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Posted 10/6/2014 10:55 PM (GMT -5)
Any of you drink? What's your experience?
Posted 10/6/2014 10:56 PM (GMT -5)
I use to drink occasionally but since got sick just dont want to add anything to my body not helpful.
Posted 10/7/2014 6:13 AM (GMT -5)
LLMD told me to give up my evening cocktail/wine. I really don't miss it too much. I'm having a harder time giving up my morning coffee.
Posted 10/7/2014 9:48 AM (GMT -5)
I used to really like drinking beer.


During the Lyme disease thing...  I couldn't even tolerate a single drink!  It was that bad.

Now that I have made an almost complete recovery.  I can tolerate drinking beer or coffee now.  The only thing, because I was away from it for so long it actually changed my tastes!  And beer is no longer as good as it used to be! I was able to drink half a beer.  But I figure I won't get back into it now that I've been away from it for so long.  It tasted about as bad as my first sip.  I think maybe it's just too much yeast?  Anyways I then decided any alcoholic drink is not good for my digestive tract after this since my intestinal flora is probably off balance, pretty much all alcoholic beverages have yeast in them or increase your intestinal yeast, so best to avoid them. 

I have gone back to occasionally drinking a coffee though!  Before I couldn't even drink a coffee either. 

Posted 10/7/2014 10:51 AM (GMT -5)
hmmmm I wasn't told to give up coffee or dairy- thank goodness. I need my small morning cuppa coffee. I was told to give up gluten- which I have and I loathe being gluten free but I am willing to do it to get better. I was told to cut out sugar as much as possible and I have cut out 75% of sugar. I don't drink much anyway but I was only told that I can't drink while on rifampin because of liver issues- and I had one glass of wine once and llmd said occasional glass of wine is fine.

I think occasional drink is fine. I hear some on here say no dairy- and my llmd never said that so not sure about that one.

Posted 10/7/2014 12:18 PM (GMT -5)
When I had lyme, one or two drinks was death. It's how I knew something was really wrong.

Now that lyme is under control (managed but not eliminated), I drink the same amount as I ever did: anywhere from 0-10 drinks a week. And there's no noticeable symptoms from it.
Posted 10/7/2014 12:47 PM (GMT -5)
I quit for 18 yrs then decided to have a drink or two and boy did it ever give me a buzz and then next day I felt terrible.
Posted 10/7/2014 7:37 PM (GMT -5)
used to drink wine and beer. when i was severely sick i couldn't handle anything - almost threw up, gave me heart palpitations (this would happen with just one glass of anything)

now, i can tolerate a glass of wine or beer (was curious to see). but i stopped drinking anyway. the sugar in the wine feeds the lyme and the yeast in the beer feeds the candida so they are off limits until i am completely over this thing.
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