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Posted 7/29/2018 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hey guys.


Ok so I’m on a pulsing schedule and I’ve been on a babesia protocol consisting of omnicef, minocin, mepron, artemesia, cryptolepis, and enula. I pulse those Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 2 weeks then 2 weeks off

This is my first week off..I felt ok the first few days but yesterday and today I feel awful... I’m full of pain which is new for me... and I’m just angry and irritable. Foggy and dizzy. My back hurts so bad!!

What gives?? Can u herx on your weeks off? Or is the lyme just kicking my butt!
Posted 7/29/2018 3:31 AM (GMT 0)
I had some treatment with a local GP and seemed OK until I stopped and then I felt terrible. It has happened also when I take penicillin. It is an allergy reaction to something you are taking. At least that is what I have learnt from my experience,
The best way to go is to eliminate one or two items on your protocol and see if it happens again. If it does those items are safe to take and you have to try again ( with one or 2 more items) until you can pin down what it is. Slow isn't it. But that is what I do.
A bioresonance machine, or Electrodermal screening can also identify what it might be. You take yourself and all your protocol to someone with a machine and they can identify what is upsetting your system. Look for a naturopath in your area that is doing bioreonace and ask them if they can help you identify what you are allergic to. Not a lot of naturopaths are doing bioresonance. But it is quick and affordable and is usually just the cost of a first appointment so its not expensive. I find it helps me I have allergies all over the place. Mostly I do the elimination tests unless I feel it might be a couple of things or they are products I would rather not take out if I can help it.
Allergy reations feel like a herx so thats my guess. All the best. Sorry you are having to go through this I know its hard.
Posted 7/29/2018 7:54 AM (GMT 0)

physedgirl09 said...
Hey guys.


Ok so I’m on a pulsing schedule and I’ve been on a babesia protocol consisting of omnicef, minocin, mepron, artemesia, cryptolepis, and enula. I pulse those Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 2 weeks then 2 weeks off

This is my first week off..I felt ok the first few days but yesterday and today I feel awful... I’m full of pain which is new for me... and I’m just angry and irritable. Foggy and dizzy. My back hurts so bad!!

What gives?? Can u herx on your weeks off? Or is the lyme just kicking my butt!

So you haven't had any meds for a week and now your symptoms have ramped up?

Well, you know that Mepron has a 2-3 day half-life...so on the three days on - you are building up quite a bit in your system.
It would take several days for it to be out of your system after your last Friday dose...
Realistically, there could be die-off for several days after that....and it could be possible that you herx a week after taking your last dose. (If I have the timeline right)

IDK - my 'stuff' is all over the place....feel bad when I'm on meds....and look forward to the week off...then on the week off...I feel like crap...and want to get back on the meds.
Posted 7/29/2018 12:42 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah girlie that’s how I feel too! But this pain is all new for me... I’m telling u that pain in my back last night was horrendous!!!
Now let me just throw out there that I just got back from a 2 week vacation in wildwood (beach) on Friday night. Friday is when I started feeling awful in the morning. I dunno... I do have two little kids that drove me insane for the 2 weeks. I guess it could be anything. Sucks cuz I hate all this. Last night I cried yet again to my husband. I wanna just curl up into a ball and not move anymore
Posted 7/29/2018 3:23 PM (GMT 0)

physedgirl09 said...
Yeah girlie that’s how I feel too! But this pain is all new for me... I’m telling u that pain in my back last night was horrendous!!!
Now let me just throw out there that I just got back from a 2 week vacation in wildwood (beach) on Friday night. Friday is when I started feeling awful in the morning. I dunno... I do have two little kids that drove me insane for the 2 weeks. I guess it could be anything. Sucks cuz I hate all this. Last night I cried yet again to my husband. I wanna just curl up into a ball and not move anymore

Back pain? Welcome to my club.....is it upper - mid - or lower?

Mine is upper and radiates down my left arm and hand.

I had what seemed to be a bart herx a week ago....(I inserted some Rifampin into my protocols...shhhh) and the tears were flowing in my house too.

Is the back pain new for you?
Posted 7/29/2018 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
This pain was very weird. Lemme see if I can explain it.
So first I started getting pains in my upper stomach, it radiated to the sides of my stomach and up under the rib cages... than all the sudden I felt the pain in my mid back by my spine!! It literally scares the living daylights out of me... I never experienced anything like that before! Like I was crying to my husband out of pure fear of what was happening. It came to a point where I told myself to just go to sleep in hopes that today it wouldn’t be there... and thank goodness it’s not there today! I’m just trying to figure out what the heck happened!
Posted 7/30/2018 2:05 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like adrenal fatigue to me you over did it and I agree with girlie that some die off was happening too. If that pain was consistent I would worry but if not it was overdoing it and you adrenals need a rest get a good nights sleep and sweat without working out such as a hot shower or sauna and you will feel worse after that but in the morning better that’s what helps me I have this too.
Posted 7/30/2018 6:24 AM (GMT 0)

physedgirl09 said...
This pain was very weird. Lemme see if I can explain it.
So first I started getting pains in my upper stomach, it radiated to the sides of my stomach and up under the rib cages... than all the sudden I felt the pain in my mid back by my spine!! It literally scares the living daylights out of me... I never experienced anything like that before! Like I was crying to my husband out of pure fear of what was happening. It came to a point where I told myself to just go to sleep in hopes that today it wouldn’t be there... and thank goodness it’s not there today! I’m just trying to figure out what the heck happened!

Sounds similar to my experience a week ago - started with pain - lower left abdomen - hurt to press on it , and my mid back pain ramped up and I developed a fever - haven’t felt this bad in a couple years - I was also in tears and scared it wasn’t going to subside.

Next morning - gone!

I think we both can attribute it to a herx - since it came on fast and subsided by next day -
Posted 7/30/2018 11:23 AM (GMT 0)
Thanx for the responses..... makes me feel better hearing from u guys. The pain is totally gone still. So I’m gonna attribute it to a herx.... so weird lol. Let’s see how this week goes... I’m teaching tennis camp this week and next!

I did do the sauna and an epsom salt bath the other day... and omg I felt horrible after the bath... I literally had to lay down for a half hour!! Felt light headed and super dizzy. Ugh
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