Ladies only, please - Lyme Disease Message Board

kitty9309 · 11-19-2008, 03:16 PM

How many of you ladies used probiotics and still had trouble with yeast infections?
I know men can have trouble with this, but I think it is more obvious with us.

Any specific brands of probiotics better?

sleeperwoken · 11-19-2008, 06:39 PM

I like healthy trinity brand probiotics. I also alternate probiotics with garden of life fungal defense which has oregano oil among other things. Oregano oil is an amazing yeast beater. If I have a super bad problem I will use boric acid suppositories which I make myself with "00" sized capsules. DO NOT use boric acid orally.

This triple whammy takes care of every yeast infection, it's a real killer.

kitty9309 · 11-19-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sleeperwoken

I like healthy trinity brand probiotics. I also alternate probiotics with garden of life fungal defense which has oregano oil among other things. Oregano oil is an amazing yeast beater. If I have a super bad problem I will use boric acid suppositories which I make myself with "00" sized capsules. DO NOT use boric acid orally.

This triple whammy takes care of every yeast infection, it's a real killer.

Thanks for the suggestions on brands. Another member's doctor recommended fungal defense.

I have used boric acid in the past when otc products or rx didn't work. That stuff is amazing. I wish more people were aware of it.

amm4711 · 11-20-2008, 08:20 PM

Hi, i've been reading this thread bc a couple of years ago i was on 3wks of abx and broke out in a seven month YI. its was horrible. i couldn't figure out how to get it and tried everything under sun, finally a doc in boston told me i just had to do two weeks of standard treatment instead of one. really haven't had one since, knock on wood but now i've been diagnosed with lyme and need 12-16 months of treatment with abx. so far i've been on 2.5 weeks but i feel like i could get one any time! so i've read that boric acid work really well but that it may burn. has anyone else had that reaction with this? i've also read that you can do a suppository twice a week and it can keep an infection at bay, which i may start doing. sorry i'm just really clueless as to where to buy this stuff. Can anyone say where they buy it or what brand and what is the 00 suppository? i'm on olive leaf extract which my doc told me to take, probiotics and the like to ward yeast. i'm going to ask for diflucan when i go next which is on the 3rd just as a safety.

kitty9309 · 11-20-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by amm4711

Hi, i've been reading this thread bc a couple of years ago i was on 3wks of abx and broke out in a seven month YI. its was horrible. i couldn't figure out how to get it and tried everything under sun, finally a doc in boston told me i just had to do two weeks of standard treatment instead of one. really haven't had one since, knock on wood but now i've been diagnosed with lyme and need 12-16 months of treatment with abx. so far i've been on 2.5 weeks but i feel like i could get one any time! so i've read that boric acid work really well but that it may burn. has anyone else had that reaction with this? i've also read that you can do a suppository twice a week and it can keep an infection at bay, which i may start doing. sorry i'm just really clueless as to where to buy this stuff. Can anyone say where they buy it or what brand and what is the 00 suppository? i'm on olive leaf extract which my doc told me to take, probiotics and the like to ward yeast. i'm going to ask for diflucan when i go next which is on the 3rd just as a safety.

I got the boric acid at WalMart near the pharmacy in the health care section. It is a powder in a small bottle. The gelatin capsules(00 suppository) you can get at any health/vitamin store. It is hard to fill the capsules and I have heard you can get a pharmacy to fill them for you. Not sure if most will, though.
Doing it as a preventive is a great idea that I may do as well. I had no burning issues and it is not as messy as the creams and such.