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Posted 1/13/2015 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
Doc said to stop abx for now since I've been having a rough time on it. And pay attention to see if symptoms were only when I'm on abx.

I did this before all summer and it came back. But I can do some natural stuff after a few weeks maybe. I need to know what it feels like not to have a toxic load in me- as in nothing killing bugs for a while. Or maybe they are dead and the abx is just making me feel jittery. I need to see what it feels like with no abx for now.
Posted 1/13/2015 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
How are you feeling now? Can you give a better description?
Posted 1/13/2015 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I take breaks...at first when I was herxing, I would lower my antibiotic dose...but then I started to read about protocols where you actually pulse meds 5 on, 2 off (for example)...and I saw a presentation by either Dr. B. or Dr. H. saying it was okay to back off completely.

So, now when I'm feeling 'toxic' or herxing...I stop for a couple of days.

I have been off biaxin now for two weeks....I had developed a rash, and I stopped both biaxin and milk thistle and as it subsided, i added milk thistle back in, but not the biaxin. (I am still on Ceftin, though).

I think if your LLMD is advising it, I would try it. Maybe after a week or sooner, you will notice a difference.
Posted 1/13/2015 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
The anxiety remains the same. The hard part is body weakness and tightening mostly arms and shoulders, tremors from the weakness. No matter how much detox, i cant feel any better. I need my arms to work for my job. A muscle tester who also deals with those meridan things said I have a toxic build up of some sort.

I am going in for some nerve testing too.

ABX can harm people (we forget that here), LLMD is being cuatious.
Posted 1/13/2015 7:47 PM (GMT 0)
How long of a break do you plan? I had 2 different drs tell me it takes 2 weeks for all abx to be out of your system.

I stopped for 2 months and it was a HUGE mistake. I'm now worse than when I first started. All my symptoms plus returned in that 2 month span.
Posted 1/13/2015 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure. I need to see if the above symptoms are from abx. I can always switch to teasle root after a few weeks , I suppose, but that might also be defeating the purpose.

I function and have for 25 years of this. ABX never made me feel awesome yet.

The time I did feel better, was only some symptoms, not all, so that might have been coincidence- I'm 50/50 on that. So thats why I can see my LLMD's point of view. I have some other things going on that may or may not be related, So I need to isolate these to figure out the puzzle. Thats the only way I think if they overlap.

I really wish there was a magic pill to fix my adrenals (dont we all). All the different addrenal supports dont do much, some, not much though.
Posted 1/13/2015 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
When I first started my pulsing, my dr had me off of all meds for one week a month. I was on major duty meds M-W and off Thursday-Sunday. This seemed to work really well at first, and even on the off weeks I felt fantastic. That unfortunately didn't last though. On my current regime, he doesn't even want me to pulse and never take a break.
Posted 1/13/2015 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Astroman have you had nerve testing done before?
Posted 1/14/2015 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
I took a break from my abx a few times while I was on them. Mainly because I felt so bad and needed the break. Especially since I had a lot of stomach and gut issues and abx don't help. More than anything they can make it worse because they kill off all the good bacteria along with the bad. I never told my LLMD because I didn't think it was necessary. Whenever I stopped it was only for a weekend or three days at the most. And it was only a few times over the course of four months.

If your LLMD suggests it all the better. I think the body does need a break from time to time, especially to detox. And I am interested in that muscle testing and nerve testing.
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