Medication or supplement for balance

Hi MikeyH!
Welcome to our community!! I'm so glad you found us!
Why don't you tell us a little bit about your situation/history? Are you in treatment for these infections with a Lyme literate doctor? What kind of treatment are you using? We like to know a few things about our members so we can be of better help.

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. And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html Detoxing for us is an incredibly important part of our healing.

Dizziness and balance issues could be from a number of things. Have you been evaluated for POTS, and how's your blood pressure? Too low or too high of BP can leave people with dizziness and balance issues, but so can these infections.

I would encourage you to begin detoxing and to work on getting your diet to a better place at this time, then. This will help prepare your body for treatment, as once treatment starts, ( ideally) you will have toxins flowing nearly full time and you will need to help your body get rid of them. I posted about detoxing in my other post above, but we can also give more details if you have questions.

You will want to be sure to use a well trained doctor, not one that has self proclaimed themselves as a LLMD or an ID Doc (Infectious Disease Doctor), as ID docs believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey:
www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

And feel free to ask questions here! That's what this community is all about - helping each other get through all of this!

Unless it's too high or too low BP, I'm not sure there are any supplements that you can take for dizziness and being off balance. Hopefully others will be along shortly though and they may know of something that helped them.

Thank you that's exactly how I would describe it pressure in the head

I have the back of the head pressure too. I hate it! Japenese knotweed soundso like a good start. Start slow, that stuff is powerful. Personally, I can't really tolerate it. I only use herbals so I'm not sure of what antibiotics would help.

Mikey, I haven't found anything that has helped me with the balance issue. But when I am feeling extreme dizziness which often includes the headache, heart palpitations and breathlessness, I use Pinella and Burbur. This has helped me significantly.

I take 10 drops of each every 15 minutes until the symptom has passed. This helps to detox the brain which may be why you are experiencing this.

Chewing on licorice and high salt has helped with low bp ..but for vertigo. ..maybe antivert ..treat for bartonella ...

Yes - my left side - shoulder blade/arm/hand - my worse symptoms
(Nerve pain) -

Mikey,

Is your dizziness permanent or from time to time. Mine has been permanent since June of 2014. Diazapam helped with the motion sickness feeling. Not a herb or supplement but it did help me. Through the course of treatment it has become better. I did long term abx from Feb. of 15 to October of 15. I then started the Cowden Protocol on herbs and last Dec. I started Ondamed biofeedback therapy.

I recently started Ozone therapy but for some reason I am feeling the motion sickness more than before I started that. Not sure if the increase in detox tinctures along with the killing of more spirochetes had led to herx issues or what.

Sorry I am not more helpful but nothing took care of it right away. I would recommend biofeedback therapy to anyone as it has helped several in our Lyme support group in St. Louis.