Posted 3/27/2016 2:24 PM (GMT 0)
My A-Bart came in the mail yesterday - I am a complete wreck, I have NO IDEA how to rearrange my pill / detox schedule to fit this in... HELP!!! I took charcoal at 5:50am (bc I forgot last night) and took the first drop of a-bart at 9:45 this morning.
Is there anyone out there taking A-Bart and also on digestive enzymes? Is it OK for me to take the rx digestive enzyme 30 minutes after a-bart so that I can take that with my food? What about spacing out ADP - its not RX, should that be 30 minutes away or 2 hours away? my head is spinning trying to come up with new schedule... My schedule was SO perfect and now its all a mess again! I also have a million supplements to figure out with a new schedule. if anyone could post THEIR schedule around herbals it might help me out!
Rikky1 - thanks for your response. Sorry for the delay - I wanted to get on a computer to reply since I knew I had my detox list already typed up! How long did you try the A-Bart before you realized it wasnt working for you? Im not sure if you are supposed to herx INSTANTLY on this stuff or if it creeps up on you - so far nothing weird. I know everyone is different.
Daily Detox Routine
2 tsp. Apple Cider vinegar in warm water with lemon
Coconut Oil pulling
Lemon Water or Lemon Essential Oil in Water
Dry brush before shower & bath
Just starting to do cold rinse at the end of baths - cant do it after showers bc of time constraints in the AM
~2 cups of ginger tea daily
Alka-Seltzer Gold & Trifortify orange almost daily
250mg x 3 Milk Thistle
Yogi Brand Detox Tea, Roasted Dandelion Tea, Every Day Lemon Detox tea - several a day
Activated charcoal - this is NEW as of february and I was going it for about a week at a time, then a few days break - I was noticing constipation even though I am drinking a LOT of water with it and daily.
Epsom Salt and Peroxide or baking soda - footbaths & full baths with Essential Oils
Raw Fermented Foods: Sauerkraut, Kombucha
1000mg curcumin & black pepper 2x a day (just added 2 weeks ago)
My diet is extremely strict Paleo, minimal fruit and minimal brown rice (i need the carbs to keep on weight - lost 50 pounds before being diagnosed).
Im not sure if there is anything else in addition I could be doing for more detoxing. I know im not exercising as much as I should be -Ive been dealing with a lot of old nerve pain thats come back and walking really flares up my sciatica lately. I try to do a couple of walks with my dog a week (20 minutes here and there) and dumb bell work outs for arms when my neck and shoulders aren't in agony.
My LLMD diagnosed me with Candida - then Lyme, Babesia and Bart. I tested positive for HHV6, EBV, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Im not sure which meds were specific for Bart - I only know when he switched me to Tindamax he was going after Babesia. My abx history is as follows:
June 2015 - ADP (oil of Oregano) 50mg 4x a day
July 2015 – added Bactrim DS 2x a day
August 2015 – added Fluconazole 100mg 1x a day
October 2015 – Added Doxycycline Hyclate 150mg 2x a day
Mid-November 2015 – Discontinued Bactrim, Doxy & Fluconazole
December 2015 – “New Protocol” Tindamax 2x a day (varied LOW dosage) + ADP
February 2016 – Stopped Tindamax (couldn’t get up to full dosage, lots of nerve pain) started Zithromax 250mg 2x a day – for 6 days, then switched to Biaxin XL 1000mg 2x a day.
Current plan: stopped Biaxin Xl, continue ADP, add A-Bart slowly.
Symptoms that are possibly bart related? I was diagnosed with a lot of weird eye stuff MANY years before finding out about lyme -was told I have glaucoma at age 26, last year had a Brain MRI showed inflammation of optic nerves, or optic neuritis - depending on which of the FIVE neurologists I saw... the last guy at a hospital in Philly told me the MRI was completely normal... I have a lot of floaters but vision seems to be OK.
Worst symptoms before treatment: extereme stiff neck (which I learned was a bulging next disc, and I have also lost the curve in my spine) and 50 pounds weight loss & muscle wasting. I have since built back some muscle with the help of Physical therpary - I think that the ADP and Bactrim did a LOT of good for me in the beginning. Nerve pain up and down my spine, feet pain, fatigue, brain fog.... im sure I could go on!! Im feeling exactly as crappy as I did a year ago right now - before starting treatment.