We've also been on this routine for a few months now. The main gains have continued to continue 1. increased baseline energy 2. decreased brain fog (better cognition overall, actually) 3. ability to...
We're in the ACT and get our herbs from the following places: Herbosophy in WA (mainly for powdered JK, Ashwananda, Schizandra berries, Rhodiola) Mullumbimby Herbals in NSW for tinctures Tongrentan...
We've been doing a lite version of this approach for a few months now: 25mg huperzine every second day; ALCAR every morning + Buhner herbs for bartonella twice daily (includes EGCG) The real changes...
dacarte3 would you mind listing your protocol in detail here as a clear list of things with dosage and timings. You mentioned cycling, but I couldn't find explicit details. We've started with very...
I think I looked at more than the half life. It was more about time to peak blood level and the difference between the two. I was looking at it from the P450 issue, so my aim was to have one peak get...
Eggs can be a great source. One of my friends has migraines until she started taking B2, but after some discussion we realised the migraines started only after all her chooks died and she stopped...
I asked our doctor about that, and he didn't have an answer. So after some reading, I decided to separate the two by a couple of hours. I can't remember which way around, though. Sorry....
7 drops several times a day is not a low dose for some people. My son was so sensitive to one of the Buhner herbs that we diluted the drops to 10% (so 1 mil in 10), then had a couple of drops of that...
Angular chellitis can indicate a B12 deficiency or a B2 deficiency. The literature seems to reserve it for B2, but the experience of those who start playing with methylation is that it is a B12...
From what I can remember, it is a lower risk, cheaper and faster-recovery procedure than a hysterectomy (the only option initially offered locally). Here's some basic information from a Sydney...
You might not need surgery. There is another procedure called uterine arterial embolisation. You need to have the right kind of fibroid for it to work (it needs a good blood supply). It has the...
There's a chance it isn't the coffee but the delivery system. Not just the mould, but also the problem with the amount of aluminium leached by (acidic) coffee from the foil pods themselves as well as...
Just a couple of quick points. 1) Everyone is different - my son can't tolerate much B1, but he needs a lot of B2. Conversely, I am indifferent to B2, but I seem to need more B1 than anyone else in...
Thanks for that. It makes me feel better about the herbs - he uses another abx before rifampin because it is a P450 inhibitor - builds up the hormonal levels first. The picture together starts to...
I didn't realise you hadn't ordered it yet. I think it's a fine foundation, but with two caveats (in addition to the B12 above) It's morning here, and in the shower I realised the B1 might be a bit...
Which video? I think your link dropped off....
LOL. None of our powders come with instructions. We just start with a few crumbs on the tip of a tiny 1/8 teaspoon and work up from there....
Thank you so much for your response. If you have never heard of it, then it probably isn't a big issue for Bartonella patients. Makes me feel a lot more comfortable. We're also on Buhner herbs, which...
I'm getting the impression from this forum that a kit of people don't get benefit from the AL complex, but the A-Bart complex is very powerful indeed. We definitely got nothing from the AL complex -...
It looks fine. You might find the B2 and the B12 are a bit low. Since you had such an extreme reaction to your first pill (a different pill I now realise), it's probably easier to see how you go with...
Can you link to the product so we can see what the other ingredients are? Some of these companies put all sorts of stuff in there that creates problems for people. For example, we thought we would...
We're new to the world of Bartonella and abx, but I've read in a few places that Rifampin can clear cortisol very quickly. That was possibly the cause of an initial energy surge, which we no longer...
I thought you had this vitamin: Vitamin B1 (as thiamin hydrochloride) 50 mg 3,333% Vitamin B2 (as riboflavin) 50 mg 2,941% Niacin (as niacinamide) 50 mg 250% Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine hydrochloride)...
Better choice of supplement. Well done. Make sure you have some potassium on hand too - you seem to be a sensitive soul, so it could be really important down the track. Let us know how you go....
C677T - Negative A1298C - Homozygous This will give you about a 40% reduction the MTHFR part of your folate cycle. You should probably avoid folic acid in the long run. Our bodies are so complex,...
People do potassium differently. Some have a minimum amount they need each day. Others take it in response to symptoms (we do both, but a lot of the second one). You might be in the first group, so...
Potassium: When you kick-start your body with B vitamins, you can end up with an extreme need for potassium. It is explained by something called refeeding syndrome - your body starts working again...
We use nettle leaf tea for that. It only treats the symptoms (full-on nausea and cramping), but who cares? Chlorella is also useful, but the feeling it manages is slightly different - some nausea,...
Is this the supplement: High Potency B-Complex The folic acid could be a problem, but that's unlikely because your body reacted to it as it did. Because you felt better afterwards, I'd try splitting...
I've searched a bit through this forum, but I can't find a definitive answer. Should we be taking milk thistle (a P450 inhibitor) with rifampin (a P450 inducer)? This article summarises the overall...
This is a normal reaction for sensitive souls - it means you are either very, very deficient, or your body can't handle one of the ingredients. Or both. Can you please tell us which brand it was? An...
Here's a few things in response to your questions. Is it OK to use coconut milk? [as a source of potassium] No. You actually need coconut water if you are going to use it for potassium. It's cheaper...
This won't solve your problem, but it might be a good place to start: * Jarrow B-right - We take 1 a day, but some people can do 2 a day (no one in my family can), some people have to take half...
Metafolin Folate is the bees knees in methylfolate. We try for that one. There's also a quatrifolic methylfolate, which is chemically similar, but it's not absorbed quite as well - about 70% as...
The box we have says Rifadin - Rifampacin. It's expensive enough as it's not on the PBS (Australia's govt subsidy scheme)....
It doesn't have to be just the MTHFR defects that can cause issues. MTR/MTRR defects can also be culprits, and of course, there's more. There's always more. You could talk to your doctor about...
Sorry about that - I should have been clearer. My son has ME/CFS, and we're currently working on Bartonella for that, after two years on other things (gut parasites then methylation). We'd let the...
We started azirthomycin last week, every second day. It was very challenging. I'm hoping that the post-dose effect will be less severe as the the abx levels build up to a relatively constant level in...
Thank for a quick reply. The dose is 300mg morning and again at night, before food....
My son ended up with a serious B2 deficiency from removing dairy. Dairy is the main source of B2 in our western diet. So maybe think about a good B-vitamin supplement, or at least some B2?...
We've started on Rifampicin yesterday and noticed this: * no serious herx - probably thanks to 5 months of Buhner herbs (up to half dose) * a massive energy boost starting an hour after the dose -...
Maybe focus on anything with +/+ or +/- and list that here. We can then start looking. For example, if you have any COMT issues, this thread might be helpful:...
+1 for what Pirouette said: too many things in that supplement. You might want to try potassium. A headache or other adverse symptom on the third day after starting a new supplement with b vitamins...
Some of your symptoms could be from inappropriate use of B vitamins: anxiety is a normal symptom for people who don't tolerate high levels of some B vitamins. Just increasing or changing the dosage...
Hi summer16 Can you post your full results here? We went through the methylation thing all last year with the information gleaned from the Phoenix Rising forum. I notice B12 isn't in your B-group...
bump I'ld like to hear some wisdom on this too....
From what I've read, your biggest issue is MTRR. It affects your body's ability to convert one form of B12 to another. This diagram shows it in one of those folate cycle type diagrams. A very brief...
Hello everyone. I've been lurking here for a while as we work through Buhner's herbs for Bartonella. We're so grateful to everyone for the accumulated knowledge here. We're about to start antibiotics...