Am I taking enough cuz I'm not feeling terrible. Please review my herbals and supplements. Thx!

Well, today the back pain that started when I first took the art. almost 3 weeks ago just. went. away. Actually last night mostly but today, nada. Not complaining at all. And, overall I feel dang good today. (probably shouldn't have typed that out loud, ha)

So I wonder if I'm feeling good just because I've stopped the AB's? Been off since 3rd week of March.

And now I wonder if I'm taking enough? What do you guys think about what I'm on?

This is what I am taking:
Byron White A-BAB, BT Detox and A-Inflamm
Researched Nutritionals Artemisinin (pulse 2 caps, 10 days on, 36 hrs off as I learned during the lyme forum)

Liposomal C and glutathione
CoQ-10
Fish oil caps-3
multivit
B complex
selenium and iodine
magnesium
Vit D
CuraMed curcumin

Plus now I'm eating a ketogenic diet with no sugar/grains and of course my beloved fermented foods every day and plenty of them.

Soon I'll be having the intravenous UV light treatment.

What'cha think? Am I having a reduction of symptoms because of no ABs or maybe I'm just having a temporary good moment or is it possible that I'm getting a bit better?

Post Edited (Tillybear) : 4/21/2016 7:32:29 PM (GMT-6)

Are the fermented foods your only probiotic? i'm just wondering if that is sufficient?
I'm not saying it isn't....I don't know enough about the fermented foods...but thought I'd ask....

As far as missing anything - you could add a binder - Activated Charcoal for example to your regimen.

Wow Peteza, you are taking a lot more than me. But I guess the BW herbals are a mixture so if all the ingredients were typed out it would look better.

Girlie: I have been taking a probiotic since last June. I forgot to add that to my list. Switching probiotics is supposed to be a good idea so I am going to use a different one. But yeah, the FF has so many more good bacteria than probiotics I do consider them my main source. I do take charcoal when I get up in the night to use the bathroom, but I've only been taking it when I'm not feeling well... maybe it should be every night? Also use alka seltzer gold when I'm herxing, too.

CD: I was diagnosed 5 summers ago with lyme and babs, not bart. Treated for about 60 days with doxy. Became severely worse again 2 years ago and sought LLMD a year ago in June 2015. He confirmed lyme, babs, monstrous candidiasis and recently is seeing some bart although I don't really see the classic sx of that?

Short list of symptoms are neuro with the labile mood, days of weeping on and off, brain fog and memory. Others have been crushing fatigue, muscle aches, weakness, vision changes, intolerance to noise, hot flashes, chills, occasional shooting pains and now this terrific back pain which went away entirely yesterday and today has returned just a bit. (It was sunny and warm yesterday and today is grey and damp and chilly.)

Since going to the LLMD I've been on: zithromax, diflucan, amox, silver, minocycline, cryptoleptis, plaquenil and everything that I listed above. I had been on the Buhner protocol for 3 months before going to the LLMD.

So yeah, I want to be feeling better but you know the fear that it's just a lack of herxing and not actual progress? That's what is happening in my head. Here it's a full moon and I'm not suffering. That's new.

I have 7 days of amox in the bottle yet, maybe I should take it and test my theory?

As far as Buhner and art. I've heard that but who was it on here that pulsed it for 10 on and off for 3d x 4 rounds and was cleared of it? Someone wrote that in a different thread a few weeks back.

Maybe I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and just enjoy feeling well as long as it lasts.

Tilly-See how you handle the intravenous UV light treatment.

I started doing IV ozone and was really surprised that I herxed from it. If I do a double pass I'm hit hard for the next 24 plus hours (especially my heart) but the improvement after is clear. I think you will get a an idea of where your toxin load is by how you handle the treatment. You can adjust when you have a better idea of where your at.

Sorry it took so long for me to get back here. My life had other plans for me these past couple of days ;)

Thanks so much for sharing your history again, Tillybear. And, so sorry you've had such a tough time of things!

And, you are correct - a member on here credits Artemisinin for the healing of his Babesia. Just because its effectiveness might be somewhat reduced over time, doesn't mean it can't be effective. That's where the larger doses come in. We each need to find what works for us.

Nerve issues are often Bart but can also be Lyme. You've been in treatment long enough that I think it's realistic to expect improvements and I'm very happy you're enjoying that now - yay!!

I also think you're doing some good stuff to help your immune system and that's what can help keep the bugs away.

As Girlie said, you can always go back on antibiotics if you feel the need. In the meantime, you are taking stuff that can help you heal.

May the improvements continue!!!

Please keep us updated.