Lyme disease treatment protocols

Hi Zowee, welcome to the lyme forum!

Unfortunately there isn't ONE protocol for lyme. Some people go the antibiotic route, some go herbal and then there is everything in between. each approach has it's own variants, for example on abx some people pulse some others take them continously etc.

my take on this, beyond what you pick to kill the critters is to strenghten and rebalance your immune system. that is where detox comes in. Knowing your status, and your genes to ensure you have addressed any problems. How is your liver working? adrenals? thryroid? etc.

I'm sure others will chime in. there is a new to lyme post that includes the detox suggestions.

Caramba

Do you know if this is just the beginning of your treatment - as in will your doctor be adding more in later on? That would be helpful to know. Some docs are smart and know that we often don't tolerate adding in a ton of stuff at a time, so they 'roll out' the plan slowly.

Byron White products can be quite potent for some that use them, so do be cautious.

I already answered about detoxing on your detox thread.

Yes, you should be addressing biofilms at some point in your treatment - but again, is this something your doctor is already planning for, or is it something you already know that you will have to address on your own?

I'm also worried about overwhelming myself. I'm currently treating for candida, and I wanted to start doing something for heavy metals, but I'm worried that treating the lyme and these at the same time will overwhelm my body and interfere with the effectiveness of other treatments.

A good beginning for building the immune system is what we eat. Stay away from packages foods, food trucks and fast food joints.

Eat healthy. Eat as organic as you can afford. Online there is a list of foods that you can eat that don't have to be organic. Google Clean 15 and you will find foods that you don't necessarily have to buy organic. I still wonder about the pesticides that leach into the watering system, but I can be neurotic about my food choices.

Get some bone broth that tastes good to you. Highly recommend this. Or even make your own. I get Pacific brand turkey bone broth. I love the taste.

You can take anything you cook in water and cook it in the bone broth. I like the bone broth warm and plain on a cold day. I just sip it like tea. But, my favorite is making soups with it.

Making Pho is great and I use bone broth instead of water. I have even cooked rice in bone broth.

Take a good multiple vitamin. Sunshine is important too. So many people are on the computer or indoors all day and they don't get enough vitamin D. To start the day off right, get some sunshine in the morning. This doesn't mean to exert yourself.... just sit in the sun with exposed skin to grab that vitamin D.

Another important thing for our immune system is sleep. Insomnia can be a problem for people with lyme. It was for me. I had to figure out how to get some good sleep. For about a month, I had to take benadryl. I am super susceptible to phrama drugs, so I did children's liquid so I could only take a wee bit. But we do a lot of healing when we sleep, so it is important to get some sleep. There are lots of herbs and combinations that are better for you than benadryl. I went through them all until I found what worked for me.

Trial and error..... that is how we all deal with lyme. We try something and see if it works for us. And we just keep on trying until we find the combination that works for us.

You said you knew you should be detoxing, so I thought I would help you with that one. Here are some ideas:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods

Don't try and do everything at once. The best way to combat lyme disease is slow. This runs contrary to all our past experiences with illness. We have always hit it hard and fast. Lyme doesn't do well with hard and fast unless you JUST got bit.

Otherwise lyme has to be dealt with nice and slow and pretty sneaky to catch the bugs and kill them when they are off guard.

It is war. Your llmd sounds like he is being slow and cautious and that is good. Trust in him and see how it goes but don't expect miracles. It was months before I felt I was making progress. It will really try your patience.