Many thanks for the link Girlie!!...
Hi sebreg, Many thanks! It's really helpful to know. I think I have a red root tincture, just haven't started it yet. I will look into the rest also. xxx...
Any tips for speeding up lymphatic drainage? In general, herbs & tinctures that are good for the lymph system? Is serrapeptase (the enzyme) good for this. All advice/ thoughts appreciated, thanks!...
Hey Pirouette! Really, really valuable to read your personal account of TMJ! I'm so glad it's much better now!! I've never had it until this past month, but earlier this year I got a full mouth...
ESR (Erythro-Sedimentation Rate) and CRP (C-Reactive Protein) are generally used to detect inflammation in the body, CRP also is used to test for autoimmune diseases along with a battery of other...
Aw, thanks so much @Girlie! Hey @xpeetzax, I took Rifampin and Clarithro but that's because I went slower with it. Rifabutin was in store for me if I did not herx badly enough with the Rifampin, but...
Hey guys! So it's been roughly around 16 months of Bart treatment with Clarithro and Rifampin (I was infected with just Bart, no co-infections.) It's been more than a month and a half since stopping...
Hi RockerGirl, I hope you find the correct path based on the correct diagnosis, whether that be fibro or lyme, and I wish you the very best luck. I know just how maddening and confusing it can be, to...
@Girlie, @WalkingbyFaith -- So sorry about that! Thanks for the help - I've edited my profile and added it there....
Oh no, that def sounds like a rifampin-induced herx headache. I once got a headache (one sided) so bad I just had to run to the bed, shut all the lights, and cover that part of my face with my hair....
In case I ever get logged out again, this is my email: Hope this is OK to post here. EDIT: Sorry, we aren't permitted to post any contact information. But, you can enable your email option through...
Hi Aerose91, I'm sorry I didn't see your post bc I got logged out of healingwell and was unable to log in for a while. Yes, I am being treated by Dr M! I hope we can compare notes on treatment, that...
If it's neck pain and a headache, its almost certainly the effects of rifampin. For some reason, afternoons are the times it hits me too, especially in the neck. The neck pain might also be caused by...
Thanks Doors12 and Rikki1! I will definitely look into the dosing with my doctor. I definitely think i need this. I got back my CBC reports and LFT today after the mother of all herxes last night -...
Thank you so much, WalkingbyFaith! Your words are so kind. I think I will definitely benefit from this community and hope to share anything that will be useful as well. Will pray your Bart gets...
Hi WalkingbyFaith, if it comes and goes, and it's a faint red/pinkishness, it sounds like Bart. Does it itch too (before it fades)? When I shower, one of the things I notice is that upon contact with...
Good question..You know what? I don't think so. The immune system is VITALLY important, but Bartonella is not something the immune system can happily co-exist with. Which is why, with treatment when...
Doors12, thanks so much for that information!...
Girlie, I'm taking Rifampin 300 mg half an hr before breakfast, and 2 capsules of 300 mg Rifampin half an hr before dinner, that's the dosage....
Thanks so much for this WalkingByFaith! Yes, I might cautiously try to start after I stop herxing with abx and start small with Sida Acuta or Houttuniya. I'm terrified of Cat's Claw (the name itself,...
Thanks so much for the warm welcome Girlie! And thanks for the good wishes, that means so much. So glad you're making steady progress too, I'm rooting for your complete recovery as well. :) I know.....
Thanks Rikki1! That's really good to know - no idea what Rifabutin is like, great to have this information about it. Thank you so much. Rifabutin is what my doc will next put me on after this...
I don't know if Bart can be cured with 300 mg Rif alone, but I think once you get used to the 300 mg, your body will find a way to adjust and benefit from a higher dose. Re: absorption -- I've always...
Thanks insomniaaa! My treatment has been like this (sorry if this gets long, hope it will be helpful :) : when i first got symptoms, I self treated for 5 days with Azithro 500 mg. Helped, but didn't...
Girlie, I definitely agree the Bart symptoms under Rifampin do seem to go away in reverse order. Like peeling away layers and layers. My other symptoms are gone, but the worst one - the knee joint...
I definitely think Bart does affect the jaw and teeth in some way. I would get deep throbbing pain in one tooth left side of jaw (incidentally, left eye also had similar pain) and dentist said there...
Agree with BlueLyme, I really wish I had been allowed to start treatment for Bart immediately BEFORE officially testing +ive for Bart. The irresponsible, clueless doctor whom I went to after the deep...
I'm on an antibiotic protocol for Bart which currently includes Clarithro and Rifampin...will be eventually adding Rifabutin...it seems to have activated my 'always there but previously more latent'...
I know this is an older thread, but I'm just chiming in with my experience in case it's useful: I'm currently on Rifampin 900 mg daily with Clarithromycin (1000 mg a day). Just started the 900,...