Hello everyone. It gives me great pleasure to help anyone out there who has IBS. I got IBS in May 2004 and had all the terrible symptoms.
After months and months of searching through all kinds of information I discovered that it is the cause of a yeast overgrowth in the gut. This is called Candida. If you looked up Candida you will find that the symptoms are anxiety and depression and a whole host of other wonderful things. The whole story though, starting from the root, is an acidic body. When someone's body is "acid" there is a decrease of oxygen in the body and it opens the the immune system up to all kinds of bacteria, viruses and funguses.
It took me a long time as well, but I finally found the right supplements to take. Candida can be very hard to get rid of. You need really strong and effective pre and probiotics. A lot on the market are too weak to pass through your stomach because the acid kills it before it can do any good. The product 'ThreeLac' has really helped me in an unbelievably short time. It has 3 strains of live Lactic bacteria This product has been patented to guarantee to kill the yeast completely. I also take "Total Immune Booster" to replenish the gut with good bacteria. This product also contains wolfberry and colostrum which is very good for the gut.

There is a home test one can do to see if they have a Candida overgrowth. You spit into a glass of water as soon as you get up in the morning. You MUST have had nothing to drink or eat yet. If you see strings or legs and cloudiness going down to the bottom that is Candida. If the spit just sits at the top then you are ok.
I would also recommend going to a naturopath who can do a test for you as well. I did that and it confirmed. I had a BTA test done.

I hope this helps someone ! God Bless, E.

wow !! very good posting. thanks

E.
thanks for your advice, im going to try the spit test. ive had IBS, or something for a few years, where do you get the supplements you were talking abut, i would be interested in trying them. anything would help. Take care Nelly

Hi Nelly and everybody :

Since my post I have continued my research and I need to report my new findings. I believe now that heavy metals & chemical toxicity ( probably Mercury)is the ROOT cause in most of Candida and bacteria overgrowth - IBS. I think acidity of the body is now a byproduct of this.

I still recommend ThreeLac (to kill the yeast) and a good probiotic (to replenish the gut with good bacteria). I get my ThreeLac from a distributor in the same city where I live, here in Canada. ThreeLac can be bought on many US websites. I think the price is probably comparable but maybe have a look at a few to see which is best for you.

I must tell you though that through my findings that if one has a metal or chemical toxicity the ThreeLac will not kill the yeast permanently. The yeast overgrowth is a result of the toxicity and it binds itself onto the heavy metals or chemicals. Therefore as long as you have the toxicity the yeast will also be always be present. This is what I have been finding taking the ThreeLac now for 3 months and having success but then all of a sudden the yeast comes back and IBS is again full blown.. ):

I have been trying the product LL's Magnetic Clay bath for detoxification. You can buy that off the internet too for about $ 49 US for a kit of 10 baths. So far I have taken 5 baths and do feel a bit better. I am very hopeful because my IBS seems to be silent again. If you are interested please check out the actual website http://www.magneticclay.com and see for more information . There are also many other websites that sell this product.

When I am done all my baths I will have a hair or urine anaylsis done. I want to have proof that it has worked. This is the only way to know.

I think the best advise I could give you and anyone else is to go and get a full test done. If you're like anything like me I tried so many products and just wasted so much time,money and further suffering! So, I do recommend going to a naturopath and just getting a urine analysis done. You could even do a hair analysis and send in a sample on your own. Perhaps this is cheaper. Sometimes you see ads for that at the back of natural health magazines or there's probably there's some places you can find on the internet.

I hope my post is helpful and not confusing or overwhelming you ... My search has been long and frustrating but I think I'm on to it now and I feel very good about it.
If you want I can let you know my test results in a couple months ?

In the meantime the ThreeLac and possibly a good fibre product will help relieve your symptoms to a more manageable level.

God Bless, E.

Here is actually a good article on what I was trying to explain... If you are interested it comes from the website : http://www.wellatlast.com/faq.html#Candida.
Have a great day, E.



Question:

What is the connection between Anxiety/Panic Attacks/Phobias and Human Ecology and Energy Balancing?

