Ok, I did the "spit test", and from all the other reading, I do believe I have a candida problem.

I've been on Atkins for over a year (with ups and downs), but now I'm eliminating alcohol,(AGGHH) cheese (gasp!) and splenda(sigh).

I take caprylic acid (2, twice a day) and olive leaf, and I read somplace here not to take acidophyllus at the same time, so I might take that in the middle of the day starting tomorrow.

I've got rheumatoid arthritis, and take methotrexate, and I SWEAR that's the problem--I went off it once for almost a year, and was yeast-infection-free! As long as I'm taking it, I've either got a yeast infection, or I feel like I'm on the verge of one--(you girls'll know what I mean) I'm sick of main-stream docs and their "take this pill" response to everything.

What are the symptoms of this "die off" that's supposed to happen?