1 week off abx

Hello!

Today it has been 1 week since I quit abx due to stomach issues and liver pain and swelling.

I have to say, it's been the best week I've had since I got sick.  Is it normal to feel so great after stopping abx? I cleaned my house, went out shopping, went out driving around and enjoying the weather. My husband is like "what's going on??" lol

I am just waiting for the symptoms to creep back up though. I am sort of paranoid about it.  I know I haven't been on abx long enough (almost 6 months) to be in remission and have never treated my co-infections yet but I did do herbals that, according to my naturopath "obliterates Lyme and co's" and I have met a dozen or more people who got theirs in remission by taking the herbs.

I have always been on the abx when taking the herbs so I never knew what was helping. I am sort of hoping that the herbs worked!

I am still doing some herbals now and waiting for my Dr. J. protocol to come in that I ordered.

I am scared to be off abx...do you go through withdrawals from them? Because I feel like I NEED them, almost like I'm craving them. It's very weird to me. I live a drug free lifestyle so I don't like this feeling

I am going to try to stay off of them until my appointment with my

LLMD next week.

I am stuck in a rut because I am terrified of being off the abx and symptoms come rushing back and getting super sick again. But I am also terrified of taking the abx and having liver failure and bad diarrhea again.

On a side note, I really don't think I have Bartonella. I have been drinking the houttuynia tea for a week now with no herx, no symptoms coming out, no improvement in symptoms. My naturopath didn't pick it up in me either but I was just "testing" to see how I would react to the tea. I guess I could still have it though and it just doesn't react to the tea.

I will keep drinking it though because I find it rather tasty

Hello! Thanks for the comment.

I spoke too soon because I feel some symptoms creeping back in today. I broke down and took half doses of my abx.

I took herbs from Monastery of Herbs all through out my treatment. I have no affiliation with this company, was just pointed in the direction of a naturopath who uses them. In fact, you can't just order these. They have to be ordered by a doctor. They are herbs grown and blended together in a monastery in California. Yes, they do actually say prayers and blessings over the herbs.

These are the only things I've noticed a difference on. My naturopath does bio energetic testing on me to determine what's in my body, the lyme, co infections and any other kind of viruses/bacteria/parasites. Then there is a specific herb kit for each one. Each herb kit lasts around 20 days so I've been on these for months now.

I can say that they definitely didn't "obliterate" the Lyme and co's like this naturopath said they would. Maybe it works different if I wasn't on abx, but I decided to stay on them while doing the herbs.

They have definitely made an improvement in my health though. Even my LLMD noticed and took all the information down about these herbs. I would definitely say they would be great to add to a treatment plan. I had minimal herxing with them too, just tired and achy.