New member looking for LLMD close to VA

Hi,

I'm a new member of HealingWell. com and was just diagnosed with Chronic Lymes disease 3 months ago after suffering for over 15 years. I'm not able to take antibiotics, so my doctor is trying me on herbal liquids, which I'm having a rough time with due to the herbs. I'm taking Beyond Balance ToxEase GL 1 drop, and CyFlacalm - 3 drops, and it seems to be elevating my blood pressure when I take these herbs. Each bottle has over 9 herbs in it, so I'm thinking I'm sensitive to the herbs or it's too many herbs to start out with. Has anybody else had this happen when taking Beyond Balance herbal liquids? I think to start out, I'm going to have to take a product with less herbs in it. Does anybody know of a good Lyme doctor close to Virginia?

thanks,

Welcome LymeNoMore!

Sorry for the reason you're here but glad you found us.

And, I'm very very sorry you suffered needlessly for over 15 years - that is a pathetically common theme when these infections are involved.

Since you are taking herbs that detox, I wonder if your BP elevation is a herx. Are you familiar with that term? If not, here's some info on herxing:

www.tiredoflyme.com/the-herxheimer-reaction.html

You see, certain detoxing methods mobilize toxins. If we don't have methods in place to eliminate those toxins, they go to other places in the body and wreak havoc.

Something tells me that your doctor didn't talk to you about the need for detoxing (many/most don't) yet it is a vital aspect of healing.

Not only are most Americans already dealing with a toxin load (think plastics, pesticide residue, artificial ingredients, car exhaust, etc) but we Lymies carry an extra toxin burden - the toxins generated by the bugs that infect us.

The toxin load increases once we start anti-infective treatment because of the dead bug parts.

It's a really good idea to get a daily detoxing protocol going and slowly add to it throughout treatment. As of right now, I suggest you start drinking a LOT of water (some with lemon which helps detox the liver/kidneys) and do whatever is necessary to have your bowels move at least once/day (sorry if TMI but this is a major way to get toxins out).

The site I'm linking below explains why we need to detox and lists some great methods:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

And, here's a link to a recent thread wherein members shared what they are doing for detoxing:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3602759

Hawthorne is a food-grade herb (as safe as apples) and is great for normalizing blood pressure. Perhaps you might want to talk to your doctor about starting some.

(I changed the title of your thread to help others recognize your need for a LLMD more easily)

Some resources for finding a LLMD:

ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

/sites.google.com/site/lymedoctors/

And, our beloved mod, Traveler, maintains lists of LLMD's - you might want to email her to see if she has any in your area.

Our "New to Lyme" thread at the top of the forum contains suggestions for questions to ask a potential LLMD. There's lots of other great information in there that might be new to you even if you are not new to Lyme. I hope you check it out.

Best of luck to you moving forward!!!

Greetings.

My LLMD is based in Fairfax, (Northern) VA. Highly recommended and an inflammation expert to boot, but contact me only as a last resort. I say last because the Virginia Board of ****s is trying to revoke the medical license and I hate for you to start up here only to have to go somewhere else. If you are closer to the border, there is a great LLMD in Montgomery County, MD who recently fought and won the right to treat patients.

They are going after ALOT of the LLMDs here in the MD/Virginia/DC Metro area in the last few years. Its sent a shock through the area. Very few LLMDs here are seeing new patients.

Thanks for all the replies to my questions. It's really tough dealing with Lymes, I thought Fibromyalgia was going to be tough, but after being diagnosed with Lymes, I was wrong. All these years I thought I had Fibromyalgia, but it was Lymes all the time. I think the hardest thing is when you start having symptoms you don't know whether it's lymes are something else going on. My lipase enzymes have been elevated some on and off, and I have tenderness at my pancrease. I had severe pains at my pancrease 2 weeks ago, went to pcp who sent me to have CT Scan done, which was normal. The pains got better, but yesterday I started having some pains again radiating to the front of chest. I went to a doctor, they sent me to Emergency where they did labs - showed dehydrated and lipase enzymes were better, Ct Scan again, but with I.V. Contrast - showed normal, and Ultrasound of Abdomen - showed normal. Today, I'm exhausted from yesterday. My lower number of blood pressure was high, the night before it was 99. I couldn't sleep that night even after taking Melatonin. I was miserable. I'm still thinking that maybe the Beyond Balance herbals might be too much for me at first, that maybe just 1-2 to begin with. I'm very sensitive to medicines, and chemicals, food, etc. I'm going to a doctor who treats Lymes, but I thing I need to talk to her more about detoxing and how it's going to affect me. At times, it's really scary !!!