Cowdens Protocol for NeuroLyme---Newbie here please help!

Hi Driven!
Welcome to our community. I"m so glad you found us.

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

You definitely need to be detoxing, as this will likely help ease your symptoms. It sounds like you may be herxing.

Yes, you should be using a probiotic, as the herbs will kill the bad bacteria off in your digestive system, and you need to replace them with good bacteria to keep the levels of the bad bacteria down. Otherwise, more bad bacteria is allowed to proliferate in the intestines.

There are many types of probiotics that can be used. You want to find one that seems to work best for you. I prefer kefir (homemade), but others have used VSL3, Florestor, and others. Basically, you want the highest number of strains of bacteria that you can afford, from a good quality brand though.

I'm not sure if adding Oil of oregano would be a good idea right now, if those are the symptoms that have increased since starting the protocol. You would do best to wait on adding that until after you get the herxing back under control, as oil of oregano can really pack a punch for some people.

No, I did not use Cowden's, I used a different herbal protocol - and then in 2014, I got reinfected again, so I'm back in the fight with everyone here. =( Although I did completely heal in 2012 using herbal protocols only.

For me, my symptoms are really quite stubborn, and I have a lot going on with my adrenals, thyroid, gut dysfunction and more - so I'm moving through treatments very, very slowly this time. But, my body responds better to herbs/natural products than it does to pharmaceuticals. Are herbs 'strong enough' to treat these infections? Definitely, but we all have our own path to walk still. I know that is frustrating, but it's something we have to understand.

I start noticing improvements within about 2 months, sometimes sooner - but these are small improvements, like I feel more stable, or I find I'm sleeping better. The big changes happen more slowly - unfortunately - but they do happen.

This is definitely a crazy disease!! It's one of the most complex diseases known at this time.

I would agree with your thought on increasing your detoxing. This is a site that many of us use to find more detoxing ideas - hopefully it will help you as well: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html.

You can also use the search function on this site to locate threads where others are talking about what they do for detoxing. Just be sure to use the term Lyme first in all your searches to help keep your responses more limited to the Lyme forum, as there are a lot of forums on this site. Here's a link to the search I just did on detoxing: https://goo.gl/Iu3jgD

I'm not sure how many Cowden users we have on here, but I know that there aren't very many. While you are waiting for them to post, here are some search results I came up with on this forum:

This is one that I remember, and actually know the member online: www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3678588

I started to pick out some others for you, but when looking at them, thought you may wish to see some of the ones that I may not choose, so here's the link to the search I just did: /goo.gl/05kNAL

Weekends can be either really busy, or really slow, so try to have patience in waiting for someone to post with experience with Cowden's. You can 'bump' up your thread back up to the top of the forum any time you wish though - just type the word "bump" and hit the submit button. In case you don't know, bump stands for "bring up my post" on internet forums. It's a way to get more views/comments. I can also try to help keep your post bumped up.

I am using a combo of cowden plus antibiotics. My LLND has told me that samento and banderol are good at targeting the cyst and biofilm forms of Lyme and the antibiotics are good at targeting the active form. We will see. I am on an antibiotic break currently but still keeping up the other stuff. I have lots of neuro symptoms too.
Are you sleeping ok? That really exacerbates my neuro symptoms, poor sleep. I've recently started kava for sleep issues and it has helped more than any other natural products I've tried.

Do a search for Jenna blog Dr cowden parasites. Article will come up. Ideally you should do parasites first but if your already on a protocol to add it in.

Llmd said to drop oregano from 3 to 1..Which I'm doing..That stuff really is hard on the tummy. What did your doc say?

Just take it away from cowdens and you'll be fine

The Pinella burbur is supposed to help with herxs too..And don't forget to drink ..I never would have thought I could drink a gallon a day

Yes we have busy schedules.