Over did it this past week? Feeling awful

So i am thinking this past week i may have overdid it a tad bit... In addition to my full time job i also am a pet sitter and had about 8 clients last week. Meaning up super early, pet sitting before work, working 9 hours, then more pet sitting, getting home, cleaning and cooking and taking care of my cat with cancer as well as the other three....

Then we had thanksgiving and cooking at home, worked friday and this past weekend I was literally go go go with errands, decorating pet sitting, cutting down my tree, decorating the tree, baking, cat vet appts.

I have also been so anxious lately it is ridiculous. First think waking up sunday I started freaking out that I would not be back from getting my tree in time for my boyfriend to watch the Bills live and I kept thinking how he wont want to go how he will be upset if he is late, etc, when normally he has no issue with something like that. I was freaking out and shaking running around like crazy, he told me i had lost it. Then I was crying in the parking lot looking for my glasses, again makes him think i am crazy....

Needless to say, this morning i woke up with the worst headache and neck ache imaginable, no energy at all, just feeling like death. I called into work so I could just sleep (which I did until 12pm) and relax and I am feeling slightly better. I had been having more good than bad days lately less headaches and numbing of my feet etc, until all this.. this Lyme and Bart is killing me.... :/

I'm sorry you're not feeling great. Glad you got some rest! I'm still new to this Lyme thing too, and I think my increase in symptoms lately is partly due to the holiday, the stress of it all and being out of my routine. I've also had a lot of neuro symptoms and haven't been sleeping much (due to headaches, anxiety, and insomnia) and it's all catching up to me.

Try to rest and slow down a little bit until you are feeling better. And don't forget to detox!

Detoxing will definitely help! I wasn't sure about it either in the beginning (my LLMD never mentioned it either) so I started with methods that didn't seem too medicinal and were inexpensive: Alka seltzer gold (has to be gold; you can get it at CVS, runs about $5 I think), Yogi detox tea (available in most food stores, about $4), lemon water (make sure you use at least 1-2 full lemons), and dry brushing (a good brush will be at least $8 I think). Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar is useful (I found it to be a slow form of torture though lol).

I recently added Activated Charcoal and it has helped me more than anything with herxing.

Are you dry brushing before your epsom salt baths? That is a good detox...gets the lymph system moving...as well as sloughs off dead skin...so the skin can breathe.

I like Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur for detox.

Are you taking a liver support supplement?
That's important.

Thanks everyone! in regards to the Tea and the alkaseltzer gold how often?? And where do you get activated charcoal and it sounds umm gross haha.

I had to use a day off today just to stay home and my work is not very understanding of this because again they see me fine one day and then stating that i feel horrible the next, it sucks.. big time. Unfortunately the pet sitting is something i cannot give up as with my cat's medical expenses with his cancer topping at 5,000 and his chemo meds being 400 a month I need all the money I can get to barely afford it :( Boyfriend poor guy works 1.5 hours away for USPS so walked about 10 plus miles a day when he gets home or on his days off he does barely anything, and he doesn't care about cleaning so that job was mine before he moved in and still is...

most of my "friends" are tired of me complaining and have told me that I am depressed and miserable all the time and I apparently don't want to change so i have lost pretty much all of them as well.. It is a lonely disease and made even worse that one of my kitties who are my world is on bared time.. :'(

I do need to get a brush, what kind or does anyone have a link to a picture so I am sure I get the correct thing?

It should be a natural bristle brush.

Here's one:

/www.amazon.com/dp/B0188Y3WB8?psc=1

/www.amazon.com/Bernard-Jensens-Brush-Natural-Bristle/dp/B0016BM5D2?th=1

I bought mine at my local health food store...and don't remember the brand.

We can do it, guys. Slow and steady! I don't care about first place; I just wanna be able to say that I ran the race!

Go, team!

Go, go, go, team!

Haha. I understand, though. I've been dragging myself around these past couple days. Felt miserable today, wondered if my illnesses were starting to progress a bunches again, then I had an inkling.. "full moon." Googled it, and sure enough..

Anyhoo..