To Trav re Avena Sativa

Well, back when I started using it, there was only one online brand that my Practitioner back then knew of - Gaia Herbs.(goo.gl/6xnzQU) I had never ordered anything online before so I didn't know much myself!

I ordered their smallest (1 ounce) bottle and gave it a whirl. In a week, I was noticing very small improvements in several area - including my anxiety. I ordered one more bottle - a large one this time! And when we were about 1/2 way through that bottle, we planted our own oats and I now make my own tincture.

I started out using 1/2 a dropperful, about 20 drops. I was coming off a rather large dosage of Xanax at the time, so my practitioner had me start off with a larger dose. I did have to increase my dose to 1 dropperful(about 30 drops), 3 times a day, but was able to back down to only 1 dropperful once I healed. I'm now back up to a full dropperful 3 times a day right now, but may be able to back down soon, considering the improvements I'm seeing.

I hope this has answered your questions, but if not - or if you have more, please ask!!

The avena sativa is made from oats, so it depends on what kind of problems the person is having, but for you, Margaret, I would say yes it has a large potential to give you issues, since I know you a bit more than most on this forum.

If you wish to try it, just be sure that you are 'in a good place' so that you don't set yourself back too far - and talk to your doctor about it first!

I thought you liked your new doc, Margaret?

I wish you luck if you choose to try it!! I know that it has worked well for me and is again! It does take a bit of time for the effects to be felt. And of course that amount of time is determined by how much damage there really is.

I took it to help me get off of Xanax originally - and it worked well. Taking it in cool water makes it more longer acting, and taking it in warm water activates it immediately, but works for a shorter time, so I almost always take it in cool water.

I continued to take it throughout my Lyme & Bart treatments, then through my Babesia treatments, and about 6 months after that, I began to notice that I could feel just how hot our hot water was, the different textures of things (LOL! I still catch myself touching things just to feel their textures after having gone without that for many years!), and I quit sewing my fingers to the back of any sewing I did!! I now feel those needles quite well, thank you!!

I have nerve damage right now not from the lyme but from the darn antibiotics.
My nerves tingle a ton whenever I am back on the abx and within days off of them my nerves are fine. My llmd gave me

alpha lipoic acid

to take to help the nerves. I don't know if it is working or not, I have only been on it a little while but if you look I up it says it claims to repair nerves.

I was told to take it two times a day- I forget the am;t that is in each capsule

I haven't taken it regularly enough to notice anything about it

ALA is alpha lipoic acid and is a precursor to glutithione - the 'thing' that helps us detox. ALA is not specifically for healing nerves, but for detoxing, which will of course, help the nerves.

Sometimes when we try to detox, we end up "releasing" so many toxins that they overwhelm us again and we herx from detoxing. I experience this each time I'm infected.

Try using a low dose to start off with, Cd. If you can cut them in half if it's a tab, or if it's a capsule, open it up and only take 1/2 at a time. If that's too much, only use 1/4 of a pill a day. Once you feel like your body is handling that okay, then raise the dose up slightly again - detoxing heavily the whole time to help move those toxins on out of your body.