Is this a Bart herx?

I recently doubled the amount of houttiynia (sp?) that I take.

I am now experiencing an increase in a bunch of things that had greatly improved in recent months: heart palps, low bp, anxiety, zero patience, feeling completely overwhelmed at work, increased night sweats and insomnia, bones and joints feel like they are going to explode while trying to sleep at night (esp hips), hand started randomly shaking the other day, nerve ending feeling in the back of my neck for a couple of seconds, and hands falling asleep (but ONLY at night while sleeping), sore (muscles?) at the bottom of my ribs, occasional naseau, food aversions, loss of appetite, sound and smell sensitivity....

This is really disturbing because I felt like I had made a pretty good amount of progress....Do these sound like Bartonella herx symptoms, lyme herx symptoms, flare, toxin overload, or something else?

I am drinking alkaseltzer gold right now..seems to be helping at least with naseau..

Most likely, yes. You need to back down on your dose. Doubling the dose is kind of extreme.

Margaret

I had all that when I upped the HH tea.

But - I also introduced a few other bacteria killing herbs at the same time.

I was too impatient to wait. Now I dont know what did what as I stopped everything. Feeling better this week. Lesson learned, one thing new at a time.