HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Byron White Bartonella Challenge

Support Forums
>
Lyme Disease
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 10/31/2016 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone know how you're supposed to do this challenge?

My doc literally just said, "increase quickly to one dropper."

How quickly is quickly? Where do I start? How many drops is one dropper? haha.

It would be much quicker to ask you guys than try to get back in touch with my doc--who takes 11-14 days to respond.

I started with 3 drops and have increased by one drop per day. Do I keep upping until I absolutely can't function? I am herxing now, but the herxes are bearable.

Thanks in advance!
Posted 10/31/2016 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
My guess a full dropper is about 30 drops. Everyone's tolerance is different. I would get up to where you can bear it then back down a few drops and stay steady at that dose for a week or so then start to ramp up again. Treatment is a marathon, not a sprint with "No Pain, No Gain" approach.

I think the challenge has proven it works. Now adjust the dose to what you can live with. A-Bart is next on my list to try. Please keep us informed on your progress.
Posted 10/31/2016 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
I really don't like the "challenge" when a doctor says take 20 drops and see if you get a reaction. That could cause a nasty herx for someone. In my opinion you start slow and then when you start herxing, then you have achieved your dosage for now. No need to get to that "challenge" dosage at this time. The goal is not to herx.
Posted 10/31/2016 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
Krimpet, even with the A-L "challenge" I never even made it to the full 20 drops. So who knows what the doc was actually wanting. There's no way I could just start taking 20 in a week or so. It took 6 months to make it to the 15 therapeutic dose. Haha.

And I will do, tickbite666.
Posted 10/31/2016 8:58 PM (GMT 0)
I hear you MA10 on getting to dosages slowly.
Posted 11/1/2016 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
A bart ..my doc said ...20 drops 2 x a day....didnt notice though...
Posted 11/1/2016 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
took A-BART 25 drops 3x/day right off the bat did nothing for me and i have a pretty resistant strain of Bart. everyone is different so to be safe always start low and see how you react. if you have a day or two of no reaction go up. some will do 1 drop a time some will do 2,3,5 depends on how well you know yourself and your reactions to meds. less you know slower you should go.
Posted 11/1/2016 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
I think that I am definitely having some reaction. Headaches, some neuro, anxiety, and some fatigue, but all of these symptoms are bearable right now. Does that just mean it's a bearable herx? Like should I stop where I am or keep going? Right now they're just annoyances and not really what I would consider a "bad herx."

I guess my question is at what point should I stop going up? Because I am definitely having some reaction, just not anything as intense as I have had with other "challenges."
Posted 11/1/2016 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't build up too fast the first few days, some of this stuff takes nearly a week before you get a reaction.

But then I'm a chicken. These herx reactions scared me enough on the abx last year I don't ever want to approach feeling like that again.
Posted 11/1/2016 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
julymorning, so one drop per day wouldn't be too fast? Or I guess it would just depend on how I'm handling it at the time. I just keep waiting for the "bad herx" that I've had in the past.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply