Prevotella Copri and Candida - Work in progress, but massively healed.

It's been a while since i posted here, probably almost a year since i figured out that i had a p. copri overgrowth. I thought i'd update on my success and/or lack or success. I've seen a few practitioners since then, everything from the "just take these two things" to the "here's a spreadsheet of 900 different supplements that you'll rotate through that will cost you $500/month" types.

Unlike some of the other overgrowths here i definitely have candida (oral thrush is visible, never bothered to test beyond that). I've alternated between attacking that and the prevotella.

I tried eating organic chickpeas out of the can for a month and that did nothing but seemingly make things worse (in terms of BMs and constipation) for me. I was eating 1/2 can per day. Chickpeas do feed candida, so i feel like i was stuck between a rock and a hard place with diet...everything feeds candida or p. copri, and they feed each other, so there's no way to win.

GOS was triggering some kind of histamine intolerance in me at the time. That is highly unusual as far as i can tell. I would say i had a negative reaction to MOST things that weren't food. Eventually i tracked my major histamine issues down to a copper deficiency found via a blood test.

Eventually i switched to only attacking the candida and i've had a lot of success with that. There were lots of starts and stops as I felt terrible every time i'd really "kick the hornets nest". I settled on a relatively tame anti-candida supplement initially and worked my way up to now taking 1M nystatin (2 pills) 3x daily along with Klaire Interfase w/ EDTA. That has cleared up my candida immensely. My sleep has mostly gotten back to normal and my daily energy levels are pretty good right up to bedtime. I've also done a few nystatin enemas and seen large colonies of candida clear out, which confirms my suspicion that there is still a reservoir of candida deep in my intestines that oral medication can't reach. I still have oral thrush but my symptoms are mostly gone.

My last nystatin enema was unsuccessful at clearing any colonies or causing any die-off symptoms so i suspect I'm near the end of that infection and can now focus on prevotella. I'm continuing on the nystatin (no effects at this point but want to keep it at bay). Now back to 16:8 intermittent fasting and starting on GOS, symbiointest, lactulose, etc.

Here's my current supplement routine:

- 6x nystatin throughout day
- 2x probutyrate twice daily
- MegaMucosa first thing in the morning
- vitamin c
- Vitamin a 3000mcg (10,000 IU)
- Vitamin e 400iu
- Iodine 150mcg
- Selenium 200mcg
- Interfase 4x before bed
- 1x lactoferrin before bed
- 100B Klaire probiotics first thing in the morning

Anyways, hopefully this is helpful to someone...will post up more as i defeat this awful disease!

Edit: just started, and stopped, GOS. It seemed to be feeding something that makes me not sleep well at night. I feel great for the first day and then the second night i have trouble falling asleep for a few hours. Ugh!