Insane neuro herx from omlette.

I was feeling pretty good the other day after being able to manage my cytokine cascades with cordycep mushroom extract, green tea extract and chinese skullcap.

I decided to make an egg omlette and used a healthy amount of coconut oil to cook them in. I'm talking about 3 tablespoons.

I also grow my own mushrooms, lions mane and grey oyster mushrooms.

I threw in a lot of freshly picked grey oyster mushrooms into the omlette.

After eating it, within 30 minutes to an hour I was hit with the most insane brain herx that lasted 48 hours up until this morning. I woke up and feel pretty good. No head or sinus pressure.

I knew that coconut oil was antibacterial as it had made me herx before but nothing like this. I then research the oyster mushroom and read that it has strong antibacterial/antimicrobial properties and realized that I made a lyme killing concoction that straight up wrecked me.

Sucks too because I was excited I was feeling so good the other day and figured I would have a nice July 4th with my girl with no complaints.

Sometimes I feel like I complain too much to my girl about my lyme bullcrap. Even though I felt like staying home from the beach and laying inside I felt it would be unfair to her so I pushed through and we enjoyed the day and the fireworks even though it felt as if my brain was trying to rip out of my skull ( I wonder if anyone can relate ).

She is a nurse so she talks to the doctors she works with in the hospital about my lyme and as far as they are concerned "there is no such thing as chronic lyme."

I can't believe the infectious disease doctor at her hospital told her that the lyme is gone after ( i think he said ) 12 days of doxy!!

I couldn't believe it. These doctors need to step up their knowledge game. It's bad that we know more about the science behind lyme than infectious disease doctors that the public depends on. I told my girl that I think these doctors are guided by insurance companies. In the end I think its the insurance companies that don't want to provide support for the ACTUAL treatment that lyme requires because as I'm sure most of you can relate, ITS A MONEY PIT.

Anyways, thats my rant. Hope everyone has a nice day.

Remember, if you plan on having eggs with coconut oil and grey oyster mushrooms, make sure you have a few days to lose.

Cheers.

Hi!

Funny you should ask that. I worked in a moldy basement for quite a few years.

I'm now back in the moldy basement that was half-assed remediated by my boss.

I know I should probably quit but I make good money here and they ripped out most of the moldy walls but there are still some filing cabinets that were caught in a flood that haven't been thrown out and i think some walls still need to be ripped out.

Now that I think about it, my headaches have been worse since moving back down into this basement a few months ago.

I bring up the mold situation so much it has become a meme at my job where they jokingly call me "mold boy".

I tell them its worse for me due to the lyme disease and it seems as if they don't take it seriously. I have had them test the basement and it came back with 3 different types of mold and one of them at high levels.

They didn't want it professionally remediated because of costs. It seems as if they aren't taking it seriously.

I'm at a loss for what to do.

Are you sure it was a herx?
I had many "herxes" that were really mast cell activation syndrome.

I used to work in an office that was in the basement for awhile, and it was a nightmare with migraines, sneezing, chaning vision etc. I requested to move upstairs, as at the time I thought my vision problems were due to lack of natural light. I was the only one from my team moving to the office upstairs and hence missed any fun with the team, but basements are not an option for me at all.

So for me it seems like Summer and it's humid heat kick me down a few notches, with mold, pollen and overgrowths. There is clearly something bacterial-fungal-viral gumming up the works right now, and I can't cough it all up as it's stubborn...

And dude, I get the same treatment where I work and live, it's not taken seriously, but the real reason may be more because it is super-expensive to mold remediate and treat lyme properly, so...

take psych meds and hey it's not that bad right! /s....

That is an interesting reaction you had to food, and to that I say, "let thy food be thy medicine and your medicine be thy food"...

I sometimes use loads of coconut oil with eggs, sometimes a tbsp in tea with some stevia. I like to think that stevia-coconut oil is a combo antibacterial. I have also been known to take heroic doses of garlic and oregano at times.

You are extraordinary in that you grow your own medicinal mushrooms. I've just now started hearing about Turkey Tail, Lion's Mane and all those...they can be purchased online.

Last little rant here: so I live in a mold-infested house no doubt from past hurricane damage. My Mom has Alzheimers...and they continue to give her high-sugar stuff like soda (saying it's because old people at that stage can only taste sweets...a family member claims this who is/was in healthcare)--I say sure treat her to sweets sometimes, but proper nutrition is still number one---junk is junk, massive amounts of processed sugar are bad for everyone as it turns out. End rant.

A mold infested suburban house is a money pit, and so is tick borne illnesses. Anyway I try to function and manage with it anyway, have a UV air purifier I got for cheap that supposedly zaps some particles and freshens the air...

