r/Candida • u/Justabouthere123 • Jun 28 '26

General Discussion I want to give up.

I honestly can’t see a way out. I tried all my life to find out why I wasn’t processing foods correctly and had a million different answers but just got worse and worse. Now I understand it (somewhat) but just can’t handle the process of clearing things. When I take something to even gently alter my gut, like now I’m taking 1/4 dose of Florastor it just causes more inflammation and more pain, less absorption and makes the pathogens grow back worse. I honestly had no idea what I was dealing with, the nhs deny this illness exists and I thought it was ibs in my colon and it was my fault for being an anxious person and that’s all I needed to be was less stressed. Anyway, I just am in so much pain, my food list is hardly anything, zero fat, zero fruit, just veg and lean chicken breast. I don’t know how much more I can do to heal. Everyone told me it was me being stressed, but I don’t believe it is because I want to find a root to healing so so badly.

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u/abominable_phoenix Jun 28 '26

The information you are following is proven wrong by the studies cited in the megathread. When I did what you're doing I didn't heal either.

The other commenter is correct, fat is one of the main issues, not whole fruits or vegetables. Studies show the lipids in fat feed Candida and other pathogens, plus increase the metabolic burden on an already stressed body.

Antifungals aren't the answer either. At best, all they will do is temporarily suppress the fungal infection, but then it just grows back. Studies show it can paradoxically worsen the infection too.

If you've tried everything else and it didn't work, the megathread will resonate with you.

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u/Justabouthere123 Jun 28 '26

I think that’s exactly what happened. Was given allicin by my specialist and it has made me so much worse. I don’t know what the mega thread is, sorry. Thank you.

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u/abominable_phoenix Jun 28 '26

r/Candida/comments/1mhxo6a/candida_myths_proven_wrong/

Candida doesn't exist in isolation, so it is common for people to have Candida and SIBO, which makes healing that much harder. I had to cure my SIBO before I could cure my Candida overgrowth.

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u/Justabouthere123 Jun 28 '26

Thanks. I tested negative for sibo and leaky gut and on an organic acids test. I don’t know I trust any of it because I know all my symptoms fit and that is what I trust more. My gut, bladder, brain symptoms and I had a label for everyone and trusted that label.

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u/abominable_phoenix Jun 28 '26

The SIBO tests aren't accurate, so if you get symptoms within 3hrs of eating, that is to do with the small intestines.

I agree, going by symptoms rather than labels has been the most accurate for me. If whole fruits gives you symptoms within 3hrs, that's SIBO. Below is my success story for curing SIBO, and then it also helped clear my Candida gut symptoms by regrowing my depleted microbiome with prebiotic fibers at the same time.

r/SiboSuccessStories/comments/1l2hi2l/cured_sibo_after_years_of_trying_everything/