Possible Interesting Benefit from Monolaurin or Lysine

Last week I started back taking Monolaurin to treat EBV, candida and, hopefully, Lyme. Started at about 4 pellets and am now up to 33 a day. It causes a herx, but hoping I can handle that until I can get to decent dose.

Also started taking low dose of Lysine. It is less than 500 mg 5 days a week. I cannot go up because of kidney issues.

Here is what I've noticed: Since starting mono and lysine, my blood pressure has gone down and today it was lower than ever. While I do take two BP medicines, it has been a struggle to get the BP to lower. Now it is dropping into a very good range, but I'm not sure if it is from monolaurin, lysine, both or just a coincidence.

Tomorrow I will only take monolaurin and see if it still goes down. If not, I'll take lysine first on Saturday and se what happens. Anyone ever experience this with either monolaurin or lysine? Just curious. This comes after years of trying to lower BP with not much luck.

And I'm happy for all your positives you have been experiencing. You have earned them.

RW,

This is wonderful news. I enjoyed reading your outcome. I'm guessing lots of meds were founded this way - taken for one reason and someone noticed a different result. I would venture to say it's the monolaurin. I have LBP and take lysine all the time. We are all so unique so maybe I just react differently. Years ago I did the strictest candida diet for 16 weeks. One of the supplements was monolaurin. My BP dropped and I would become so dizzy. I stopped it and just filled up with coconut oil and coconut milk, which for some reason didn't bother me.

Do you know how to muscle test yourself? That will give you the correct response.

Feel good.

I did quite well on it. Before I knew I had LD I was told Fibromyalgia and then Candida (though stool test). It was suggested that I try the diet and that if I cheated it would repopulate the candida, which was causing my brain fog (it was LD). I purchased an E-book, which if you give me your email, I can forward you a copy.

I was always a healthy eater and into fitness. So used to eating dairy/gluten/sugar free, etc... It was a challenge and I was cooking all the time. I had to cook and bring food everywhere. I lost so much weight that I called it the famine diet so I made 'coconut bread' to have something that mimicked bread and would keep fat on. By super strict I didn't have any fruit or rice.

I still eat clean and dairy/gluten/sugar free but I now have fruit, sweet potatoes, etc...

Muscle testing: I want to give proper attribution to the person who taught it to me. It was either our LLMD Dr BR (he muscle tested every virus on us) or Trav who used to be mod here. Knowing how much the mods saved me I'm going with Trav.

MT: First you try something you know your body won't like such as soap/bleach. Stand straight with item held in dominant hand (arm stretched straight out). I do it barefoot for more grounding. Draw the item to your chest and ask "Is this soap good for my body/health?"Of course then it will be "Is this herb in the highest good to help heal my body?" Then stand perfectly still. Your body will sway forward for a yes and backwards for no. It's very cool how it works. Now I even do it by writing something on a post it and asking. Try it and see if it's for you.

And yes agree that no matter what someone writes it helps all of us.

Feel good everyone.

Hey Bailey - Do you ever check your blood pressure? You may be too young to have to think about that, which I would envy. But it seems since not long after starting monolaurin, mine has dropped. An hour ago it was 112/78, which was not possible to hit no matter what I took before. Just curious.

Wish you weren't going through all that. So you think inflammation is causing the drop? And what led to the reaction to omega 3?

Glad the klonopin is helping, but know it is VERY hard to wean off of. I've tried a number of times over he years. Years ago doctor had me at 1.5 MG a day, and I went down slowly to 1.0 over a period of 5 years. Not I take about .75 mg a day. But it is hard to get lower. But if it is helping right now, that's good. Just a heads up.

Worry is the worst part of all this. Hang in there.

That amount of Klonopin is a good place to keep it. There are some people who just throw it down in doses of 2-3 mgs. Sound sensitivity does can't be much fun. Years ago, I would have depersonalization problems when my senses would get overstimulated, like in a busy, colorful, well-lit store.

Not sure what you meant by "sensitive to biofilm."