If you (one) can't afford to move or find a new job (I'm desperate to re-locate actually but have like zero budget to do so...) maybe you can relate.

But I totally commiserate with what you're going through, and good on you for muscling through the july 4th celebration. I was feeling beat-down by some type of fungi-bacterial-virus overgrowth the past couple of days, I slept 10 hours last night, I took a shower this afternoon, felt ok for like 5 minutes, now I feel like I need to sleep more, like zero energy now. And I have so much work I need to do, just to survive never mind make a living!

and have almost zero initiative, energy or drive to do so.

I occasionally browse fibromyalgia forums and some say that summer months are like one big flare-up...same thing roughly as lymencos? it's possible...

It's a strange thing about testing: I sent off for a mold testing kit (for parents house), it came back negative for harmful mold, which may not be accurate because I can imagine some (most) home-owners would want a clean bill of mold-health so that they can re-sell the house or show it to inspectors, buyers, that's just my cynical real-estate view...anyway... mold-problems can seriously affect the value of the house I think.

it's almost the same with lyme disease and co-infection tests, given the expense of treating it, most would rather have a clean bill of health which is maybe how that (absurdly faulty) test came about in part because people want a piece of paper that says "you're clean" ..."hey everybody's clean" (health dept/gubmint says) even though they are extreme-fatigued, brain-fogged, really ill you know, and worse from living in a moldy house lol

So what do we do? For me it's back to very strict clean diet or fasting again, so I can get that small window of energy to make money for next month...and the next... **big sigh** not feeling well but I still have to work, can't sleep for a few more hours like I want to, well I could, but with more depression and frustration that I let myself slack again...

Okay, off to make something hopefully somewhat partially-medicinal, like a stevia-coconut oil laden coffee (I need the energy sry I know it's not the best thing!)...

Anyway, I'm struggling too! This is not easy.

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WalkingbyFaith said...
“I've been getting these pressure headaches, sinus pressure, frontal pressure for quite a few years.

My other symptom is air hunger...which has gotten a bit better since treating for babesia/bartonella.”

- mold can cause all these and much more

Learn about Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).

www.survivingmold.com
www.biotoxinjourney.com
www.paradigmchange.me

Well crap... i just ordered a mycotox test kit from a lab. Gonna have my urine tested. In the meantime I'm gonna stick to low histamine foods and start a mold detox protocal.

I also just read that fasting excretes mycotoxins from the body which makes sense because when I fast, its the best I've felt in years.

Would like to update everyone on some progress here.

So after I was told that it might be a histamine reaction I am getting I looked for some ways I could fix the problem.

First thing I did was get some good pro-biotics. I have been taking them since this original post. 100 billion cfu in the morning and 100 billion cfu in the night.

Wouldn't ya know that yesterday and today are the first two days where I have had little to no migraine?

I can't believe it. Knock on wood.

Maybe I messed my stomach up with all the antibiotics and alcohol abuse over the years.

I tested positive for Lyme 2 years ago and got tested originally because of the air hunger and head pressure, but now it seems as if the probiotics have helped fixed the migraine issues and this is only in the first couple of days taking them.

Just thought i would drop in this little update.

Barryssister said...
Hello I’m trying to help my brother who is 41 years old and on February 2018 all in one day he lost his ability to process tasks. His short term memory comes and goes. He fees like he is continuing to loose memories. He has bad ringing in the ears, pain and tingling in the bottom of his feet, joint pain and swelling, terrible insomnia since this time where he gets only 2-3 hours of sleep. He has nightmares, hallucinations, suicidal thoughts that horrid. We have been to 7 neurologists across five hospital systems. Originally they thought lewey body dementia and then after various testing stated no it’s just extreme anxiety and depression and just needs talk therapy. Psychiatrist and talk therepist feel it is neurological. We basically get pushed back and forth. In July 2019 we were introduced to lyme literate doc who stated lyme, Babesia and bartonella and most likely mold. We started treatment with no major changes. The igenix lab was the only one to come back with bartonella henselae. My brother now lives with me and the fear and anxiety he feels is overwhelming. He is getting to the point where he wants to end his life as he feels he will never get better. We have been in patient psych and they state it is due to his health concerns. I’m hopeful in starting this thread so any one that has been dealing with memory loss due to lyme and has recovered will write back so that I may share your stories. He has not worked since 1/29/19 and bills are piling up. He needs some hope. Thank you

Hi Barryssister, welcome!

I'm sorry that your brother is suffering from such extreme symptoms.
So your brother has been in treatment with a llmd for about 3 months now? No herxing or improvement?

What antibiotics and antimalarials was he prescribed?

And what does the current LLMD say about the lack of progress?

You could always change LLMD's.....

You may have better luck starting a new topic Barry. This one is unrelated to what you are asking about