Lyme & Seizures .. ??

I had some petite mal(?) not really sure—seizers a couple of yrs ago. But nothing since starting treatment. Hope you find some answers… I've been wondering about this myself.

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I used to get several different types of the less severe seizures - mine was all due to my body not being able to detox well. First of all, are you sure it's not due to some medication or herb that you are taking?

Have you had any testing done on the genes that can make it hard for people to detox - MTHFR?

My seizures all stopped when I started detoxing literally like my life depended on it - I sure felt like it did! I had a lot of trouble getting started, so I enlisted help and got through it.

Are you detoxing? Do you find you are quite sensitive to detoxing- do they set of herxes for you? These could be indicators that you need to concentrate on detoxing to help (hopefully) stop the seizures.

If you can use detox methods easily and don't seem to be having any issues, then the Lyme disease is triggering another condition. So do what you have to do to keep yourself save and be sure to keep on treating the Lyme disease.

And make sure that your Neruo is Lyme literate!!! Otherwise they will be telling you to stop doing what your LLMD is telling you to do!

Yeah, neurologists aren't often Lyme literate so I'm not sure that will be much help. Did you talk to your LLMD about the seizures?

I'm glad you are seeing a LL Neuro! That will help in sooo many ways!! And it's always important to rule out other causes for something as serious as seizures.

Everyone is very different when it comes to detoxing as well as to treatments. You will need to find what works for you. Many of the detoxing things we do can make us herx more if we do too much. Moderation is key in both treatment and detoxing.

If the sauna was helping you and didn't make you feel worse, then I would say to ease back into it.

You can find a lot of great ideas for detoxing in the "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread, but here are a few that I use:
Oil pulling
Dry skin brushing (helps take off dead skin & move lymph)
Epsom salt & peroxide soaks - but only stay in one for no more than 10 minutes, or you can start off with the foot soak.

You can also take "binders" - these work by binding to things like toxins in the body and them help to usher them out of the body - but you have to watch the timing on when they are taken as they will also bind to medications, supplements, food, and then the body can't absorb them either. There are several different types - Activated Charcoal, and Zeolite are two of the natural ones, and then there is one that is by prescription only - Cholestyramine.

For the MTHFR mutations, here is a fairly good explanation from what I understand about it: /sites.google.com/site/drjoneskids/mthfr

Start off slowly and build up slowly what you are doing to detox. Don't add in more than one thing each week, and add them in just before a day off. It won't guarantee that you won't have some herxing at work, but it should help to limit it some.

When you restart the detox baths, remember, start off with only warm water, and don't stay in longer than 10 minutes the first time or two. You can build up the amount of time you stay in slowly.

You can also start off with (or 'fill in' with) detox foot soaks with the Epsom salt and peroxide too.

Just remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint, so go slow. And be sure to let us know how you are doing!!!