Hopeful,
Have you paid to have your own blood work done? You can really get to the bottom of issues when you do this with a functional med dr. I went through way to many dr's & all blood work came back normal. Then I paid myself to run blood panels for lots of odd things & I did get results that the specialists dr's could not detect. After 2 years of super bad swelling of face & body, pain, etc.I am healing (not masking with meds) my body. My neuro & RA specialist started running tests after I paid for my blood work & they ALL finally saw that I was really, very ill. I refuse to take any western meds for my issues as they will just mask the illness. I can tell you that oil of oregano, grapefruit seed oil & tea tree oil have greatly helped - killing off yeast, parasites, bacteria, etc. I am recovering slowly but I am really healing. I can not stress how much a good functional med dr can help.