Brain Fog

Today is a bad day for me. I'm in work & I'm fatigued and foggy headed. I have a ton of stuff to do and no energy to do it. To make matters worse I had co-workers comment & pick on me for my choice of diet & my rapid weight loss that has occurred recently due to my strict Candida killing diet (ive lost 20pds). I look great and feel great (on most days) and its hurtful when people think I'm becoming anorexic or paranoid of food. My co-workers are good people, but don't understand my ill health & why I don't eat sugar and processed foods. I'm looked at like a freak because I choose to live a healthy lifestyle. I have a pretty good support group at home which is a good feeling, but most of the time I don't want to leave the safety of my home. I just want to be left alone to heal. I'm sorry to ramble... I'm just so sad and I want to feel healthy and not have all of these roadblocks ahead of me. I've already cried in my works bathroom today about it and it's healing to me to write about it and see if anyone goes through similar situations.


Thanks to everyone who wrote back. Your words are so helpful! Its nice to know that there are others out there who understand.


I go thru this all the time, even worse being a man IMO. It's kind of like being a non-drinker in a bar room. Don't let it get you down because your health is the most important thing you have.


Yes. This is an unusual diet. Some people seem to have a personal problem with someone else being on this diet. To them, it is most important that you fit into the social norm and eat just like everyone else. Some may want to control you and make you fit their ideal, of course, "it is for your own good." Try to recognize that it is the other person's personal problem. Don't let it become your problem. Try not to even tell such people about your diet. Sorry that your co-workers were giving you such a hard time.


They are just jealous, that while you are eating good food, they are filling their fat faces with donuts, SCREW THEM. if theres one thing ive learnt in my 30 years on this planet its that 'normal' people are pathetic, jealous arseholes, and because they feel worthless, they try to make others who are trying to improve their lives feel worthless. keep on with your good diet if its making you feel well, dont let them destroy it all. my situation is ive been at the mercy of people all my life and everytime ive been on the candida diet ive had some sort of shit from other people which has crashed the diet and put me back to square one. recently 2 bad events occured at the same time involving other people and i just thought im not taking this any more, this is not my fault, its THEIR fault, why should I feel bad for the things THEY have done? so 3 weeks ago i started the anticandida diet again, and now im on it for life, no going back. its funny tho because as i am sitting here writing this, a woman who used to be my teacher at college, but who is now a political party activist delivered a leaflet to my house, and it bought back memories of me dropping out of college along time ago, and i felt the shame of it again. well im not going to buckle and crash the diet, i had good reasons for dropping out of school at that time, not least a moderate (which later turned into a severe) case of candida, this is just another way of them and the candida keeping me down, and im not going to allow it. screw them, im the important one, not them, and you should feel the same.


There seem to be a lot of ignorant people in this world. If we are ill, we have to put No.1 first and avoid any negative influences until we're better.

I've had to lock myself away for 9 months while I've been on this diet, as my so-called friends didn't understand and just joked about it, implying I was crazy. Since I've had candida since very young, and also flunked school due to the mental stress of it, I am determined to heal myself first and then get on with my life.

This is a very challenging condition, and people either try to accept our situation, or should be told to leave us alone.

If your work colleagues are getting to you and continue to be insensitive, you should tell them it's hard enough dealing with your infection. If it carries on, you might want to speak to your boss or look for another job.