Nightmares

My LLMD told me that the bad dreams and night sweats are due to babesia.

AK said...
My doctor gave me a long list of antimicrobials (herbs and pharmaceuticals ).

Despite his treatment plan, I decided to start them very slowly. First with just the immune boosters and artemisinin (before getting into BLT and then FAMVIR, MINO, FLAGYL AND CEFTIN....)

The first night, just half dose of vitamins and artemisia. I had some sweats and CRAZY HORRIBLE dreams (that may or may not have involved a skill saw and body parts....horrifying !)

Do people notice bad dreams when they start treatment for lyme? Babesia? Or all of the coinfections? Do the dreams relate to one microbe more than another? It seems pretty powerful that this could be happening with one half dose.

Terrified of what may come......I can take the dreams..its the herxing that will be the real nightmare!

AK - you first mentioned Artemisinin...and then later mentioned Artemisia.

Which one are you taking? not both I hope?

It's important to know which one you're taking because The Artemisinin needs to be pulsed, but the Artemisia does not.

I write down every single day what I take.

I have a sheet with the dates listed and columns and write down if I'm taking mino X2 (mino twice day)....etc.
I also have a comments section where I write how I'm feeling that morning, afternoon, and evening.
I have a few columns for different antibiotics, and a column for herbs.
In the herb column I will just write initials: GC/H/K means I took Greater Celandine, Hawthorne and Kudzu.
If I start back on the Houttuynia...then I will have to call the Hawthorne Haw and the Houttuynia Hout to distinguish. If I'm not taking something on a particular day - I put an X in the section. Then looking back, over the month...or so..I can see at a glance that I didn't take any antibiotics for a certain week...etc.

My system isn't a great one...but it works for me without too much planning/writing. There are much better systems than mine...lol

Horrible nightmares here. I would wake up my husband screaming "help!" It lasted about a month and then all of a sudden they stopped. I have no idea what caused them. I did Buhner's protocol (tinctures) and I did treat with Andro, Hout and Crypto - those are some powerful herbs and it was just about the time I got full dosage on all 3 of those that the nightmares started.

but like I said, I really don't know..

Just so very glad they are gone and so is hubby.

I don't know if it's bad to take Artemisinin and Artemisia - it seems like overkill to me.


But, you know what? My LLND knew I was doing rounds of Artemisinin and he sent me Beyond Balance Parazomin. I read the ingredients and one of them is Artemisia. I didn't take it.

I am only doing 4 days on and 10 or 11 days off of the Art...so I guess he thought it would be helpful to take the Parazomin with the Artemisia on the off days.

What is his Artemisinin pulsing schedule like?

You could discuss it with the Dr. and see what he says.

Sorry about the nightmares guys. I have been having very vivid dreams and most nights dream of a baby. To the point where it's getting weird. I love babies but don't know what it is supposed to mean.

Mine aren't nightmares, but sometimes rather odd and weird. I'm definitely tired of dreaming. I think it's mainly when I'm stressed.