Anyone ever try a candida cleanse?!

Sorry that you have been suffering. There are so many layers to finding out what's actually going on the the digestive track. It may not be 1 specific thing, like candida, although I believe that's a huge part of it. As different people have different triggers for acid reflux. Only you will know once you figure it out what are your triggers and why.

I hope the info below will give you some guidance on where to go with this. And I will make it as brief as possible.

I got acid reflux 4 years ago. Took out all of the known triggers that they say to do (coffee, wine, tomatoes etc) helped about 20%. I did not want to take a reflux medication. I went to a naturopath who specialized in nutrition and she gave me some info to read about food sensitivity diets. She also clued me in on the fact that my history of antibiotic use has killed off a lot of the beneficial flora in my digestive tract. That flora is needed for healthy digestion and it keeps candida at bay. I won't bore you with my trial and error of what foods I took out (gluten and dairy are a few) and what worked and didn't. I did however settle on the SCD plan: Specific Carbohydrate Diet. (Some people call it the Paleo diet). I did it for a year and it worked. I noticed a drastic change within the first 24 hours. Basically it's taking out all grains and starches as they are complex sugars that your gut, being that it's not functioning properly, has trouble digesting. That unabsorbed sugar is now food for the candida in your gut. So even if you are eating healthy whole grains its still a complex sugar. It's not a diet you need to be on forever but they show you how to build your system back up.

I started cheating about a year ago and over time got worse. The reflux came back. I started back up on the SCD again a month ago and am much happier.

This may not be your complete issue but the links below might give you some incite into how your problem came to be and what you need to do next. Although most of the below sites do not refer directly to acid reflux, it is one of the symptoms. There have now been cook books published since the last time I started it so it makes it much easier. Some of the sites below talk about this diet for autism and other behavioral issues. Elaine Gottschall pioneered this diet for that reason and found that this diet helped those who also suffered from many different digestive disorders.

These pages also have link tabs that will take you to more sites for information and recipes to get you started.

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/
Click on the Beginners guide to give you an overview.
The book Elaine wrote called Breaking The Vicious Cycle is invaluable to understand the bigger and smaller picture of what's going on in your gut

http://www.austinscdfriends.com/page/pag…

http://www.gapsdiet.com/Home_Page.html
Again, another name as it's also known as the GAPS diet. Not as common as SCD.

Wish you the best of luck

Experience
I'm an herbalist

Colon cleansing or cleansing has absolutely no medical benefit and is in fact harmful to the digestive system. Old science from the late 1800's when meat was the main food and people were constipated all the time. Not enough fruit and vegetables.
There is no build up of bad plaque or sludge in a normal, reasonably healthy system.
If this was the case we would have people dying left and right from malnutrition since their bodies couldn't absorb nutrients.
The majority of the water from food and what we drink is reabsorbed through the colon, if our colons were clogged we would all be walking around looking like sponges right?
Detoxing is ridding the system - liver, kidneys, and intestines of toxins both internal and environmental. Additionally, many toxins are stored in our fat cells so in order to truly "detox", you need to lose excess body fat as well to fully detox.
We "cleanse and detox" naturally 24 hours a day through respiration, sweat, liver, and kidneys.
We can help by eating a healthy diet with minimal added sugar and salt. Lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grain foods, beans, peas, and brown rice keep a system as healthy as it can be.
Minimal alcohol, caffeine, soda.
Read food labels. If you can't pronounce it, don't put it in your body.
Cleanses actually flush out the beneficial bacteria and enzymes in the digestive system.
Search gut flora to learn about the beneficial bacteria we need in our colon.
They don't tell you about the gas, cramping, and bloating you will experience when you start eating again and the body has to rebuild this bacteria population.
Spend your money in the produce department.
Good luck.

Candida has nothing to do with acid reflux. A colon cleanse will cleanse the bottom part of your digestive tract and has no effect on your upper digestive tract. Acid reflux is caused by acids from your stomach being brought back up into your esophagus. Try Prilosec or some other acid reflux med.