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Posted 5/26/2018 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, i read a few posts on the benefits of Oil or Oregano for Lyme, i think my LLMD actually has me on it for anti fungal reasons. But somewhere i read mpost saying that he(is mpost a he? haha) only uses it for 2 weeks at a time? Is it because of the high dosage? Or why is that? My LLMD didn't tell me anything about overdosing.

Any knowledge on this?
Posted 5/26/2018 10:48 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting question. I have over the last two and a half months been using very high dose Oregano oil and was going great. Recently, however, I have been having a new kind of brain fog and overwhelming tiredness (I mean like having to fight off sleep, and actually dropping off unintentionally. It's a tiredness that feels unnatural - more like slipping into a coma). Anyway, these somewhat scary symptoms stopped when I skipped the oregano oil. I have read that thymol can build up to toxic levels in your body and am assuming that this is what happened to me. I am puzzled though as to why your doc wants to limit it to two weeks (overly cautious in my opinion).
Posted 5/26/2018 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
under the care of my LLMD, i have been taking Oil of Oregano twice daily since January. I have been using Designs for Health brand (60-75% carvacrol)

using it for two weeks seems lenient, unless as part of a pulsing protocol.
Posted 5/27/2018 5:40 AM (GMT 0)
Seb, i didn't explain it well. mpost(if i remember correctly) mentioned in a thread that they were limiting it to two weeks at a time, my doctor didn't put any limitations on it.

I've been on it (gaia) twice a day for about 3 weeks now.
Posted 5/27/2018 5:56 AM (GMT 0)
i read about that two weeks somewhere on this forum too.

i want to take short breaks from it. the oil is a bit toxic to gut and also genotoxic in larger amounts plus blocks iron absorption so bad idea to take it with food containing iron.

i take 2x180mg oil 55% carvacrol both caps at same time before i leave my bed in morning. so far so good i get very small pain like a burning in intestines for a brief moment about 1h after taking them. no big deal.

oregano works diffently than abx, it kills borrelia even when no dividing. so no point in taking it without breaks in hope it will catch last spirochete dividing. it does not work like that. i think higher doses, with breaks, are much more efficient than open ended pills for months in low dose.
Posted 5/28/2018 9:51 AM (GMT 0)
Nope Garion---your explanation was perfectly clear now that I re-read it. Blame my interpretation on the brain fog!!!
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