Does Bartonella Herx?

I've been reading conflicting viewpoints and wanted to hear if anyone else has had some experiences. I've been adding in some of the last Bart Buhner herbs the past several days and I've been feeling worse: Soreness in the legs and feet, more intense tingling sensations are the primary culprits. I also had a migraine yesterday though since I've gotten those sporadically my whole life I'm not sure that one is related.

I jumped up the dose on the herbs pretty fast in my eagerness to be on the full protocol so that could explain a herx if this really is one. Any input? I'm hoping it's a herx but if it isn't I want to know sooner rather than later. I've read some of the old healingwell forum threads on the topic but I wanted to know if anyone had some recent experiences.

Edit: Also experiencing a resurgence in muscle twitching since adding the herbs in.

Post Edited (Noah2112) : 10/19/2018 3:38:15 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks for the info Girlie. I think I'll dial back the new Bart herbs. I went from 3 drops to almost a full dropper full in two days. That probably didn't do me any favors. I'll take it slower and see if that makes me feel better.

Absolutely. I have herxed from Bartonella treatment . Increase in muscle twitching, soreness/tingling sensation on back of legs/buttocks, bart marks on arms and legs. Vision issues and more.

Thanks for the input everyone! I'll definitely scale back the herb doses then. I was feeling alright until last night, I almost certainly increased the doses way too fast. I'll take it slower and hopefully I'll go back to my normal. No sense in trying to rush it if it makes me feel a lot worse.

Oh yeah, my nerve pain/tingling, fatigue, anxiety, headache would all get worse with effective bart treatment. Sometimes I'd get twitching as well, but not as often.

I think the herxing means you are on the right track. But good idea to lower dose if the herx gets beyond what you can tolerate.

It could also be you are killing off something in addition to Bart. It is not as if herbals are single organism specific. When this happens to me, I back up on dose or even stop for a day and start up at a lower dose. Taking herbs for controlling cytokine cascades and plenty of antioxidants has been helpful for me as well as epsom salt foot soaks and activated charcoal at least 2 hours away from other supps. I assume you are keeping well hydrated.