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Posted 11/2/2014 1:58 AM (GMT 0)
I just want to share something that makes an enormous difference for me when I am feeling anxious, hot, drained and very depressed. I cannot help to think some of the herx reactions are actually a reaction to lowpotassium.


Potassium chloride makes a huge difference and I the more I detox and use Magnesium and other detox methods the more I need The Potassium I believe infections/medicines cause potassium to be deleted- but I must hold off on Mag for a day or two to catch up to correct Potassium levels.

BTW- I am in no way suggesting to stop detoxing or using Mag in general. I agree Mag is low in us too! I just think detox (including detox with MagEpsom salts decreases Potassium.

I regularly realize how much low potassium can helps my mental outlook!
Posted 11/2/2014 2:29 AM (GMT 0)
Jen, thanks for sharing your experience with Potassium. I too have noticed that potassium impacts my health. I eat more bananas than a monkey and also add avocados to my meals. Both are high in potassium.
Posted 11/2/2014 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
"Weird how all this time I was suffering because of what I ate. I guess my body was trying to tell me something and I wasn't listening."

I just posted this from your other post.... I have the exact same experience. I kept thinking why on earth do I keep reacting to every thing I eat? Did u ever figure out what exactly helps u or why this is happening? is it just the Lymes?

I imagine u also do the sublingual b12?
Posted 11/2/2014 3:30 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, I do the sub-lingual B12 as well as some other supplements. I also eat a somewhat restrictive diet.

As far as my diet impacting me, I am lactose intolerant, nuts, soy and gluten sensitive as well as hypersensitive to acidic foods. As part of the Lyme treatment, I cut out almost everything out of my diet and little by little I began to reintroduce them in. This is how I found out what was causing my anxiety to go into hyper-mode. In turn, my body's reaction to the allergen would make me feel ill and depression soon followed.

I now only eat at home and monitor everything that we eat. I even bring breakfast and lunch to work so that I don't have to worry about what I am going to eat while at work.
Posted 11/2/2014 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Are bananas okay to eat? I heard somewhere people with Lyme shouldn't eat them, cuz they're too high in sugar content?
Posted 11/2/2014 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, bananas are high in sugar when ripe or overripe. Through personal experience I have found that sugar content is much less when eaten slightly green and not ripe.

Bananas have many benefits; they contain prebiotics, they line the stomach lining and protect it from damage, they contain high amounts of potassium and magnesium. They contain tryptophan which when converted helps fight depression. They strengthen the nervous system and help with the production of white blood cells. They chelate toxins and heavy metals from the body which is specially important for us Lymies.

I considered the pros and cons of bananas and made a personal decision that the pros outweigh the cons.
Posted 11/2/2014 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
You convinced me, I'm getting some tomorrow. Thanks.
Posted 11/2/2014 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
Wow I have never met anyone with the same intolerances as I have- gluten, soy (terrible reaction to this), msg, some dairy, most grains, nuts list goes on and on. Does tx make some of this better? Do you think this is from a particular infection or just a breakdown from no treatment etc? I couldn't figure out what was going on for years and years.I would adjust my diet and be ok for a while then get worse. So glad I can talk to you. Do u eat low carb?
Posted 11/2/2014 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
Jen, unfortunately, many here have some sort of dietary intolerance.

I too am amazed how people across the globe or country can be suffering from the same thing I am at the same time. Sometimes when I read their posts, I could swear that it was me who wrote it because it is something that I would have posted, word by word.
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