This is a Lyme Disease forum and I don't want to deviate too far from its treatment, but there are other things that when added to Lyme make it very difficult to heal. I've had a few people email over the years asking questions about
health in general and I did my best to answer them. I usually ask them as many questions as they ask me and I've seen some interesting things.
Most of the time, people are in pretty bad shape by the time they come to this forum. They often have Lyme and several co-infections. Several of the people that emailed me had other issues that compounded their condition. Some of these individuals had tests verifying what they had, others I could only speculate but their symptoms were uncannily similar. If it were me, I would have addressed the toxicities first because healing from Lyme is difficult enough. Here are a few examples from people that emailed me.
Manganese Toxicity
MTBE/ETBE Toxicity
Phthalate Toxicity
Barium Toxicity
Lead Toxicity
Aluminum Toxicity
Mycotoxin Toxicity
You can read about
several chemical toxicities here and the GPL-TOX test. It's not for everyone but if you have a job or live in an environment that exposes you to a lot of chemicals, it may be of benefit. You would be shocked at how many chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis from just the air we breathe. I am in no way affiliated with this company and there are others that do similar testing. This just gives you examples to read about
some of the toxicities that are out there.
www.greatplainslaboratory.com/gpl-tox/