I'm reviving this thread after wanting to search on this very subject . . . can you detox too much?
I have not been doing nearly enough detox throughout my whole ordeal, other than the occasional epsom salt foot soak and infrequent dose of burbur when things are particularly bad. Skip forward a few months to now where my symptoms have been flaring and intensifying for a few weeks after starting bart treatment. I just got finished watching a Dr. Rawls webinar on detoxing for lyme, which put in my mind I need to start doing this more consistently.
So, I ramped up the detox with things on the shelf - burbur (4-5x day), milk thistle (2x day), chlorella (1x) and drinking a lot more water. Within 24 hours my symptoms had diminished and took on a change. I started getting more rejuvenating sleep and waking up with more energy than I have for a long time. I was experiencing greater mental clarity throughout the day, which is something I didn't really realize I was lacking until I experienced this sudden renewal. I was feeling great and upbeat, and thought to myself "why have I not been doing this all along?".
This good feeling lasted for a few days until yesterday evening and later in the night when weirdness came out of nowhere. After my normal evening workout I always feel good, but last night I experienced hot burning skin on my legs and arms, feeling hot and flushed, hyped up and anxious, and shaky. It went away after about
1 hour and I didn't think much of it. Then throughout the night I was unable to get much sleep with my mind racing. It took a long time to fall asleep and as soon as I did my mind would wake me up with racing thoughts again, and the the hot flushing and burning skin along with it. It would fade and I'd eventually fall back asleep and do this all over again several times, until I eventually was able to sleep a few hours.
Could this amount of detoxing agents I was using have overloaded my system after a few days? I have no way to gauge if I'm doing a lot or a little. I've seen others with so many things on their detox lists.
I'm thinking going from basically zero to a consistent routine is too much. I'm hoping this is all it is and backing off will keep things going in the right direction. I have read that there are no real side affects from these supplements in themselves, so I am hoping that this is just a toxin overload and not a reaction to something that was helping me. Maybe it's continued proof that I'm on the right track with treatment.
Post Edited (mudshark) : 1/28/2018 8:46:55 AM (GMT-7)