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Posted 6/22/2013 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
Well my dr. is starting me on this and I just took my first dose.  I am nervous as I've read it can cause herxing and I'm already at the level where I am struggling.


Anyone have any experience on grapefruit seed extract?

Thank you, as always, to everyone in this community.  It sure can be a hard road sometimes..

Posted 6/24/2013 5:04 AM (GMT 0)
Just started about a month ago. I don't know much about it, other than the fact that it's recommended. Seeing as it's grapefruit, I hope it doesn't interact with meds. I don't think I've had a herx on it. Cat's Claw makes me herx.

Margaret
Posted 6/24/2013 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Well I'm herxing , joy joy...I'm not sure if its the grapefruit seed extract or the methyl protect and 5-mthf I strated at the same time. I have a feeling its the latter. I've been told the seed form doesn't affect the anti biotics so hope this is accurate!
Sure hope all these difficult times means the hideous creatures are dying!!!
Posted 6/25/2013 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
I would like to know what people think too. I wasn't getting enough positive information on it helping with Lyme. I am sure it has positive benefits, but how about with Lyme and coinfections? Thanks for bring this up Heather. I hope someone else responds to how it can help.
Posted 6/26/2013 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
Our daughter was almost finished with 2 years of combo abx treatment, the last 6 months being pulsed tindamax, azith, mino, malarone, plaquinel. We had gotten to a point where she wasn't even herxing on the pulses. Then the LLMD suggested we add 1 drop GSE to help her dental plaque. All heck broke out. A huge amount of silliness and regressive behaviour. Ticcing escalated as did urinary frequency, fatigue and shin pain (bartonella). I'm not sure what the GSE was hitting, but it was hitting something. The silliness made me think of yeast, but there was bartonella pain and some PANS (autoimmune brain inflammation) symptoms in there as well. I'm scared to try it again, but I suppose we will have to do it sometime.
Posted 6/26/2013 2:33 AM (GMT 0)
I don't know if GSE effects the metabolism of abx as grapefruit does, but it will kill off your gut flora if you use too much. Use probiotics well away from the GSE supplement to replenish them.
Posted 6/26/2013 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Ok, no more GSE for me then. I'm glad you said that (bc of my c. diff).

Heather, what were those other supplements you mentioned?

Margaret
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