Possibly have Lyme and would appreciate advice

Hi, Icm37, welcome to our community!

It does sound like you have lyme disease...especially since you are herxing after incorporating the silver, and cat's claw.

The best thing you could do for your symptoms now is detox. Detoxing will help flush out the toxins that are created when the bacteria dies-off. You want to start with a few things:

- Drink minimum 8 glasses of water daily
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice into some glasses
- Take a liver support supplement (eg. Milk thistle extract)
- Take probiotics daily (support the gut)

Then you want to add another detox in every few days.
Some other ideas:

- epsom salt baths
- dry brush your skin before baths
- Purchase Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur and take them daily
- Take a binder once daily (eg Activated charcoal...or Bentonite Clay...etc)

Here is a link to a website with lots of ideas to detox:


www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods

If the herx is too much...even with detoxing...you can always back down on the doses of your treatment.

We encourage all new members to read through the thread at the top of the page titled: "new to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.


I hope you keep reading, posting, asking questions...great group of people here.

Hi lcm37 -

Welcome - gald you're here!

You've been given really good info already. Particularly detox suggestions. For the headaches AND brain fog - please try Nutrimedix bur bur and Pinella tinctures - they're essential for my brain detox. A lot of us are using them.

Also for brain detox - binders are helpful (remember the gut-brain connection) so I like to do a binder as the last thing I do for the day so that there is nothing for the gut to absorb overnight that shouldn't be there.

I also wanted to suggest trying to find a Lyme-literate neurologist to consult about the seizures, etc. I have one in San Diego - love him but that might not be convenient for you. He likes to suggest that most neuro symptoms are caused by inflammation so that is something to try (japanese knotweed, turmeric, maybe do a search for other remedies).

I started seeing him when I developed seizures, vertigo, tinnitus about 1 yr into antibiotics. Doing much better now (he didn't do a whole lot for me other than run a slew of tests but he did give me a recipe for tinnitus cocktail:

Niacin 100mg once/day
L-lysine 500mg once/day
Lipoflavonoid one tablet once/day

FINDING AN LLMD:
Please post "Looking for an LLMD in ________" and we'll see if we can help.

You can also email one of our top mods Traveler or Girlie for a specific list of Lyme specialists in your area to consider. I'm also a mod but not around as consistently but will help however I can.

Here are a few more resources Traveler likes to share:
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​​Y​​ou can go to ​​The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:
​​www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74​

Y​ou can email ​the​ Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at​: [email protected]​

ILADS has their own referral system as well:
​​​ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

And www.LymeDoc.org

You will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) as well as many others, 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.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions that come up!

Hope this is helpful - please let us know how you're doing!

-p