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Posted 8/4/2015 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Tomorrow I have another appointment with my LLND to start on the herbals. Right now I'm just on my supplements to boost my immune system. I'm so nervous about starting the herbs - ahhh! I do not want to feel worse. The thought of my balance getting even worse than it has been scares me. Sometimes its so hard to cope with it already and I'm not even on anything to treat yet.

My question is : Do MOST people experience herxing when they start their protocols to treat Lyme? Or do most not herx? Or is it a 50/50? Or does anyone even know? lol

I'm hoping it is a "20% of people experience herxing when starting treatment" and not 90%!

Ps. I plan on detoxing like crazy.
Posted 8/4/2015 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
I have been wondering the same thing. As of now my treatment is IV colloidal silver (Argentyn), Hydrogen Peroxide IV and a chelation IV to detox mercury. Some days after the IV treatments I feel great and other days I feel nauseous. Every time I do the 3 IV treatments I have itching all over my body with some small red bumps that break out on my body. So far I have done 4 treatments. This week I am going to increase from once a week to twice a week. These are the detox or Herx reactions that I get from treatment.
Posted 8/4/2015 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
There's really no way to tell who will herx and who won't - it all depends on how well your body detoxes. If you have gene mutations (MTHFR) or just a very high toxin load already, yes, you will likely herx soon, but you can reduce how much if affects you by doing as much as you can to detox.


If you have the gene mutations there are supplements you can take to help bypass those mutations. Otherwise, it's all about getting as many detox pathways working as hard as possible for you.

We have a great list in the "New to Lyme?" thread that sits at the top of the forum - and we've had quite a few members asking for people favorite means of detoxing as well. You can use the search function on this site to help locate those threads, just be sure to enter the word Lyme in front of other search terms to help keep your results mostly coming from the Lyme forum.
Posted 8/4/2015 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Missteak!!

Welcome to our community!! I'm so glad you found us!

If you haven't ​yet​, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists, helpful links and pdf's, how to detox when one has these infections, information on probiotics and much more.

Let us know how we can best help you!! This is a great group for support and finding information!!
Posted 8/4/2015 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
Jessica - also wanted to mention that herxing can start soon after treatment...or it can be several weeks into treatment....or you may not experience a herx.

Also, sometimes a herx will ramp up all symptoms, and sometimes just a few symptoms. It can also bring on new symptoms.
You won't necessarily have a ramping up of you 'off-balance' symptom.
Posted 8/4/2015 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Jessica Mommy. I recently started a 2 weeks on 1 week off (M,W,F) abx treatment regimen for 22 weeks. I just started week 4 which is an abx week. On day 1 of starting abx treatment I felt ok with no symptoms whatsoever except for more fatigue. Day 2 I felt plenty of fatigue and had a headache that eventually got really bad late in the day I just ended up having to sleep the rest of the day. Had 2 more sluggish days and then it went pretty smooth until week 3 after about 4 days without antibiotics and felt terrible, really terrible for 1 day. Then in week 3 on Th, F, S, Su, and yesterday I had some of the best days I've had in a long time, I mean a long time. Started abx yesterday, Monday, and began herxing late in the day I could tell. I decided to go sweat it off before the headache could get any worse and it went away.
My point is, it might get worse before it gets better. As far as the balance issue, during those 4 good days I was wondering when am I going to feel off balance, and you know what it never really hit me until yesterday. I've noticed subtle declines in my symptoms. Here are things that improved...fatigue, food allergies, sugar related issues, urinary problems, neck pains, vision problems, POTS not so prevalent, more energy, my mood has been the best it's been in 13 months. These are subtle improvements but a very LARGE step in the right direction.
Thank God! Pray, pray, pray JessicaMommy.
Posted 8/4/2015 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
When I first started meds my symptoms got slightly worse but not a big "herx" like you hear a lot. Ironically what made my symptoms worse and introduced new ones was when I did an epsom salt detox bath. If the water is too hot you'll cause bug die off but even if just lukewarm you can still get reaction so do be careful when trying new detox methods and take it slowly else it can have the opposite effect.
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