Answer:

Anxiety or Panic Attacks as well as Phobias are physical not mental problems! They are the body's way of saying that something is seriously imbalancing the nervous system. The list of physical causes are many. It could be due to a food or environmental allergen or toxin. Many people have an intolerance to caffeine, sugar, wheat, tobacco, alcohol, aspartame, MSG and other common substances--and often an addiction to their most allergic foods! These substances--especially if the person is too permeable and large amounts of the substance gets into the blood--directly over-excite the nervous system leading to anxiety attacks or phobias or many other seemingly "mental" complaints.

These toxic foods must be completely eliminated. Some people need to avoid environmental chemicals--perfumes, car fumes, etc. to be panic-free. Others even need to avoid electromagnetic fields--computers, TVs, etc. to be free of anxiety attacks. Of course, we have found that the sensitivity to electromagnetic fields is secondary to "critters" or heavy metal toxins in the body. If the person has (unbeknownst usually) overgrowths of parasites, Candida or other organisms, the toxins from these "critters" directly can shock the brain, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, adrenals and other organs causing a severe nervous state and great permeability with subsequent allergies. The critters must be found and eliminated so their powerful toxins are no longer present in the body.

In fact the connection of parasitosis and anxiety/panic attacks becomes clear when we see that both can involve hyperventilation; and that experts who treat each disorder sometimes recommend breathing into a paper bag to raise the low blood levels of carbon dioxide which can be found in the sufferers of parasitosis and anxiety attacks.

Spasms of the coronary arteries and other heart conditions which may not show up on electrocardiogram and other factors putting pressure on the heart can be felt as "severe anxiety attacks" as well. Other factors may predispose the heart or coronary arteries to malfunction and be felt as severe anxiety states. These factors can include any or all of the following: GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease/hiatal hernia/frozen diaphragm/vagus nerve imbalance), kidney problems, mercury (or other heavy metal toxicity), parasites.

These critters and others such as worms also can cause serious nutrient deficiencies. For example, deficiencies of Vitamin B-12 can result from overgrowths. B-12 (and other nutrient) deficiencies can cause many seemingly "mental" complaints. There are also some markers in a blood work-up that correlate with anxiety. These include low calcium (and possibly some other minerals), and high lactic acid and high carbon dioxide levels. Once again, this shows the physical nature of anxiety states. But these blood anomalies are often due to the other factors described in this FAQ.

Mercury and other heavy mental toxins can cause serious degradation to the nervous system. Tremendous over-activity in the nervous system can result. Mercury and other heavy metal toxins may be originating from one's dental amalgam or other dental material (crowns, root canals, bridges, pins) or from foods such as fish that accumulate much mercury and other toxins or from breathing in hidden environmental sources or from water. The hair mineral analysis should be done on anyone with anxiety/panic attacks/phobias if they are recurring.

Hiatal hernia can cause severe anxiety states and even mimic a heart attack with chest pains and shortness of breath and even numbness in the extremities. But if these symptoms are present, one should get emergency medical help and not assume it is hiatal hernia. But if heart disease is ruled out and "anxiety" is the diagnosis, the real problem is one of the physical factors we have described here.

One should not learn to merely live with anxiety or panic attacks or frequent phobias, the human ecology factors that are causing it can now be found and dealt with. There are rapid energy balancing techniques that can make one feel better immediately. However, unlike many in the energy field, we realize that the anxiety or phobias--if they recur or new ones develop--are often not permanently "cured" with energy (tapping) methods. As we have said for many years, only energy and ecology balancing works.

quote:

There are rapid energy balancing techniques that can make one feel better immediately

What are these rapic balancing techniques?

HI Connie.
The energy balancing techniques they are referring to is most likely EFT. EFT was invented by Roger Callahan (sp?) and he's had people after him that have updated the technique sinc then.
You can download a free manual on how to do it at Dr. Mercola's website http://www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse.htm
or go to Gary Craig's website http://www.emofree.com/

Happy reading..let me know if it helps you - it's a fascinating topic !

