Hi I just thought I would chip in even though this is a few months old. I am aged 49 and have suffered terribly with the dreaded candida etc for years. My symptoms have eased but only by removing sugar, dairy, wheat, all grains of any kind I haven't had alcohol in years. My diet contains no processed food at all because as I have got older I just cannot digest them. I eat a paleolithic diet (the only one that works for me) I don't take probiotics because of the horrendous symptoms from them and the die off. I have got used to living this way and whenever I diverge and (treat) myself the symptoms return. For instance the last time I ate bread I was asked if I had a black eye! On the plus side I have lost 2 and a half stone and am never hungry.
As a fellow sufferer can I just say oestrogel is the only thing that seems to have helped overall. The symptoms I get when I take progesterone for 2 weeks are feeling low. brain fog, anxiety, anger, fear and occasionally seeing things out of the corner of my eye which is slightly creepy. I do find symptoms ease off a bit after day 5. I feel a bit groggy and sleepy on it but emotionally hyper if that makes any sense. Oestrogen however seems to calm me down and make me feel a lot more level.
I also work part time from home although I do meet friends a couple of times a week and I also force myself to the gym or at least a yoga class when I feel really bad. I book myself a cheap massage or facial every 6 weeks at the local college. My sister is three years older and remembers the hell of what we are going through and assures me it does get better even the feeling so low. I am hoping she is right, hang in there!