Tachycardia and Lyme or Bartonella?

www.sagewomanherbs.com/general-info/article-center/caring-for-the-heart/

A great article. I had to start Hawthorn before I started any other herbs because of a rapid heart pulse. My Dad died of a heart attack at age 36 so I always watch my heart.

Garlic is great for keeping your gut flora good and it is good for the heart. It is amazing how just a sliver of real fresh organic garlic can be so beneficial to your health. My sister just swallows her sliver whole. I love the taste of garlic and I can put mine on any food and eat it.

COQ10 and greens!!

Violet - my heart beats faster when I stand up ...and it lasts awhile.
I never had this issue in the early stages of my lyme treatment.

I also have bart and am treating it with Rifampin and mino....or biaxin (I switch it up)

I take hawthorn regularly. I also take CoQ10 (but I took this for years prior to having lyme)
I read that the CoQ10 should be taken with protein for better absorption - that was many years ago...that I read that)

I wonder if it's Babesia coming to the forefront - since you're treating bart. (or it could be a bart herx...it's so difficult figuring it all out, isn't it?)

That is my next step - see if Babesia is what's holding my healing back.

Violet-My biggest issue is Bart. I've been doing some IV ozone and what I've realized is that after the treatments my heart rate goes up for a day or two (herx, die off, what ever name you want to give it). Then on day three or so my heart rate drops 5-10 beats per minute lower then pre IV and stays that way for a few days. If I do the IV treatments on a continual basis I believe I will get my heart rate back to it's pre lyme rate.

I do believe it's Bart because I also get the burning in my feet etc.

I have heart problems as well (sinus tachychardia) which increases whenever I treat heavily for Bart. For me it's literally my last symptom other than muscle twitching. Like many infections, Bart can cause heart issues indirectly (anemia, blood vessel issues, etc...) but can also affect the heart directly with things like endocarditis, pericarditis, etc... I take hawthorn as well, which is a huge help. Worst case, I can also take beta-blockers, which I'm not a huge fan of, so I have the prescription for only when I really need it, which lately, has been rarely.

When my heart was pretty bad, I asked the doctor about exercise, and he didn't seem too concerned, but doctors usually tell you a lot of silly things. When it was really bad, I was afraid that even a walk would give me a stroke. When I started to feel a little better, I happened to have an exercise bike with a heart monitor on it, and would just peddle for a few minutes until my heart went above the aerobic range and in to the anaerobic range.

I've been mentioning this a lot lately, but if you think it might help, Sida Acuta, according to Buhner, helps treat both Babs and Bart. It supposedly does so both directly by being a systemic anti-microbial, but also as being a blood protector, preventing pathogens from breaking in to red blood cells. It's pretty safe unless you're sensitive to ephedrine, as it has tiny amounts in it.

I have the same symptoms. I have also had a lot of palpitations and the overwhelming feeling of being dizzy and lightheaded. I have not experienced being lightheaded like that since last summer when my symptoms started. I also notice that my HR will also seem slower than normal for me too. I am thinking it is a herx and that my body is trying to get it regulated. It definitely is a scary feeling!

My doctor diagnosed me with Bartonella also.

I have been on Biaxin for a couple weeks and just recently slowly adding Omnicef in. I am also taking GSE.

I also get nervous reading the side effects that people may have with taking Biaxin and it causing a fatal heart rhythm issue.

Girlie: those you tke ( macrilides and 3 gen. sporins) give me arterial and major afib problems from arterial constriction.race my heart in 2 hours. If you hve any nervous system involvement, easily upsets heart, and bp. Check you're bp isn't high.
High magnesium and high potassium will calm heart immediately. I take each together 5 times day. Kidneys must be healthy though. My levels were measured and are never high.i tke 5 prescription Potassiums plus 3000 magnesium, cavet: 800 and above magnesium will work like a laxative. It's a trade off, heart comfortable or not.
Deaths from macrolides ( biaxin) often involve low potassium. They stabilize .
If they help youre serious condition it's hard to stop though.
Doxy, augmentin. Pencilling, bactrim. Clindamycin usually won't effect heartrate, if vegal nerve,( nervous system) is involved.
Also vitmin D can aggravate jumpy heart too, a lot. Real sun good though.
Hope you feel better.

Jrayh21:

Bactrim for me clears dizziness fast. Crosses Bbb too. Lots of water.
I was just reinfected ( many times meningitis lyme)so dizzy came back.
It is an awful feeling, scary too. Anti histamine sometimes helps (excess fluids around ears and area glands). but too many weaken immune system, bad. If you aren't too chemically sensitive. Some lymers, like me can't take them , heart rate and bp surges.