Cyst busting?

I'd say wait until you are feeling better... How are you doing by the way? Any improvement? In my case I was in a kind of rush to get treatment and I thought maybe I can prevent it from going chronic! But lol here I am now another chronic Lymie.

I plan on treating bartonella first now. Did you have any coinfections?

When I introduced tinidazole... I was an absolute psychiatric mess after the first week I pulsed it. I did eventually get better though.

You know... For some reason I'm not entirely convinced that GSE is an effective cyst buster. I feel like I'm taking a placebo pill when it comes to it. I suppose it's because I am comparing it to tinidazole which is the premium cyst buster for Lyme.

A combo of a tetracycline(tetra, doxy, or mino) and tinidazole is probably the #1 combination that we know of.

But I suggest maybe waiting with the tinidazole until the end of treatment and your co infections are gone? I plan on using it again after I get rid of bartonella. Or... You could treat the Lyme, then hit our co-infections and then you can finish off the Lyme lol.

The harsh part of tinidazole is we need to remember it is one of the more toxic medications as you probably already know. I'm hoping I won't ever get Lyme again so I have to take more tinidazole...

Also as far as metronidazole is concerned. For Lyme tinidazole is the better drug by far. I asked my LLMD and he said "hands down without a doubt tinidazole is better". I also asked doxy or mino, he said " mino is better as it penetrates the brain and nerves much better". I don't see the point of taking metronidazole over tinidazole... Tinidazole is better tolerated, possibly less carcinogenic... (But they both have reactive nitro groups). And tinidazole has the added benefit of breaking part biofilms too. It also penetrates into the brain and gets intracellular Lyme. So if you have Lyme cysts inside cells it will crack those open too. When you use this with a tetracycline or macrolide it kills them.

I think tinidazole plays a key role in lots of people actually achieving remission/cure. I read lots of success stories with it.

Hi,

I'm on 400m of Doxy and 300mg of Rifampin daily. I pulse with Tinidazole 2 days a week and Azithromyacin 3 days a week. My LLMD has shared that I'll be on the Doxy and Tinidazole for at least 3 months but then again I've had Lyme for 25 years. I think it really depends on the individual's symptoms. Some of my antibiotics are for coinfections. Just be sure to take a REALLY good probiotic to take care of your tummy and watch for those nasty little yeasties that like to pop up.

Lyme Pickle, how long were you on Tinidazole? How long and bad were the psych. symptoms? My son is finally calming down - I dread going back to insanity. I'm thinking calm mean plateau, but school starts in 3 weeks not sure what to do if he is going to progress through a tough year as meds are changed or added...thanks!

Personally, I don't think the antibiotic cystbusters did anything for me. I used Flagyl and had no reaction but then my herbalist suggested one of the ones below and holy poop - that sore achy hit by a truck feeling. There are some good alternatives.

Wobenzym N worked wonders for me though it is expensive. There is also a family of enzymes that seem to have a good response with many on here too; nattokinase, serrapeptase, lumbrokinase - there may be more. I rotated Wobenzym with nattokinase because the wobenzym was too expensive to do all the time.

Like you, I tried to add a third antibiotic and my body never could handle it. So it was two abx at a time and then herbs/supplements. Good luck!

~beth

Opugirl - I have been taking serrapeptase off and on thinking it was a cyst buster - but have been told that it's for biofilms, and doesn't bust the cysts.

Mike - I hear ya. I've been on abx 5 weeks...and I'm thinking of herbs again, too. I'm usually a very decisive person....but I'm continually questioning my protocol.