement apt. for 9 months, quite a few years back, that grew black mold profusely). I tried taking Cordyceps as part of Buhner's and definitely had some sort of reaction - my face got hot/inflamed feeling, my earlobes got red/itchy etc. - and stopped taking it after a few tries. Not to say I know anything about this or what caused it, but could have been a similar sort of reaction.

Hi, WBF. I have been taking tinctures of medicinal mushrooms, which I was told were less likely to cause reactions than other forms. I ramped up my dose quickly, and seemed to react to it. (Still not sure. There's a recent post about it.) I dialed it down by half and am feeling better now. Not sure what else to add, really, just not sure. Some mushrooms reduce histamine response and are taken to treat MCAS, whereas others aggravate it. As for mold sensitivity, people keep saying that medicinal mushrooms don't contain anything that should bother us. I wish I had more advice!