Full Moon on the way!! For all our new members, Please read!!!

We really aren't even sure why, although the thoughts on this are varied, one thing we do know is that some of us will have a herx (increased symptoms) during the time before, during, and/or after the full moon- and some have the same reaction to a New Moon.

Mine changed around as I got closer to being healed, but it never failed to happen. And honestly, I was sick for so long that it's now weird that I have to look at the calendar to know when it's a full moon!!

I used to deal with increased symptoms for 3 days previous, the day of, and 3 days after the full moon - and sometimes on the New Moon. As I got closer to being healed, I would only react on the day of and the following 3 days, then it changed to just the day of the full moon. And as I said, now I have to look at the calendar to know when the full moon is happening!

The best thing you can do is to realize that this is going to happen and raise the amount of detoxing you do just before this starts for you, get as much extra rest as you can and just muddle your way through as best as you can.

This is not something that all with Lyme experience, but it is VERY real for those of us that do.

So hunker down and hang on to your boot straps for those that have a hard time!! Know that we will most definitely be here for those that need to vent or just need a shoulder to lean on as you go through this. We really do understand!!!

Although I am feeling great most of the time these days - still get migraines though...For me it is when the weather makes a drastic change. Like if a big front comes in before a storm I will start to feel very nervous. So weird but happens a lot.

Traveler hope you are still doing well.

justinj - Just wanted to tell you that there isn't a test to tell you when you are healed...we are healed when we are symptom free.

Actually, somewhere along my lines of research, I read that parasites are more active during a full moon.

Babesia are parasites.

justinj said...
Ive been meaning to ask you something for a while. when you put "healed" in your post or on your bio what exacally do you mean by that??? No symptoms? Or test results reveal infection is over or what? Thanks for all of your awesome info you put on this site!!!
And as far as the full moon, man your right! I notice a huge difference during it and the new moon!

As Girlie said, there's no test to tell us when we are healed yet. There is rumor that one has been developed, but I have yet to see or hear enough people saying it's accurate for me to put trust into it yet.

So what do I mean exactly?

I mean that I have no active symptoms of these infections. None. Even my nerves that I thought were permanently damaged are showing signs of healing - but first I have to be free from Lyme for 7 years before I know if I have any nerves that are truly permanently damaged (they can completely regrow in 7 years) - and I haven't reached that point yet, since I was reinfected just last summer.

I had every symptom listed in the Master Symptom list for Lyme, except the "male only" symptoms and the more severe heart issues - all of them are gone. All but intestinal issues.

I had every symptom of Bartonella - same there, they are all gone.

Babesia, same thing - and all gone.

Spotless RMSF - those symptoms are all gone.

Anaplasmosis - symptoms gone.

Ehrlichia - symptoms gone.

And the list goes on. I was diagnoses by a very well respected LLMD (Dr. Edwin Masters, RIP) with every tick-borne infection due to the number of symptoms and their severity after a very extensive intake with him in 2007(3.5 hrs!!).

So what am I left with? Adrenal fatigue issues, and hypothyroidism - and I'm in treatment for those things. All treated with herbs and natural treatments, and all are healed or in the case of my adrenals and thyroid, are healing.

But that would make for a very long signature line, so I say I'm "healed" - not cured - as in my mind "cured" implies that I don't have to worry about relapsing. I do, but I worry more about reinfection. So I take preventatives.

Thank you for your kind words. Because of what I went through and the struggles I faced, I wanted to do all I could to help others find their path to healing as well. I really appreciate your kind words.

myeezy24 said...
i still think this is a bunch of hocus pocus

Myeezy - not everyone will be affected, but believe me, it really does happen. Do you know why I post about it whenever I can remember ahead of time? Because it took me 6 months to figure it out!!! I herxed horribly on New Moons and Full Moons for about the first 6 months of successful treatments - and it just made no sense whatsoever as to why I was suddenly herxing twice a month.....until I started tracking it closely on my calendar and saw that I started herxing about 4 days before the New Moon or the Full Moon every single month. So I started posting here about it and looking for references elsewhere on it. At first it was hard for me to believe, but as the number of people that also experienced it grew, I had no choice but to recognize that although it doesn't affect every single person, it does affect most people with Lyme and company. No doubt.

I had to pull up "full moon calendar" on Google because I wasn't sure of the date!

Just FYI for those who are wondering:

August 29th Full Sturgeon Moon 2:35 pm
September 27th Full Harvest Moon 10:50 pm
October 27th Full Hunter's Moon 8:05 am

I was feeling a lot of improvement until Wed the 26th, then it seems my herxing is a little worse. More anxiety, more irritability.

I have not checked full moon patterns until now, so I am definitely tracking this now!

I'm not easily led, but tonite, the pain is worse than child birth.

When things were really bad for me a few months ago I was still undiagnosed. I remember seeing about this and not believing it. But then I looked back at the dates and they all matched up to times I was feeling huge amounts of extra symptoms. I believe one was around easter I was pretty much in bed for 4 days straight. This one my vision issues are flaring up a bit and I feel a little tired but im still functioning and feeling pretty good. Guess this means this thing is getting more under control.

I can assure you that the moon does have effects on people. Im newly diagnosed with Lyme and so sick I haven't been paying attention to the moon. however, as a nurse I saw mainly:Psych patients and Alzheimer's during full moons and their symptoms escalate during this time. And how difficult it was for us nurses to redirect them, medicate etc.
So as far as hocus pocus-I disagree.

Hey Traveler

did you get varicose vein from bartonella?

I started to develope this the last month on my under arms... Hopfully rifampin will hinder this from progressing.

Hello to everyone on the Healing Well Lyme Forum.

I am the husband of sillysheep, and I dont know if this is the right place to post but She wanted you all to know she is okay.

She is having a bad brain herx and is unable to interact much at the moment.

She misses you all, and is hoping to be back soon.

Love from sillysheep and smellysheep

smellysheep said...
Hello to everyone on the Healing Well Lyme Forum.

I am the husband of sillysheep, and I dont know if this is the right place to post but She wanted you all to know she is okay.

She is having a bad brain herx and is unable to interact much at the moment.

She misses you all, and is hoping to be back soon.

Love from sillysheep and smellysheep

LOL!! Welcome, Smellysheep!!! I ADORE your screen name!!!

I'm so very glad you joined us just to let us know how things are going for sillysheep!!!! I've been wondering where she got off to!!! I'm hoping that she will be feeling better soon - do be sure that she is doing all the detoxing that she can!!

And please, please - give her a big ole hug from all of us!!! We hope to see her back here soon!!! And you too, of course!!

And then, reach around your back and just give yourself a pat on the back for helping out as like this!! What a wonderful guy you are!!