HERX question..

I see a lot posted how HERX is a good thing. My question is...if you don't HERX does that mean the abx aren't helping?
Ps I'm only on day 2 of restarting doxy. I'll be adding in tinaidazole and biofilm defense once I know GI can handle it.

I did not herx all through my treatment. I did have symptoms come and go. Symptoms would move from place to place in my body. And, I had new symptoms all of a sudden appear. But never did I herx like I have read.

Why didn't I herx? From everyone that I have talked to they said that my body was detoxing efficiently.

I have been a very healthy eater with very little sugar for over 20 years. I have detoxed for that long also. Only I did not know it was called detoxing. I called it helping my body be healthy. I did ACV in water. I love Kombucha and did one a day. Especially at about 2pm when I was mentally tapped. I love lemon water and we always have a bottle of organic real lemon juice in our fridge so you can add a splash to your water.

I love vegetables and always have since I was a kid. I also love fish. I buy wild caught. We spend a huge amount of money on quality food in our home. Hubby is even healthier than I am. I will eat a cookie once in awhile, he won't. He is really a purest. I also love a glass of wine. He doesn't drink.

So maybe all of those reasons and just the way my body works was why I did not herx. I can only guess. But, since I felt like a total freak not herxing, I did find many others on the internet that don't. I honestly thought something was wrong with me because I did not herx.

One of the old (and now gone) moderators on here was the person that made me feel good about not herxing. Before that, I felt like people could not believe that I never herxed. I still feel somewhat uncomfortable saying it. So if you don't herx, reach out to me. I know how you feel. It was actually frightening to not herx. I thought I would not heal because I did not herx.

I did heal and did not herx. It is possible.

Sure sounds like it.

Check out the detox list and see if there is something you can add. When you add a detox method, you add it the same way you add medicine for treating lyme - start out with a low dose and slowly move up.

We have to baby ourselves when adding anything new. Here are some detox ideas, which I am sure you are familiar with, but just in case someone too shy to post is wondering:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

This is my take on the whole situation. Just a good story, and no facts in this. So please, a grain of salt. When lyme figures out you are trying to kill it, it runs for cover. It searches for a good place to hide. It loves old injury sites. I think because the doors on an old injury site are ajar and not as secure and bolted as other healthy places.

At the same time, some lyme is caught and killed by the medicine. Oh and some just have died because they have done their job and it is old age for them. The immune system is trying its darnedest to kill the suckers also and it does get a few.

So here you have some dead toxins (lyme) ready to get out of you. Oh wait, there is all this other junk (toxins) wanting to get out too. You ate that stuff with sugar in it? You breathed that new carpet? Got in your hot car and smelled that plastic? Did you brush up against that bush and get pollen on you? Oh, that super fragrant woman you stood in line behind at the grocery store? And, the trace pesticides on your fruit or vegetables you could not wash off? And the hormones in your meat or dairy products?

Toxins. We come in contact with them every day. Too many to name. Our organs and systems are busy getting rid of these on a daily basis. If you add in dead lyme, sometimes you get an elimination highway that is all backed up.

Time to get the highway clear and moving well. That is where detoxing comes in. It helps keep things moving along and not getting clogged up. A clogged up highway and you have pain.

Anyway this is the story I tell when it comes to detoxing. We really should be doing it always, not just because we have lyme. Lyme just makes it MORE super necessary.

I totally believe backing off meds can be helpful.