2 weeks from today - I'm jumping off! No more abx

I haven't completed a full abx treatment protocol, but I don't care. I'm going all herbal/naturopathy for my son and I. I'm taking the leap.

Wish us luck. Hoping and praying for the best.

Thank you!! I'm dong detox baths, teas, water... Anything else? I could do more detox foot baths, I suppose...

Would love some more ideas, or some ideas for my toddler.

I take him outside to play in the Florida heat and he sweats a bunch, and I've put him in my detox bath with me a couple times when its not too hot, and gently dry brush his skin -I think he likes that... He stands very still and it looks like he's going to fall asleep... :)

Would love any more suggestions...?

Thanks again

I will have been on abx 6 months next week. It hasn't been a complete protocol, no cyst busters, and no Bart treatment, but I truly believe I can kick this without them.

My herbal protocol now is buhner and more. I'm skyping monthly with an herbalist out of MD who's worked with several ILADS doctors and is ILADS trained. Email me if you want her info.

But, I'm doing Japanese knotweed, cats claw, turmeric, red root, Eleuthero, ashwagandha, Wobenzym N, teasel, and artemisia annua (sp?), and I just got a bunch of bulk herbs in the mail yesterday to mix up this tea my herbalist wants me to start - there's licorice and some from what I mentioned above, and a couple I can't remember at the moment. I will look in a couple hours when I'm home, and get a chance. Also increased my probiotic, magnesium, fish oil, msm, and vitamin c intake. I have Houttuynia that I was mixing up as a tea too, which was causing me to herx, but herbalist said to hold off until I'm done with artemisia annua.

On top of that, I'm working with an integrative md who has me doing a protocol with Argentyn, myers, PC, and glutathione IVs weekly.

Email me if you want the herbalist's contact info and the exact doses of the herbs.

I wish you lots of luck!! We'll have to compare notes and what's helping, etc. its somewhat comforting knowing I'm not going through it alone.

Post Edited (Delmar) : 10/17/2014 1:40:16 PM (GMT-6)

What actually happens in the heat is that you are killing off the Lyme bacteria and causing a herx. So any time you are in the heat, you should be detoxing more. Even hot showers can make some people with a high bacteria load herx - they used to make me herx! Detoxing used to make me herx terribly as well!! So I had a high bacterial load and a high toxin load - but they can both be overcome!! It takes a lot of dedication and work (and a little luck in finding a good doc that will work with you!), but it can be done!

And I didn't use abx at all to heal - the 12 months I spent on abx in 2007 only made me worse to the point I started having seizures, but my doc didn't know any thing about detoxing, so I also wasn't detoxing during that time.

It was sometime in 2008 - after my husband had a life threatening event - that I started to detox heavily. It wasn't until 2010 that I found a doc that would take me on as a patient - I was literally turned away from every doc in my area - and the first 6 months were spent detoxing and balancing out my body functions.

I nearly had Addison's back then, along with many, many other issues, but all healed until around 2013 when, after tons of stress from family issues that my adrenals started to crash again, this time taking my thyroid with it.

Then.....that day I went to the grocery store...in town.....and came home with an extra that I didn't pay for.....a tick was attached in a sensitive area and I got Lyme again.

^ I understood Kate :)
The herbs for this tea blend are: red sage root, red root, turmeric, licorice, sarsaparilla Jamaican root, milk thistle seed powder, reishi mushroom slices... I think that's everything.
Email me though, if you want more info.

Yikes!

Be careful.

If after two or three days, the symptoms return, I'd get back on your abx, stat!

M

Thanks for the support! I'm going to give it a fair shot!! And know I have to keep in the back of my mind "I'm still going to herx" so not to just jump back on abx right away.

I'll keep you posted on how we do.

Mike - I'll send you the info in a couple hours.

Thank you Denise!
I'll let you all know how things go.

Mike, emailing you now.

Deejavu!!! My detoxing Guru!!!
She helped me get started detoxing back when detoxing wasn't cool.... or even accepted as a part of treatment!!

So nice to see you back here once in a while!!