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Posted 4/8/2013 6:08 AM (GMT 0)
So I am always looking to take something else that can help me in some way. I added an organic super green powder from Trader Joes and I am looking to add a few more herbs/vitamins to the mix. But at what point does it become too much? I am taking handfuls of pills a day! Many are vitamins and herbs. I would love to hear what others are taking...maybe to see if I am going mad, or perhaps to add something else to my list! lol.

Samantha

My list (though I'm sure I'll forget a few): resveratrol, NAC, artemisinin, saventaro, ADR, maca, garlic, ginger, licorice, american ginseng, ashwaganda, D3, vit e, saw palmetto, eleuthero, milk thistle, nattokinase, probiotics, tumeric, chlorella, b12 (shot), p-5-p (active form of b6), folate (active form of folic acid), fish oil.

Also now the super green powder, as well as organic hemp seeds in the smoothie.. loaded with protein and those omegas!

Posted 4/8/2013 3:01 PM (GMT 0)
Well I have a huge list too. I can barely keep up :) Here's my daily count:

ABX: 13
Artemisinin: 6
Magnesium Citrate: 12
NAC: 2
ALA: 2
Ashwaghanda: 2
Nystatin: 4
OLE: 2
B-Complex: 1
B-6: 2
Turmeric: 4
CoQ10: 4
Probiotics: 4

I'm sure I'm forgetting things but that's 54 so far. Plus a daily methylcobalamin shot.
Posted 4/8/2013 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
LOL! Even though I'm no longer in treatment, you don't want to know!! turn When I was in treatment, I averaged anywhere from 80-some to upper 90's!! smhair But that included things like 9 pills a day for turmeric, 9 pills a day for ginger root, 9 pills a day for intestinal cramp herbs - that's already 27 a day!!
Posted 4/8/2013 4:18 PM (GMT 0)
How about the members that take antibiotics.  What supplements are you on?

Patty

Posted 4/8/2013 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Ceftin - 2/day-500mgs
Doxy - 2/day-100 mgs
Vit C salts w/ Mag - 4/day-1/4 tsp
Japanese knotweed - 12/day
Milk thistle - 9/day
Sida Acuta tincture - 3/day - 30 drops
Homeo Berberine tinc - 3/day - 90 drops
Homeo Hawthorne tinc - 2/day - 90 drops
Homeo Lymph drain tinc -2/day - 60 drops
Homeo Bacteria detox tinc - 2/day - 30 drops
Homeo Cell drainage tinc - 2/day - 15 drops
Omega 3 w/ D3 - 1/day
Houttuyunia/Boneset tea - 3/day
Azo Yeast tabs - 3/day
Probiotics - combo of 3 pills - 6/day

If I remember or have enough time in the day....
Multivitamin
Astragalus/reishi
Magnesium
Kidney support
ECGC
Peppermint tea
Coconut oil
Posted 4/9/2013 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Patty,

I am on abx and I take all those others as well.

Do anyone take certain herbs with abx? On an empty stomach? After eating? How do you take your herbs/vitamins?
Posted 4/9/2013 3:53 PM (GMT 0)
Buhner in his lyme book says it didn't matter when you took it but someone recently asked about the Bart protocol and he says to take it before meals on rising, before lunch and before dinner. So I've switched recently to doing that. I don't have any issues with nausea or queasiness but before Lyme if I had tea on an empty stomach I would feel sick. I also take Vit C before or right around when I take abx as it is supposed to increase their efficiency. LLMD says to take probiotics away from Vit C.

Other support herbs I just take when I can/remember. and abx after meals.
Posted 4/9/2013 3:54 PM (GMT 0)
@sam where do you get your licorice from? I think my adrenals might be a little off and licorice is a very good synergy herb.
Posted 4/9/2013 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
I get a lot of my herbs from the "Vitamin Shoppe" brand. They are really well priced and contain no yeast, corn, wheat, dairy, fish, preservatives, artificial color..etc. Make sure if you use Licorice that you start slowly and get the one that reads " glycyrrhiza glabra." Do not use the one that has the letters "DGL." That one has removed the part of the herb that helps the adrenals.
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