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Posted 1/25/2014 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
confused Hi! I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and Bartonella on January 9, 2014 and have been on the reduced Cowden Protocol for about a week. I have been taking ABart 1-3 drops 2x per day, Banderol 1-3 drops 2x per day Samento 1-3 drops 2x per day and as of yesterday Burbur and Pinella 8 drops of each 4 x per day. I started having difficulty on Tuesday of this week again with chronic insomnia, severe muscle tension, anxiety/panic attacks, heart palpitations and numb brain. My LLMD had told me to take 5 drops each x2 of the ABart, Banderol, and Samento and I now believe I should have started slower as I have been feeling horrible for the past several days.

Has anyone else had herxing go on for more than 24 hours on such a low dose of Cowden Protocol? He also gave me another herbal Houttuynia which I haven't even opened yet due to the really bad symptoms I have been having. I have decided to just use one herbal at a time at 1 drop per day for about a week before either upping or adding another one so I can be sure just what it is I am reacting to. I was under the impression from watching a video of Dr. Cowden that if I used the Burbur and Pinella 8 drops each every 10 minutes the herxing should stop in about 2 hours. I am confused and scared that what I am experiencing has nothing to do with the herxing and there is something else going on. I also suffer from hypothyroidism, adrenal exhaustion, candida and gluten intolerance and am wondering if my herxing from the Lyme is also causing problems with these too.

I am desperate for any advice or information. Thank you.
Posted 1/25/2014 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
Cowden causes AWFUL herxes!!! Take my word for it. You need to slow down! This is what I do.

ONE drop of Samento, and one of Banderol, once a week, then twice a week the next week, and so on. I figure it will take me a bit more than a year, but if you think about how sick Lyme makes you, a year, or even two, is worth it. After I'm taking one drop 7 days a week, then I move to two drops once a week, plus the other one drop days.

I'm only taking Samento, Banderol, Burbur, Pinella, and Parsley for now. That's it.

And I'm STILL herxing. I'm going to try to stick it out. That's the method my LLMD used for putting me on abx.

Margaret

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Posted 1/25/2014 4:38 AM (GMT 0)
PS,

As far as I'm concerned, you're not on a low dose.

I read on someone's website not to do Cowden because the herxing is so bad.

I figured that was a good sign, but it's hard to bear, isn't it?

I didn't get the Houttuyania either.

I think the Cowden protocol uses too many herbs. M
Posted 1/25/2014 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Smartone,
Welcome to our community! I'm so sorry that you are feeling so poorly right now!!

Have you read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread yet? If not, please do as it has a ton of information that you will find helpful - things like symptom lists, detoxing instructions, links to many different helpful sites and articles.

You did the right thing by lowering your dosages so quickly!! And to reintroduce them at a much slower rate will definitely help you - good thinking!! Just what we recommend here!

Are you doing anything to detox? If not that's most likely the biggest thing you can do to help yourself feel better. It's the toxins of these bacteria that drive our symptoms, and if the body isn't detoxing well enough, it's really easy to get completely overloaded with them.

Also, are you doing anything for your hypothyroidism, adrenal exhaustion, & candida? Your body will function much, much better if those things are addressed right away. You will also need probiotics - high doses of them in order to keep the Candida at bay once you get it under control.
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