Kind Regards, E.

quote:

Originally posted by E.:
Hello everyone. It gives me great pleasure to help anyone out there who has IBS. I got IBS in May 2004 and had all the terrible symptoms.
After months and months of searching through all kinds of information I discovered that it is the cause of a yeast overgrowth in the gut. This is called Candida. If you looked up Candida you will find that the symptoms are anxiety and depression and a whole host of other wonderful things. The whole story though, starting from the root, is an acidic body. When someone's body is "acid" there is a decrease of oxygen in the body and it opens the the immune system up to all kinds of bacteria, viruses and funguses.
It took me a long time as well, but I finally found the right supplements to take. Candida can be very hard to get rid of. You need really strong and effective pre and probiotics. A lot on the market are too weak to pass through your stomach because the acid kills it before it can do any good. The product 'ThreeLac' has really helped me in an unbelievably short time. It has 3 strains of live Lactic bacteria This product has been patented to guarantee to kill the yeast completely. I also take "Total Immune Booster" to replenish the gut with good bacteria. This product also contains wolfberry and colostrum which is very good for the gut.

There is a home test one can do to see if they have a Candida overgrowth. You spit into a glass of water as soon as you get up in the morning. You MUST have had nothing to drink or eat yet. If you see strings or legs and cloudiness going down to the bottom that is Candida. If the spit just sits at the top then you are ok.
I would also recommend going to a naturopath who can do a test for you as well. I did that and it confirmed. I had a BTA test done.

I hope this helps someone ! God Bless, E.

Hello everyone.

This is the very first time I do this so I apologize if I'm not doing it right.
I have read some of the info posted here and find that I don't know anything about why I feel so sick. I suffer from so many symptoms I don't know where to start. I really hate to whine but will go ahead and let know anyone who will listen in hopes that he or she will begin to comment on what or where I should begin to be proactive and try to understand what is wrong with me. As I said before my symptoms are many... First of all I know I suffer from Anxiety/depression, dizziness and balance problems that never goe away specially outside while walking in large open spaces, numbness on top of my head, loss of memory, specially short term,it has become very hard to learn new things, for years now. Also what I believe is IBS, almost instantly after eating practically anything I get very bloated and subsequently very constipated,numbness on my fingers and sometimes toes, pain on finger joints,ankles and souls of feet, chest pain, hyperventilation,paleness, blurred vision, although I replace it I loose a lot of hair and stress multiplies the symptoms. I went to a rheumatologist thinking that I had MS or something bad like that but he just sort of laughed at me and said that I had fibromyalgia to just go out to take walks even if my feet hurt and I'd feel better. Then I went to a neurologist and he said I was depressed and prescribed paxil which I hated taking and didn't for 4 months until finally the Dr. convinced me to take it but not before I told him that if I died taking that stuff I'd come back and get him to which he just responded by blasting out in laughter, I only took it for 9 mos. because I couldn't sleep at night. Anyway... any help would be a blessing, thank you.

Lourdes,
Sounds to me like symptoms of Lupus. I'm no DR, however I do have a diagnosis of Lupus and experience many of the same symptoms as you. Do you loose circulation in the tips of your fingers and toes? Do they turn white & numb? Happens to me everyday....it's called Raynauds Syndrome. I've had the chest pain.....called Pluerisy. And the joint pain as well. And I hyperventilate probably all day long. You should go back to the Rhuematologist and ask for blood work and push him/her. Again, I'm not a DR, I just recognize your symptoms as very similiar to my own. I have a very mild case of lupus and am currently off all meds. But it is something you should have checked out. And you really do have to push those DR's.......
Good luck, let me know if you need to talk.

Question. The site for Candidia says that IBS and Anxiety are physical problems, but Lucinda and the Program say they are mental. Which is it?

I've read in several places that the whole candida thing is a myth, but others swear it exists. My understanding is that IBS IS a physical problem that can be triggered by mental issues. Stress and anxiety make it worse.

rica,
I agree with you. I started having IBS-D this morning, and im praying its just a small flare up. I just went through all this in september and october. I finally had meds to take for it, and now the meds are finished and i started this morning with diarrhea,, its so frustrating!! But, ive had several stressfull events happen this last month and i know it kicks off IBS. So, i think your right! Take care Nelly