Didnt know I had to detox, now I have problems

Hi Mount Grace - welcome to this community!


It's not too late to start detoxing. But, since you've been likely carrying a huge load of toxins for awhile...I suggest you start slowly.

Start with one or two detox methods, and then every few days, ad in another one:

Start with drinking minimum 8 glasses of water daily.
Add in some fresh squeezed organic lemon juice into some glasses.
Also - make sure you are taking probiotics daily and a liver support supplement.

other ideas to add --- slowly:
- warm epsom salt baths
- dry brush your skin before the baths
- take a binder - eg. Activated charcoal
- Take alka seltzer gold (must be the gold)
- Take Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur


Here is a good website with suggestions for detox;

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html


You might want to start off with just soaking your feet in a bucket of warm water with epsom salts before doing full baths.

We encourage all new members to take a look through the thread at the top of the page titled: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.

For your lymph system...you can do a massage:

I have done this one a few times...it really works;

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA-wi0d7-Ro


You want to go slow with adding in the detox methods....or you can feel worse - try the foot baths before a full bath...you have a lot of toxins to move out...and don't want to flood your blood stream...(that is most likely what happened when you tried the baths before)

Although sweating is a good detox....you don't have to sweat to detox.

Here are two examples of detoxing - without sweating:

The activated charcoal - flushes toxins out of your digestive system (that's why it needs to be taking a couple of hours away from food, supplements, abx)

Dry body brushing will boost circulation, and stimulate the lymph system to release toxins.
It sloughs off dead skin that clog the pores...

I did Benadryl at night time and that really helped my pain calm down so I could sleep. But I am very susceptible to benadryl. I had to use children's liquid and take the dose for an 11 yr old.

Most of the people on this forum that have had horrible herxes have used Alka Seltzer Gold for almost immediate relief. Maybe this will work for you????

I do know that we all are different in what we take for healing and we all are different in what we do for detoxing. I could not do the Epsom salt bath or foot things.

So you may have to try some until you find what works for you.

Welcome!!! Glad you found us, but so sorry you have lyme.

I appreciate any and all advice. I will try whatever I can to help myself. Girlie, Yancync, and PeteZa, you have made me feel welcome and not alone. Thank you all so much.

Mount Grace - We encourage all new members to take a look through the thread at the top of the page title: "new to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.


I hope you keep coming back to read, ask questions...or for support.
It really is a great group of people here.

Mount Grace said...
I'm learning so much here. I really thought sweating was the only way to detox. I have made a start, so now I need to follow daily. I watched the massage video. As an addition what is your opinion on me having a lymphatic drainage massage at a spa? Thank you again.

I did the video that Girlie suggested and my lymph system really reacted to that self-massage. I did it 50 times as Heather suggests in the video and it made me cough a lot, I was dizzy and very light headed.

The next time I did it for only 10 times and then slowly worked up to the 50 times over time.

As for a spa lymphatic drainage massage, I would not do it because I think it would be too much, too quickly for my system.

However, we are all different and you may do absolutely fine. Just make sure you have ample water with you and time to spare recovering if don't do so well.

That's what Heather says to do in the video - tap 50 times on/near your clavicle. It made me feel ill doing it 50 times.

So I did it 10 and worked up from there. Just putting that out there in case anyone is as sensitive as I am in the lymph system.

PeteZa said...
That's what Heather says to do in the video - tap 50 times on/near your clavicle. It made me feel ill doing it 50 times.

So I did it 10 and worked up from there. Just putting that out there in case anyone is as sensitive as I am in the lymph system.

Heather has posted the technique aimed at sinus/cold sufferers.

Not being Lyme bacteria clogs, 50 times is a whole lot easier on the system for cold and sinus victims. Probably like any detox we Lymies have to start low because there's going to be more of an overload in there at first for our body to have to deal with.

I can barely get through 2 or 3 sets. Not because of reaction so much as my hands and fingers being so fatigued.

Even at that low number, I can feel a difference pretty quick.

Another simple thing to do is drink a cup of detox tea. I like Traditional Medicinals Detox tea (Lemon). This one tastes better than the regular one and also has burdock root in it. Good for the liver & kidneys. My grocery store carries it.

www.traditionalmedicinals.com/products/everyday-detox-lemon/

PeteZa, reading through the comments regarding the lymph massage video, I do need to take things slowly. I'm not going to have the lymphatic drainage massage at this time. Magoo 2, Quatre and k07 thank you also for your help. I am going to try and determine what could work for me. Julymorning, I hope I will feel a difference quite quickly too. Girlie, I am sure I'll have more questions. Thank you all once again.