Antibiotics got me to about 80-90% recovery in about 8-12 months. I used high dose herbs 6-8 months to get me to 95% or better. If memory serves me...
I wonder that all the time. I chalk most of their ineptitude to human nature. Laziness and confirmation bias seem to plague every industry, science included. I have to disagree that they have near...
If the insurance companies get any say, I bet it will be like 55% sensitive like our Lyme IGG's. Oh yeah the government is also supposed to cover the cost of positive tests also. Maybe they don't...
How much confidence do you have in the antibody test? Is it supposed to be highly sensitive?...
fellow twitcher here. My twitching resolves with treatment. Antibiotics seem to stop them faster 4-6 days. When I do herbs it takes about 12-14 days for the twitches to stop. The best thing about...
I think you are right. I think I remember reading a few things about Borellia having a 28 day cycle with about 6-8 days of active replication followed by about 20-22 days of less activity / dormancy....
I charted my symptoms for a few years now. I am mostly better now, but when I was at my worst symptoms would flare about every 4 weeks or so. After I charted my symptoms for a few months and compare...
I believe those are called myoclonic jerks. I used to get those before I treated for tick borne diseases. I had a super similar experience. All my symptoms seemed to line up with MS and there was a...
Thanks you have definitely answered my questions. Appreciate it!!!...
I have never done BVT. I was pulling weeds in the yard. It was some half dead bee just sitting in the grass. Stung on the palm (on palm Sunday LOL). I guess my mom is super allergic. I was just...
Hey weird question for BlueLyme and others that have had lots of bee stings... Is it normal for a bee sting to completely go away for 3-4 days then suddenly come back, swell up a bit, itch intensely...
There is a strong correlation with MS and Lyme. Back when I first started getting symptoms and they started piling up, I thought I might have had RR MS. I got a lot better after lyme abx....
Really interesting!!!!!! Those look like dog ticks in the photo......
Nice post! I appreciate the share!...
This is setting off my BS detector. Unless I misunderstood the post it sounds like they are claiming: To use low frequencies "much lower than cell phones or laptops" ... Low frequency what - low...
Hey Cignet sorry I didn't see your response until now. I had in total about 4-5 months of Ceftin. It was my first course and was given as monotherapy. I think I took 500mg doses twice a day. After...
If I were in your shoes, I would want to get to the bottom of it also. If you take the doxy for 20 days and see improvement; I would think that could be a strong indicator your symptoms are infection...
Ceftin was a real game changer for me. I hope you see improvements on it as well. I also noticed 0 effects from regular recommended doses of herbs. I ended up taking about 3-5 times more than what...
Hey Jova, I was unwell a little over two years. My symptoms were almost classic RRMS. One can never be sure what infections we harbor right? I can say the only testing my LLMD conducted was Igenex...
I may have "solved" chronic TBD with abx and diet. I have been in a good place for about a year now. Maybe you could call it remission? I give most of the credit to anti-biotics ( Mino and Ceftin...
I knocked back my last flare with a powdered blend of Japanese Knotweed, houttuynia, cat's claw, and maybe one other I cant remember the name. I think it was called Samsara Tick recovery powder. I...
I had it about 2-3 years. I did have a bad tick embedment that kicked it all off. I treated with antibiotics for about 8-12 months then used herbs. I have been doing pretty well the last year or so....
Twitching was a big one for me. I (like Girlie) was thinking I had something "more sinister", notably MS. My symptoms mapped to MS almost totally across the board. There is another medical term...
mine was pretty low when i was treating. I used T topical cream during treatment. I then tapered off after treatment. I think I am a little on the low side now, but not as low as I was before...
Thats a great combo. I made great prgress on Mino plus Ceftin...
Little late to the party, but antibiotics worked great for me. I had about 7 30 day courses of various abx over about 8 months. Then had a few more courses to knock a couple flares back down...
Yeah that doc you saw probably has little experience with tick borne infections. Twitching IS very common. I was a bad twitcher like Girlie. Also, like her my twitching goes away with treatment. I...
I wouldn't think 10 drops would do anything. Whenever I take it, I take a pretty good swig straight from the bottle. I am not sure if it helped me, but it certainly didn't hurt and I took lots of it...
I did not say anything about conspiracies. I do not claim to know why the IDSA does what it does. I prefer facts and evidence over conjecture. I believe science is the bet path to get us to accurate...
"Oh, it's not a deer tick, it's okay, whew"... that is a myth The chances might be lower for other species of tick, but I don't even know if that can be stated definitively. I just don't think it's...
Dog ticks and Lonestar can still transmit many TBI's including borrelia. Maybe not B31 borrelia but, please do not perpetuate the myth that "Oh it's not a deer tick, it's okay" Whatever got me was...
Hopefully the wait list isn't too long. It was like 4 months when I made my first appointment. It felt like forever....
I worked with Dr C and had great results....
I think we all should strive to use critical thinking and skepticism before investing resources in a treatment plan. There are many out there making a pretty penny off useless therapies. I'm not...
welcome to the forum Alias. I don't think I have a good answer for your question, but I am bumping it up to the top. IMO if you have symptoms indicative of systemic infections or tick borne...
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Welcome Rockhill, Before you invest any money in "grounding" products, please investigate it thoroughly. At first blush, it sounds like malarkey to me. I did read a bit about it and it appears that...
From all the reading I have done. It looks like more bands tend to pop up after anti-microbial treatment. The only thing I remember seeing that blunts the immune response is early treatment with abx....
I agree, Immunotherapy sounds like a smart avenue to explore. Isn't that super expensive and hard to qualify for? If only we had unlimited resources, right? If you have not had a Cephalosporin class...
IMO testing is worthwhile in your position. With the idea of presenting publically, writing books, or becoming a continuing educator, you would be/ are a public representative for all of us "closet...
Hey just wanted to comment on a couple things. You are not the only one that had exercise intolerance and dysautonomia. I had both of those to varying degrees. Probably not a severe as yours, and...
Truvia is something like 99.999% Erythritol and .001% stevia. I am guessing based on the taste. The exact amounts are proprietary....
twitching subsided for me when i took antibiotics. Sometimes twitching will flare right when I would start an antimicrobial treatment then taper off over the course of treatment. I do not think...
PS. I also had a doctor call me and tell me my test was "negative" when in fact there were some positive bands lighting up. If you have not seen the actual results yet, you should strive to to get a...
My Igenex test was reported as negative. I did have 4 positive IGG bands. CDC surveillance case counts require 5 bands to be positive to be counted... That being said. If one has absolutely no bands...
My first symptoms that showed up were some of the last ones to leave. Symptoms that showed up the latest seemed to abate first....
if you are still noticing a 28 day flare cycle, it may be good to stick with an antimicrobial plan. maybe herbs....
I noticed a 28 day symptom flare cycle also after i started charting symptoms. I do seem to see that a lot. I have seen a couple hypotheses relating to replication cyclces of borrelia, etc....
Nope... I am right there with you Dude. I just don't chime in often. Sometimes I wonder if I should more. Especially when I think someone may be getting taken to the cleaners and may benefit from...
The real number is probably quintuple or more than their estimates. I suspect they are only counting cases on the east coast and maybe the Great Lakes region. And they are probably only counting...