pulsing herbs -- feel bad on "off" days too?

A few weeks ago I started Botanifuge, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial... Has such things as black walnut, oregano, wormwood, clove, grapefruit seed extract. I've been nervous about the potential die-off reactions with this one because it seems to treat so many of the things I've got... babesia, parasites, yeast.

My doctor said go 7 days on, 7 days off. I got to 5 days two times and then stopped, because I started feeling such extreme symptoms.

I went back on after 5 days but maybe I should do 7 days off regardless?

Anyway, I've noticed that on the days after I stop, my symptoms don't abate and maybe even increase. I get even more of that pin-prick rash all over the place and my biggest symptoms that always come with it -- fatigue, air hunger, disorientation... Just feeling like I'm not lucid, like I can't wake up to reality.

Is it die-off symptoms from the "on" days?

How do you guys experience your pulsed herbals?

I don't pulse my herbals, but it still sounds like most likely an issue with die off and herxing.

Have you tried increasing the amount of detoxing your are doing?

I'm a firm believer in listening to your body. Why did your doctor pick 7 days on, 7 days off? Since you made it to 5 days...then you could do 5 days on, 5 days off and work up from that.

I don't pulse herbs either, but I do know that some herbal formulas are very strong and sometimes the body does need a break. I would have asked my doctor why 7 and 7?

I pulse the herbs I am using for the killing protocols. The theory behind it is that herxes are hard on the body, and it needs a rest and time to clear out the garbage in your system that a die off creates. Die off symptoms a few days afterwards in the break times are normal for me. Even more so when I have first started a new protocol. The first couple of weeks are the hardest every time. You should do what works for you if 5 days is enough then trust that. You can reduce the amount you are taking perhaps. Its not good to be so wiped out you cant do anything. Its hard initially to work out if you are having an allergic reaction to one of the herbs, you can only gauge that if you notice no signs of a gradual improvement. But in saying that the first herx I had wiped me out so badly it took a few months to feel good again. I wasn't really up to taking such high doses for such a long time and I wasn't pulsing the herbs. I just wanted to get rid of everything that was making me sick. In highsight pulsing is a very good idea. And going slow enough means you are pacing yourself according to your body ability to tolerate the die off. There are products people take to assist herxes I havent found any that work for me but others have. Just do what helps a herx is always a sign you are shifting something out of the way so hang in there.

I finally got up to seven days 'on'... That seems like progress... Though I'm still at the lowest dose. Maybe next round I'll increase. But same thing happened again, my first day OFF in seven days I wake up with huge patches of that pin-prick rash and more fatigue/confusion. Is this still just risidual die-off symptoms from the 'on' days? Or is stopping the herbs allowing the critters to flare again?...