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Posted 5/26/2015 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
My mind is all over the place right now, I think i experienced my first emotional herx ill get to that, I have been wondering over the past couple weeks if I have been experiencing anxiety and hyperventilating which is causing me to feel like im not getting another air or if it is "air hunger" Im not really sure what air hunger is suppose to feel like maybe some one can help, A reason I think its not air hunger and its anxiety and me breathing 2 much is every time it happens I feel anxious now IDK if its air hunger thats making me anxious or my thoughts making me anxious which is causing this hyperventilating not getting enough hair feeling....Another reason I think its anxiety is when i did oxygen treatment today at my LLMD and road the electric bike for 2 miles my breathing was fine didn't feel like any issue. After this i went in the suana, and after the suana I think I experienced my first emotional herxing im not sure. My thoughts were so irrational i was trying to calm myself down but i couldnt until i just woke back up from a nap and I still feel on edge but not as bad as earlyier. I keep having terrible thoughts of fear, anxiety , dieing and not being able to control my breathing after I left my llmd from oxygen and suana treatment I was so exhausted >>

So im looking for light shed on two topics please.... 1st, what air hunger really feels like I cant tell if its air hunger or anxiety, I do burp alot when i experience this and my feet get cold and online it says burping is a sign of getting to much air and hyperventilating along with the cold feet and i dont have any other barbs symptoms its hard for me to get my mind down to what is really happening here?

and second....is it normal to feel that awful emotionally after a treatment to have such negative thoughts hit you out of no where and fear and anxiety like that it was terrible I was fine before the oxygen and suana and then it went all down hill fast and that was 3 hours ago, I passed out for an hour and am still trying to calm myself down and relax but My mind keeps fighting back ....
Posted 5/26/2015 9:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Myeezy, what meds are you on if you dont mind me asking (Im curious how hard youre hitting stuff). I have been EXACTLY where youre at. Does it feel like a chest tightness?


-Courtney
Posted 5/26/2015 9:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hi myeezy24

Anxious to see your response to Courtney's question, which I think will be revealing.

But I, too, have had those reactions to treatment. During the first 3 wks of my abx I literally though I'd lost my mind. Never have I felt so crazy and ready to explode…meltdown after meltdown, hour after hour. It finally and slowly subsided but wow. that was rough.

You might want to substitute sauna treatment w/ a little less intense detox like a short warm bath. You can really overdo it at the beginning of treatment once you start the killing process w/ abx… and you need to let your body catch up with your need to detox and flush out the debris.

p
Posted 5/26/2015 10:42 PM (GMT 0)
i dont get any chest tightness at all....im not sure how people would descirbe air hunger i really think mines anxiety but im not sure , Iv been on herbs only since feb, did a month of doxy in march, since mid april iv been on....doxy 100mg twice a day, tindazole 500mg twice a day for 4 days each week, Rifampin 150mg once a day and ziromax twice a day....all for lyme and famciclorvir 500mg for my EBV and about 11 herbs my chinese herbalist who knows my LLMD talked to and made for me custom teas I take for lyme and bart and ebv besides the herbs my LLMD gave me, i literally take a total of 16 things a day those antibiotics and then all my herbs and probiotics ......I still feel so anxious and out of it now and its been hours since treatment
Posted 5/26/2015 10:44 PM (GMT 0)
and iv been doing the oxygen and suana though for about 7 weeks every Tuesday, this was the first Tuesday i broke a sweat doing the oxygen and the most sweat i had come out in the sauna
Posted 5/27/2015 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
WeLLLL, youre def hitting things pretty nicely I would say between the meds and herbs you are taking! When I took multiple abx at one time in the beginning I had a reaction where it affected my breathing and made my chest feel tight simultaneously. There were numerous call to my llmd at that point! We discussed it being a possibility of babesia rearing its head and it being air hunger...BUT....it turns out it was anxiety from the herx/die-off.

The reason I knew is because my llmd had me take a valium and magically the breathing issue/chest tightness was relieved! Another way I knew is because I would MAKE myself do some light and short jogging for a few mins just around my driveway and immediately following my breathing would be better. This was because exercise is known to make certain brain chemicals flow and relieve anxiety.

So all in all, I think it was between the die-off causing anxiety and my lymph's not being able to filter out the bacteria die-off quick enough. I think the lymph glands in my chest and neck were affected the most at that time.

For me, the breathing thing lasted for a couple months on and off actually. During that time I literally would take a low-dose dose of valium just to breathe okay. I would just take quarters of the pill and it helped.

If this is the case for you, you could ask your llmd for a script of valium (or Klonopin is good) and try some just to see if it eases things. I did not want to develop a habit so I made sure I ONLY took as needed and in low doses.


I have come to realize that I personally have 3 types of herx's:
-physical symptoms & pain herx
-anxiety herx
-& emotional herx.

The ultimate herx has been-you guessed it, ALL 3 things at ONCE! Talking about a hot-mess!

I have somewhat learned my limits and take things low and slow to start so I can essentially even survive taking the meds.

Its good you are detoxing. Sauna's are good....thats was one of the reasons I forced a lil jogging. I tried to break some sweat and get my lymph's flowing. *Lymph's move when you move* is key to remember.

This is my fav site for lyme detoxing remedies if you would like to incorporate some more things into your detoxing routine:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html


Hope you find some relief soon!

~Courtney~
Posted 5/27/2015 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
^thanks im starting to belive its anxiety cuz i dont have breathing issues doing the work out bike or when im not nervous and thinking about my treatment and lyme working myself up thats when the breathing issues start..and then i work myself up even more thinking it could be barbs,,,i hate my mind lol
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