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Originally Posted by nicolelynn  JaneS, I noticed you have a link for Pharmax probiotics in your signature. My Naturopath prescribed these for me (said to do 2 weeks of the Synbiotic but I only did 2 days of that before it caused unbearable die-off, and and then the Maintenance which I did take for about 3 weeks) but I stopped taking them as I am concerned about the fructoogliosaccharides. She said it is food for the good bacteria and does inadvertantly feed the bad bacteria as well, but she said getting the counts of the good bacteria back up will mitigate that. I am just not convinced as it is synthetically derived and is SCD/GAPS illegal. Any thoughts?
I, too am searching for the best probiotic. Right now for me though I am starting Oil of Oregano for parasites/candida and then re-starting probiotics in several weeks when they have a chance of implanting on the gut wall once the OoO begins to kill the infection.
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DS has had tremendous help from first Intensive and then Mindlinx, both capsule versions do not have FOS. FOS is very uncomfortable for him to take so I just didn't do it. To me excess gas and bloating cannot be good, I'd rather go slow, especially with a wee one. I think you should listen to your body.
I have heard good things about the Synbiotic though. It is a crazy high count, rivals the VSL3 b/c Pharmax puts in double what is on the label so it makes the count 250 billion per sachet. I know of several people personally who stopped yeast infections in a day or two with this product and it was the only thing which prevented them from coming back. But they didn't suffer with the FOS. From what I've read I think it is the specific kind of bad bacteria you might have in abundance that responds to FOS, some do not.
Maintenance only has 1 billion (2 billion fresh) organisms, I wouldn't consider this an option so soon for someone with big issues. *Maybe* after several months and a return to easy digestion and perfect stool patterns (at least once preferably several times day of dark brown firm not smelly) but not a few weeks. I would do Intensive for a while, that is 30 (60) billion per capsule.
I wouldn't wait to do probiotics with your OoO, is that what your clinician told you? I would do the probiotics at different times as the OoO but start at same day. Your gut flora will shift from the OoO. The way I think of it based on my reading is that the space will want to be occupied when the OoO kills off bacteria and yeast and you want what grows back to be influenced by the probiotics so the organisms themselves will adhere to the epithelial lining, and the ph level produced by the probiotics (they produce hydrogen peroxide) will resist the bad stuff from growing back.
He used to have 'smell to the rafters' poop! Now it's so mild.)
