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Posted 6/20/2013 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
Ok. So I am pretty much a lyme expert at this point (15 years). My lyme is neuro so when I herx, it's usually anxiety, fear, brain fog, fatique and it passes in a day or two.

I am doing ACT and this is the second time in 3 weeks that after class codes I have gotten sick. And by sick I mean fever, aches, exhaustion, nausea, vomiting, dizzy, can't eat. Went to the ER both times. First time said it was a UTI (but not UTI symptoms). This time it is the exact same symptoms but no UTI and blood work is normal so no infection. So of course they just say virus, but it does not feel like a typical virus as in not stuffed, running nose, cough, sore throat.

So here is my question. Anyone herx this way. This would be new for me, but my daughter graduates from preschool tomorrow and I need to be better. I am resting, drinking and taking Tylenol for the fever, but any other (natural) ways to speed this up? (Nursing so I can't take a lot of stuff)

Thank you.

Posted 6/20/2013 9:04 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so sorry that you are going through this, Jeminij!!!

Congrats to your daughter!!!! Give her an extra hug from us!!

A herx is defined as an increase in symptoms or new symptoms, so I would say that it can definitely be a herx.

Can you take ginger for the nausea/vomiting? I take 1500 mgs three times a day for pain and nausea. Even sipping on ginger ale might be helpful.
Posted 6/22/2013 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
Hi violets..I do remember you.

I did relapse after having my children, but am not as bad as I once was. I did take biaxin for 2 1/2 years over a decade ago (wow).

I have never gone back on antibiotics so I do still live with some symptoms that I am treating alternatively. Antibiotics are not for me. I can't even tolerate them at all anymore.

I think I just caught a virus this time as these are not normally my symptoms. I never have fevers, vomiting, etc.. so I am going to let it run it's course and hope it passes. It's just hard to know sometimes what is what even after all these years. lol.

I never had any joint pain, arthritis with lyme.

I am so glad that you are doing so well. It is always great to hear that. I am hoping to be 100% well again and this time for good.
Posted 6/22/2014 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
I have herxed this way twice in the last six weeks. I started taking BioTox Lyme (Dr. Theresa Dale's formula) in addition to Teasel and Banderol, and both times, I got violently ill within thirty minutes of eating. Stomach pain, nausea, headache, and violent vomiting, followed by hours of persistent diarrhea. I thought I would die both time, but felt incredibly better the next day. I noticed that the vomiting triggered pain in both kidneys simultaneously, too. The only other herx I had was when I got to the optimum dose of Banderol and Samento last year. That was about five hours of pain and body aches and about 10 hours of exhausted sleeping. I woke up the next day feeling like I was free of lyme in the upper half of my body. These last two herxes were much worse than the first one, mostly because I have only tossed my cookies three or four times in my whole life. To have a couple of hours of emptying the stomach was a totally new experience for me. I'm 58 and have probably had lyme at least 8 years, if not longer.
Posted 6/22/2014 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have nausea, but I can't remember for certain whether it's associated with a herx or not.

The primary way herxes affect me is in my behavior, impulses, mood, etc. I have approached a state of near delirium, and I become manic. I have trouble with impulse control.

I do tend to feel sick all over, and I feel like I'm walking through kind of a fog.

Mom2nine, that's pretty scary. You might be having an allergic reaction.

The Banderol and Samento sound like a herx; the other seems extreme.

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