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Posted 12/7/2013 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so tired of thinking about lyme!
I'm worried that I am not reading enough on it and not doing everything I should be doing.
Right now I'm just doing twice a day doxy.
I don't feel too bad besides random aches pains and twitchy stuff lately.
Pretty much I try to put lyme in the back of my head in order to keep my sanity.
I have little ones and so much going on that I don't have time to detox bath daily and reading all the million things people say to do gives me a headache.

Anyone know of some simple and worth while things I can add to my protocol that don't take a lot of time or effort that might help? Lol.

Ugh lyme sucks! I want it to go away so I don't have to be a paranoid mess anymore!! :(
Posted 12/7/2013 7:27 AM (GMT 0)
Everyone has the desire to be done with it, so your not alone there. :) The things you can do to treat it are overwhelming. I find that the more I read, the more I need to keep reading. Since peoples' complaints and state of health vary so much, what works for one person may not work for another.

Just try to eat as healthy as you can to get your system stronger, so it can fight the battle better. There is a book on the Lyme diet. I haven't read it, but others here have. I don't recall the exact name.

Hang in there. It is tiresome to try to find answers. Keep coming here.
Posted 12/7/2013 12:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Hallie,

It can be overwhelming. And it can be tricky to build detox habits into the day. Can you drink lemon water? That's been one of the easiest habits for me to build. We have to drink anyway, so it wasn't too hard for me to throw the lemon in. A 20 minute detox bath can help a lot, too. Maybe try to aim for one before bed a few times a week? As you build a routine, it will get easier and easier to deal with. Keep posting, okay? We are here for you.
Posted 12/7/2013 3:41 PM (GMT 0)
When I strarted treatment, My Dr said there's tons of herbs/extracts that can be taken, and I can research, and add on my own(checking with him first), but the only one he orders patients to take is teasel.

The write up he gave me on it said that taken over a period of 6-9 months teasel changes the environment of the body and allows the immune system to recognize the bugs again. Plus it warms the tissue, pushing the bacteria into the blood stream, so your body and abx(if on them)can get them easier. And, it reduces inflammation, so it can help if you suffer from pain.

Traveler kindly posted an article about teasel on one of my posts(med timing questions)yesterday, and it said the same thing, if you want to check it out.
Posted 12/7/2013 5:23 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for your kind words, Sooverthis!

It is overwhelming, HallieMae, but the alternative is worse, believe me. As has been said here, start small and work up to doing more and more. One week, just be sure to drink as much lemon water as you can...then keep that habit going.

The next week you can add in a short foot detox soak - these are easy to 'sneak in', as all you need to do is sit for 10 minutes. Hopefully you can get in 2 or more a day. Whenever you think you can get away for just 20 minutes - a nice detox soak in the tub will not only help you detox, but relax you too!

Eating as healthy as you possibly can, including as many veggies and greens as you can get in will go a long way towards your healing as well. Green smoothies will increase your nutrition even more - and it only takes a few minutes to whip one up!

You can dry skin brush just before bed - if it doesn't wake you up more. Or you can do it just before a shower. Dry skin brushing will increase your body's ability to detox as it removes the dead skin cells so that your skin can push out more toxins.

These are the most basic detoxing things. As I said, try working in one more each week. It'll take patience and trial and error to get them all in most of the time, but never beat yourself for being so busy that you just couldn't get everything done for detoxing. Just try again the next day.

Once you get most of these things into your routine, there are some things that you can add in to help increase the amount of toxins moved, but don't add in those things if you are not doing most of this daily, as it will only allow more toxins to be circulating, making you feel even worse.
Posted 12/8/2013 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
What does the lemon water do?
Posted 12/8/2013 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Also where do you get Teasel and how do you take it?
Posted 12/8/2013 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Lemon water helps to turn an acidic body into an alkaline one. Bacteria and viruses thrive in an acidic body, so we want to do all we can to keep our bodies in a slightly alkaline state.

Teasel is for sale in many places on the internet, and if you have an herbalist, you can ask them. Most of it is in the form of a tincture I believe, so you would add it to about 3 or 4 tablespoons of water to take.

I think you will find this link quite helpful:
buhnerhealinglyme.com/herbs/teasel-root-tincture/
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