[mrharrison]

I had similar issues. I went and saw a functional medicine doctor, had a stool test and he diagnosed me with candida overgrowth. Which may be what you had. Here is the diet protocol for beating back candida, which is similar to the diet you put yourself on. https://www.thecandidadiet.com/

[zackmorris]

Thank you, I suspect that I had a chronic infection of some kind like that. I'm leaving out a lot of details about my experience, because it's private and I lost hope several times. I want to stress that my self-medication and self-diagnosis prolonged my suffering. So please if anyone is reading this, see a doctor. They can run these tests and many more:

  Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)
  Baylisascaris Procyonis intestinal roundworm
  Celiac
  Epstein Barr virus
  Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency EPI
  Find a medication that does what ashwaghanda does (like Wellbutrin?)
  H. Pylori
  Hashimoto’s
  Lactose intolerance
  Lyme disease
  Parasites
  SIBO
  Testosterone level
  Thyroid level
  Wheat sensitivity tests: 1) wheat allergy 2) celiac 3) non-celiac gluten sensitivity 4) non-celiac wheat sensitivity 5) non-celiac wheat intolerance
  Worms

[mrharrison]

So half of those issues can be caused by candida overgrowth. If you get rid of the candida your body will reduce it’s heightened immune response and things like epstein barr and hashimotos will go away, testosterone will increase, etc.

[brigandish]

Did you feel any different or notice change as it was dying off/reducing? I was treated for a fungal infection a while ago with some anti-fungal drugs and the side effects felt huge, but the doctor told me those drugs are considered very mild. It made me wonder if the fungus was affecting the way I feel and it dying down made me feel differently (better, but it was a big change).

[mrharrison]

I was also on antifungals and yes it was quite brutal. I was quite tired and had a red flush from the die off. I took off the shelf liposomal glutathione to help clear out the oxidative stress.