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Posted 12/22/2023 10:36 AM (GMT 0)
hey
i took my first vitamin c and Zinc Infusion, and im feeling so tired today... I thought it helps for energy, but im feeling like a stone. You had any expierence with intravenous hihg doses of vitamin c?

thank you
julian
Posted 12/22/2023 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Julian! I don't have any experience with it but could you keep us updated on whether you stay tired or not? I've heard of vitamin c infusions and am curious if they help. I also looked online but couldn't find any mention of it causing fatigue. Could it be a herx?
Posted 12/24/2023 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
sure keep you updated! it wierd its 3 day after and im still so tired, feels like a big herx from it
Posted 12/24/2023 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
i have no experience of it myself but as i understand it - while low doses of vitamin C - eg the kind of doses that can be absorbed orally are antioxidant in action - high dose vitamin C, as typically given in infusions, are oxidative in nature

so they increase oxidative stress - this can be a good thing if the organisms you are targeting are sensitive to this (i think perhaps Babesia and maybe others are somewhat) but people with Lyme are generally already in a state of oxidative stress - so additional oxidative stress could make you feel worse rather than better.

most people with Lyme will actually have very low levels of vitamin C and generally low antioxidant status as all the inflammation and free radicals will have used up a lot of the endogenous antioxidants - so there could be a kind of cross over effect where initial infusions seem to help, as they help bring levels back to somewhere near normal - and later ones just cause more herx like symptoms as they drive oxidative stress

i don't know if we have any good studies on how effective it is as an antimicrobial treatment

you mentioned zinc - i don't know what the dose was - but zinc overdose is known to cause flu like symptoms - typical supplement doses are 15-40mg - if it was much more than that it could be worth bearing in mind
Posted 12/25/2023 11:50 AM (GMT 0)
thank you so much, i also didnt ask about the doses of zinc, but i guess it wasnt so high...
so im feeling better now, the last 3 days where quite hard with fatique and i never had fatqiue. your theory sounds quite good.
But i checked for 2 month my oxidative stress in cell, and it was not high, it was quite normal.
but there could be another option, Zinc can replace other metals, and vitamin c on high doses works a bit like a chelat. So maybe i was just detoxing as ****, and thats why i was so super tired... because some metals where moving in my body...
also some friend, said she had severals. and she felt tired at the first two ones after that it was gone... and she was more with energy.. .
but yeah just theorys,, i willl see how im feeling next week. if i feel better i will try another one.
I was walking an hour quite fast today, i have the felling that it could help..
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