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Posted 12/31/2015 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
I had been free of the relentless leg muscle pain for more than a year...until just recently. The only things I have done differently are taking diflucan for a yeast infection, and I started using a blend of essential oils that's good for nerve repair. It has basil, helichrysum italicum, peppermint, and sweet marjoram. Any thoughts? My muscles in my legs ache terribly and it gets worse at night. sad

Post Edited (Boxermomtoo) : 12/31/2015 5:03:53 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/31/2015 4:27 AM (GMT 0)
Hi boxermomtoo!-

I take Diflucan for overgrowth of Candida. Diflucan can be used for systemic yeast issues. So you might be having a herx from Candida die off.

I think that I read a thread from Traveler. If I understood it correctly, Diflucan might also attack Lyme bacteria? So you might be having a herx from Lyme die off.

Best Wishes!
Posted 12/31/2015 5:42 AM (GMT 0)
Diflucan kills both lyme and candida, so who knows why do you have these symptoms.

Do the symptoms get worse on diflucan than without diflucan ? If that's the case then surely diflucan kills something. You can't guess what does it kill, the symptoms are similar and have to do with toxins released from dying bacteria/fungus.
Posted 12/31/2015 7:53 AM (GMT 0)
I think LB and mpost are both right.

As for the essential oils, they can cause some herxing too. Both Basil and Helichrysum were part of my EO protocol for Bartonella.
Posted 12/31/2015 12:06 PM (GMT 0)
Very interesting. So it must be either a herx or excess toxins. I took two doses of diflucan and the last one was about a week ago. I've had worsening symptoms since taking the first dose, which is right around the time I started the oils. I know Bart is a big problem for me, so that could be it.
Posted 12/31/2015 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
When I first started taking diflucan I had really bad leg muscle pain and would have to use a heating pad. I'm not sure if it was candida die off symptoms or lyme herd, but the diflucan was the only new thing I added. Hope this helps!

Leah
Posted 12/31/2015 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
I herxed from it after two weeks, for about one month, then the herx feel went away. I felt real hot at times, sweated while relaxing in AC, hard sleeping. Diflucan killed stuff, I fell better now, and thrush is gone.

Nystatin did non of the above, and even oral thrush didnt get fully eradicated from it. The tablet form is pointless in my opinion.
Posted 1/1/2016 6:21 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys, this definitely helps!
Posted 1/1/2016 4:46 PM (GMT 0)
Did any of you stop abx treatment or herb treatment when taking diflucan to treat yeast?
Posted 1/1/2016 5:06 PM (GMT 0)

Boxermomtoo said...
Very interesting. So it must be either a herx or excess toxins. I took two doses of diflucan and the last one was about a week ago. I've had worsening symptoms since taking the first dose, which is right around the time I started the oils. I know Bart is a big problem for me, so that could be it.

Regardless of what you hear people say, Bart itself does not cause herxing. Bartonella is inhabiting the endothelial tissue, these cells are very sensitive to toxins, so if Bart would release toxins it will kill its own house. It is at least 1000 times less toxic than e coli.

However these herbs we take for Bart dont have "Bart" written on them, they kill many bacteria, and some do release toxins and make you feel a bit sick, but never to the same level as a borrelia/treponema herx...

I recommend anyone with Bart/mycoplasma to read Buhner's coinfections book, it's awesome, like a compendium of the research done on these bacteria, they are not just treatment guidelines...
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