Need help

I sent the 23andme test kit to be evaluated at the suggestion of a functional chiro practioner whom I have not yet met but have spoken to him several times. He will help me with my methylation problems and more, I assume. I have been off antibiotics for 1 1/2 years due to gut issues, c-diff and yeast problems plus allergic reactions. I did take A-Bab for many months and did get up to 12 drps twice daily. My LLMD had me stop this tincture and start A-Bart 3 months ago but have only been able to get to 2/3 of a drop every other day because of the continual herxes. I am not a whimp by any means so this is very discouraging. Any thoughts on this would appreciated.
I would like to transition to the Buhner protocol but have no idea where to start. I do have the Healing Lyme book but because of my decreased cognition I cannot make heads or tails from it. I have lyme, bartonella and babs with bart being dominant. Do I start with the core protocol? My symptoms are neuro along with difficulty breathing, anxiety/agitation/rage, high blood pressure (190's/90's), rapid and bounding heart rate, skin and eye issues, lethargy, and many others although many symptoms have resolved over time.
My husband had a brain bleed in 2014 and needs me to help him with certain daily functions so I cannot go down for the count with heavy duty herxes and yes I do detox.

Patty

Hi Patty -

First, I am highly allergic/reactive to the levaquins as well (my whole family so it's a DNA thing for sure).

I was also highly reactive to A-Bart and it created huge GI problems for me - "palsy of the gut" and nasty attacks where my entire torso felt like it was in a pulsing vice - this would go on for hours until I would projectile vomit and pass out. Then it would take weeks sometimes to recover. The A-Bart triggered these episodes, I stopped the A-Bart and the episodes stopped. I started A-Bart again, which brought on the episodes again so I finally had to stop taking it.

LLMD switched me to IV vancomycin for bart and FINALLY, after 8 yrs of GI problems and 2 yrs of these GI episodes I finally have relief. I won't be on vanco for too much longer and will try to transition back to A-bart once the infection is a little more under control. You might try a different herbal formula or try a different abx protocol. There are other posters here doing Buhner's so I'm sure they'll be along soon to offer suggestions. Hopefully you can find an LLMD who can help you - you definitely need some support as you are juggling quite a bit.

-p

There are different 'core protocols' for Lyme, bartonella and babesia, and there is overlap between them. If your LLMD isn't familiar with Buhner, there are herbalists who are. Julie McIntyre is one. There's a list of them somewhere, but I can't remember where.