Essential Oils

Yeah, you could be rejecting the oils, or the oils are doing nothing for you and your feeling worse because of it. I guess it would really depend what oils and what other treatment your doing.

Are you ingesting it or using it topically? There's a group of people here who have used it with good results and I agree that it could be herxing causing you to feel worse.

Backing down a bit sounds good. Are you doing any detoxing? Let us know how it goes for you.

You might want to look at the detoxing section in the "New to Lyme?" thread for other ideas. It seems like you need to do more. If baths are too much for you to do, you could just do foot baths.

I hope both of you will keep posting about your results since it isn't discussed very much. I haven't used it much since it would interfere with my homeopathy treatments...when I'm keeping up with appointments.

I do ingest my EOs (plus use them topically and in the diffuser) I'll be honest, when I first started using them, I was hesitant to use them internally. I'd read a lot about how it was unsafe to ingest EOs and I wasn't sure about it.

It really boils down to 3 schools of thought concerning EOs. The two most popular in the US are the British school of thought and the French school of thought. The least popular, the German school of thought, really avoids using EOs topically and internally and only uses them by inhalation.

The British school of thought, which is most of the aromatherapists in the world, believe that ingesting EOs is dangerous. They also think EOs should be highly diluted to a concentration of 2% when used topically.

On the other hand, the French school of thought is much more liberal. They believe EOs can be used undiluted on the skin and be ingested and be safe and beneficial.

I read a lot of information about it and came to my decision that I felt ingesting EOs was safe. I would be happy to talk to you about my reasoning, but it might too long for this thread, so we could take it private, just let me know. But really, each person needs to do what they feel the most comfortable with.

I was diagnosed with Lyme in July of 2014 with a known tick bite during the Memorial Day Weekend which resulted in no "bulls eye rash" but an EM rash on my legs, back and arm. GP prescribed Doxy and infection has been called as "cleared" by medical guidelines. I've experienced continued issues with Lyme such as lethargy, feeling the need to sleep a lot, inability to focus, etc. I had a lumbar puncture in October 2014 that came back negative for Lyme in my CS Fluid which is good but frustrating for me because I still feel like pooh!

I'm doubly auto-immune whammied because I had Thyroid Cancer in 2000 and had my thyroid removed. I am taking Nature Throid for my replacement hormone.

I had a tick bite in 2009 with a bulls eye rash that came back with negative results for Lyme however, I sometimes wonder if the most recent experience with Lyme in 2014 wasn't a reinfection with the effects amplified by previous exposure. That will never be known though.

Two weeks ago I started using some doTerra products. I'm making my own capsules 1 capsule 2 X per day. Each capsule contains: 4 drops DDR Prime, 3 drops Slim & Sassy, 1 drop On Guard and 1 drop Digest Zen.

I'm also taking 1 capsule 2 X per day of the Mito2Max.

I'm thinking of adding the LLV pack next month.

I use Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth for regularity (if I am having issues) and for detox when herxing (like when I was on the Doxy).

about 5 days ago I started oil pulling with coconut oil. I felt really tired the last two days and also today, yucky tummy, sore teeth, overall general bad feeling. Suppose I am herxing so I used the DE today and will over the next few days until the bad stuff gets cleansed out.

I'm very curious if there are others out there using EO's along with the oil pulling and what the experiences are? Success stories or not so successful stories?

This is all uncharted territory for me.

I felt REALLY great with the EO's and feel that the oil pulling is the source of this herx but it may be a combination of both. I also felt REALLY good the first couple of days of oil pulling - better than I was feeling with just the EO's alone.

I can't afford to go with the whole Lyme Protocol AND if I could go ahead and order all of the products the Lyme Protocol calls for - I don't like sales pressure and feel like I should be able to choose what I feel I should be using instead of having an expensive sales pitch shoved down my throat. Although I started out very doubtful about EO's, I did a lot of research, tried several different brands and settled on doTerra because I felt confident they were what I wanted to use. I have a family member who uses Young Living and has had a phenomenal response. These two companies are one family that split into two companies - so they are essentially one in the same.

Once again - I'm just wondering if there are others on here using EO therapies along with oil pulling and I'd like to hear about their stories for the long term - if all of this is worth it or not.

Thanks!