When you herx do you back off meds?

Everyone is different, I personally plow through because that means things are dying, and I just up my detox. I actually like herxing because afterwords I feel so much better and I know I'm getting rid of the little suckers. BUT that's my personally approach, however I think if I had a herx where I felt was life threatening or something I definitely would back off.

Its a balance- but overall a good thing. A herx means you are killing the bugs off -balance that with having to get through your day. I really like a herx when I add something to my program. The last thing I want to do is waste time no making progress.

Once I get a herx I back off some -its trial and error. Detox helps-I turn up my Vit C volume when I herx-using lypo-spheric Vit c.

it depends on how bad the herx is, if it is really bad i do back off

Depends. If I'm herxing enough to be like, okay, this is a lot, I'll definitely back off.

My symptoms have always been largely neurological, especially when herxing. I'll do a complete 180 in terms of self-esteem, outlook on life, etc.

I'd been without one of my tinctures for a couple weeks, as I have to order them through my doctor (Beyond Balance), and it's more cost-effective to order multiple at once, instead of just one. When I finally got another bottle, I went back to my usual dose.

Within an hour, I was talking about suicide, when my day beforehand had been great.

That's probably a common thing, though. Thankfully, we know better, right? I want to live. It's the Lyme talking.

Still, it can be scary, so... yeah, consider titrating down, up your detox, etc.

Use your best judgment, when "plowing through," as another said. I'm one to do that, also, but listen to your gut, your heart, whatever.

Intuition is a factor. Being dynamic with your treatments, as well.

I've launched herx deathspirals/immune storm loops from overaggressive treatments. Even after I stopped the therapeutics the herx like symptoms kept continuing, in one severe episode it took me almost a year to recover/stabilize. Someone was just telling me the other day this can be due to bartonella induced autoimmunity issues and this concept makes sense to me although I don't know much about it. I think they have the same issue as me. So I have to be very careful, in general it is all about finding pacing and making sure I can manage the severity of herxing and make sure it doesn't spiral out of control. That year long detour was a one-time experience, in general I bounce back in a few days/week if I give the therapeutics a break.

I do notice that I slowly improve over time with meds that make me herx, but it is gradual. It isn't one massive herx and boom I feel better. Much more subtle. But I think it may be because I have immune system issues going on due to the pathogens. Makes my system respond like a tripwire.

And that's not meant to scare you, I think I'm on one end of the bell-curve and probably have specific side issues going on. But patients should be careful to make sure they control pacing and try not to continuously severely herx for months on end. That is a sign imo that treatment needs to be slowed up or dosed down.

And my "herx" responses are very fast, I tend to feel it 20-30 min after an effective therapeutic. I've always found that weird as most other people have much longer lag periods and again that could be due to specific immune system/pathogen issues I have going on.

Whether one should plow through or take a break is a personal judgement call that depends on the individual patient, their intuitions and tolerance levels. I wish I could have a better answer to that one.

Post Edited (sebreg) : 9/17/2017 4:58:25 PM (GMT-6)