Candida Dump

 This happened in the last week of July and though the stomach pain is almost gone, the adrenal spike is not going down any time soon.  Big questions:

Why did it happen?

Most probably, I was too aggressive with the Liver Beef.  I found that if I crossed the line with too much caffeine or alcohol consumption, Thym-Adren wasn't effective.  I had to take extra Liver Beef to feel somewhat better.  After I reduced consumption of forbidden drinks, I remained on the extra Liver Beef.  After several days, I could not tolerate Thym-Adren IF I took too much Liver.  Eventually, I stopped the Liver but it was too late.  

My stomach started KILLING me beginning on the afternoon of 7/24.  Symptoms fit the candida dump to a T so there was never any doubt as to the nature of the problem.  I've had 3 prior dumps, most recently in April.  This one was the most painful, which is a surprise.  The dumps had been getting less severe in both intensity and duration.  Not so this time.  My stomach pain was so bad that I could not even sleep properly the first 2-3 days.  I had to lie down on my back because it was too painful to roll over on my side.  I had night sweats, white discharge in my stool,  a low grade fever (100.4 degrees) and hyperventilation as well.  I could not even walk normally as I was bent over in pain.  Add to that, I could not take a sick day at work because it was my week to answer the phones.  I was in obvious pain and all my co-workers knew it too.

Come Friday, I was somewhat functional and able to sleep properly.  I did plenty of that over the weekend.  It wasn't until the next Tuesday, 7 days after the symptoms hit that I was physically able to run.  After 2-3 days of improvement, the adrenal spike hit and it will take time to die down.

Changes:

I have been sugar, caffeine and alcohol free for 10 days and counting.  Going for 21 then no more than 1 cheat day per week.  Even with the proper treatments, candida may never go away if it is being fed its sugar.  It's coming easier now.  In the past, I failed because of frustration over auto-immune reactions.  Let's hope I've got that beat once and for all.  

I did go back to the Liver but only 1 pill per day.  I've had no problems on that dosage.  Will I try to increase it again?  Maybe but not for a while.  I could see another dump.  I'm actually willing to deal with the discomfort of a dump to hasten the removal of the candida but it CANNOT be this severe ever again.  If I can tolerate high doses of Liver without the symptoms of a dump, I may be in the clear.  I still do have a bit of a rash above my ass crack but the one on my armpit is definitely fading.  

I will not try to increase the Liver dose again until I get back from California.  Man, if this monster hit when I was on that trip, I don't know what I could do.