constipation

I would like to know if anyone gets severely constipated from either the lyme remedies or the anti-malarial drugs ?
If so what have you done to fix ?
I have babesia and am having trouble taking anything due to the really severe constipation.
Thanks for any help.
barb

Hi barb,

Sorry to hear this. I have always been constipated. I used to think it was normal growing up to only 'go' twice a week!

Still, for whatever reason, I am constipated. My diet full of veggies and fruits does help but not enough. My nutritionist told me to take 1 tablespoon of flax seed per day and that has really helped keep me regular. I also drink lots of water (helps with constipation) and take magnesium. Also, high doses of Vitamin C make you poop. There is something called 'to bowel tolerance' that my nutritionist wanted me to do but I didn't want to. Basically you take 1 gm of vitamin C every hour on waking. The hour that you go "OMG - where is a bathroom" that is your 'tolerance.' Then you adjust the dose from there.

I must've had a really high tolerance because sometimes I was taking 8-9 grams of vitamin C/day and didn't have any hurried trips to the bathroom. I told my nutritionist that and she laughed and said that some people have gotten up to 50 grams/day (!) but they don't stay on that dose for long at all.

I would certainly recommend looking into it online. Plus Vitamin C is a really potent antioxidant and will really boost your immune system. If one wants to take high doses I would also suggest a buffered vitamin C - it is easier on the kidneys!

I know some people really swear by green vibrance keeping them regular too. Are you taking probiotics?

~beth

thank you all for your quick responses.
I am bruising now so am pretty sure will need to take vit c (powder)
Just feel like something is inside out and upside down in my system
But from what I've been reading this is norm for Lyme !
Yes I do take probiotics the old recipe of ig2000 and also something called gasxacid (?) from zymgen also (suppose to help in lower track)

Really want back on the a-bab as it did help with other symptoms it's just the blockup was soooo bad.

I also feel like I am best friends with the office folks at my naturopaths office ! They are great - so helpful and the doc the bestest.
Has anyone taken mc-bab1 or cryptoplus ? Not suppose to be quite so hard on your system

History: I have been to 3 different docs with 3 different diagnosis and treatments ! The marvel of modern medecine.
thanks again
barb

I use magnesium also. I take two a day of 500mg each. It is magnesium as citrate/oxide by Nature's Way. Katleen...what do you use?