Mycoplasma in the brain

I know mycoplasma hominis can hide in the urinary tract with no symptoms. Why does he think mycoplasma specifically? I didnt know it can go to the brain.

You can get a mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody test, but obviously there are many species out there that it wont pick up

buhner writes about CNS infections of the brain also - in his Bart and Mycoplasma book

so i would agree its possible - but iwith so many possible infections that can reach the CNS
borrelia, bart, mycoplasma, various viruses like RBV, HHV-1 through 6, a few parasites, just to list some of them - i would also be interested to hear how the MD got to that conclusion

cpn and mycoplama incognitus may affect cognitive function. the work of garth nickolson to help his daughters gulf war syndrome is pretty interesting stuff.

To add to what Garzie said.. Buhners says in his babesia book that these infections are synergistic in symptoms not additive. Meaning a bart and babesia infection profile for example can create symptoms that neither a bart or babesia infection alone can produce - therefore looking for symptoms of “having” something can be tricky.

As my journey goes on I’m starting to think people who aren’t getting better aren’t treating comprehensively enough. It’s so so so hard to actually know what all our bodies are fighting that it’s almost not even worth trying to figure it out.

How long have you been with your doc for?

How much ivermectin did you take and for how long?

What were the symptoms of your reaction to it?

Might be some clues to the leaky bbb vs something else.

There’s a lot of “maybes” that could be said.

I don’t know anything about your story outside of what was said here.. but I’d consider shopping around doctor wise if I’d been seeing someone that long and still not where I want to be. Of course if you were sick for a very long time before treatment that could influence how long I’d stay with the same docs but 10 years is a long time (again I have no clue of your functionality). Might be time to look at things from a different angle though?

two or 3 possibilities with Ivermectin strong reactions

one is CNS toxicity - known to occur in infants and adults with damaged or immature Blood Brain Barrier - but i think it would need to be pretty extreme BBB issue to cause enough to drive significant symptoms from 1x 10mg dose each 2 weeks - any other indications of BBB issues (other drug reactions - maybe extreme food or supplement reactions ?)
but the lessening reactions over time tend to argue against that

another is some infection that is sensitive to ivermectin present in the brain ( or possibly elsewhere in the body) - typically nematodes/ helminths and to a lesser extent perhaps single celled parasitic organisms - like Toxoplasma Gondii.
healing crisis type reactions are know for ivermectin and certain helminths in the medical literature
this might fit better with the strong initial reactions - and lessening over successive treatment

finally some general drug reaction - which is always possible in any individual - but this seems relatively rare for ivermectin - and again the lessening effects over time tend to argue against it.
most people here who have taken it seem to report it being one of the easier drugs to tolerate for them.
it was for me to - some v mild headaches a few times and some v mild fatigue occasionally

Recently the only supplements that I have reacted to is gaba and thiamine (if the form of TTFD). I know TTFD crosses the bbb. It isnt clear to me as to whether gaba supplement does. The gaba reaction went away and I am up to the dose they want.

Other than that I haven't noticed anything different besides that new temperature issue I am having. I dont know what is causing that because nothing changed besides the ivermectin and my protocol being cut in half. Maybe I went backwards with the reduced protocol and can't recover? That would suck.

I wish I had pressed him more about the ivermectin reaction.

I was tested years ago for mold by another LLMD (who I saw for genetic/detox pathway) and I didn't have any issues. Not that it couldn't occur now but given my environment I dont think it is an issue.

I dont remember ever going through a parasite treatment thing besides treating for babesia. Maybe his babesia protocol treats parasites. I know if I ask him about treating parasites he would tell me that he already has.

I read this a while ago and it discussed brain inflammation. They also mention using abx to control inflammation.

https://www.lymedisease.org/brain-inflammation-lyme-jhu/

There is too much in it for me to summarize but it does say

In the brain, over-active glia are known to contribute to persistent pain. The JH study shows glial inflammation is also related to persistent cognitive symptoms. So, it makes sense that Lyme patients report a lot of pain and neurological symptoms. said...