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Infection instead of depression/anxiety

Infection instead of depression/anxiety

Hello everyone;

I have been diagnosed with depression since I was a teen, and nowadays I see it as a f***ing stigma. I started with panic attacks and depression, but I never felt "out of myself". However, at my late teen years and early 20's I suffered two big urinary tract infections due to my ****** kidneys at that time. Whenever I felt like having them my head would feel like numb, confused, and then after the antibiotics, I would feel clear in the head again.
Last days Dec.2007 I started to feel "weird", like I never felt before, I felt I was losing it, going insane. I remember I warned my family I was losing it. Januray the first 2008 I lost it completely.
I was numb, severely numb. Couldn't feel love nor hate, no feeling at all. Me dad took me to the A&E cos I would pass out constantly, screaming and all that. I kept repeating "I lost it, something break inside of me head".
I was put back on Clonazepam (I kinda went cold turkey on that) but still, I felt like somethign was wrong, I had left Clonax before with no major issues other than some panic attacks.
A few months later I was put on Prozac. But the feeling of being numb and strange didn't leave me. It was hell and then I kinda got balanced up again, but never completely. Recurring thoughts would haunt me 24/7, except whne I was sleeping. My dr took me off Prozac around sept 2008.

Thing is, around August 2009 I started to have a strange feeling all over my body, and then I remember I went to pee and I noticed some red dots on the head of my penis, and I was like "WTF" since I haven't had sex for over 3 years, and never had unprotected sex. I went right away to an urologist and I he said "it's just a normal fungal infection that you can get from tight underwear, etc" and gave me a topic crème and an HIV test just in case. After 5 days treatment the syptoms (symptoms) went away, and around that time, maybe MY HEAD FELT NORMAL AGAIN, like before that sad 2008 episode, I was so happy, I wouldn't feel weird in the head any longer.
I was damn happy. Of course, Prozac f**cked my head a lot, but I was feeling way better.

Now, like a month ago, I started to feel wrong in the stomach again, like catching a cold, sick all over, and the strange thoughts and feelings came back and bam! those red spots again on my penis, again I was like WTFFFFF,  since I haven't had sex since the last time I went to the urologist!
But this time it came worse, me eyes are red, my throat is VERY red too, my tongue has a white coating and feels very pasty, I wasn't able to eat a lot lately, my head feels too weird, I overthink stuff a lot, but it just "feels weird" you know? Like I'm not causing it, and my anxiety is not causing it either.
Also my ears hurt at times, but not lately. I would also feel a pressure on my head, as if my brain was swollen.

I went to the doctor and he said it was depression again. WTF. Maybe it lowered my immune system? But I have felt like that for a month and going. I got a full blood check + HIV + syphilis test and they all came back negative.

And then I found this:

"The symptoms of chronic candidiasis can be many and varied. It is very important to know why candidiasis can cause these symptoms to better understand this imbalance. There are many people with chronic candidiasis have not been diagnosed and, instead, are treated as hypochondriacal patients, depressed and / or anxious. Unfortunately, these people are taking Prozac, Seroxat or anxiety, instead of following a treatment for candidiasis. Part of this is because, normally, candidiasis is related only to the symptoms themselves and create localized infection. For example, in vaginal candidiasis generally provide only localized symptoms in the vagina, with oral candidiasis, we pay attention only to the symptoms of mouth ... and treatments are local. However, chronic candidiasis has to be analyzed as a whole, we must go beyond its localized manifestation.

A very important point which is usually ignored when it comes to diagnosing and treating chronic candidiasis, is that its origin is often gut, even when we are contemplating a yeast infection.

The most common symptoms in patients with chronic candidiasis are
Fatigue.
Malaise.
Headaches.
Abdominal distension.
Diarrhea and / or constipation.
Indigestion.
Heartburn.
Desire to eat carbohydrates (sweets, pasta, bread, etc.).
Depression.
Dizziness.
Hangover in the morning.
Sore joints and muscles.
Vaginal discomfort (itching, irritation, injury, etc.).
Fluid retention.
Insomnia.
Chronic infections.
Allergies.
Anal itching.
Aphonia.
Nasal congestion.
Choking.
Nail problems.
Eye and ear discomfort.
ervi, panic, fear, tachycardia and flushing."

(excuse the poor Google translation)

I do not self diagnose over the internet nor condone that, but, could my doctor be ignoring an infection of that fungus? This thing also causes red spots in the penis, and I don't see any reason to get that since there's no chance I caught it while having sex.
Could it be that it's this thing making me feel weird in the head and I am right about not being me nor anxiety?
I fit for all those symptoms (except for vaginal itchy, lol, it would be penis in my case)

Or should I just keep my doctor's opinion of it being depression and ignore it could be an infection of such kind?

Regards.
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