Jernigan HERX or new symptoms?

I'm thinking it is a herx from the increased dose of Borrelogen.

But, sometimes when we hit lyme hard...another infection will come to the forefront.

Will you be adding in bart herbs at some point?

Yes, june/july is okay... you can stay on lyme treatment for several months before adding in the bart treatment.


Well, as you know I am now doing Babesia treatment. and I am herxing ....


Keep reminding myself this means it's working.


How is your son doing? Is he finished with the daily dosing for the new bite and back on the M/W/F?

Girlie,

Hi. You are a trooper with treating babs and herxing. I'm so happy for you and soon you will be amongst the "I want to share my healing story" alums.

Thanks, he is having a hard time. Monday he went back to pulsing. Tuesday was his first day off in 10 or 11 days and he was so much happier with energy to boot. The days he is on meds he herxs and wakes me up in the night. Last night I gave him AC at 2:00am.

It's the second dosage of Mino that does him in. I haven't even started the Sepra yet... I am so losing faith. Next month will be 11 months for me treating and my quality of life is still so limited.

BJ, yes every time I feel good, I take a walk and then relapse. It's getting ridiculous at this point. I was strolling not jogging. Urgh.

Lymepilot,

Thank you and not offended in the least.

While I am most definitely middle aged I have exercised all of my adult life until Lyme. I don't get normal aches and pains. Not saying I can't, or I won't.

I'm super in touch with my body and these new symptoms are 100% Lyme. Aging doesn't give you tingling feeling from knee to foot and weird feelings in feet when there were none before.

Now whether or not symptoms are herx, exercise intolerance or cos. showing up, who knows.

I don't attribute everything to Lyme. Curren fatigue and sniffles are from seasonal allergies and irritability is from being up in the night with my son. So I'll blame HIS Lyme

When I ask on here it's not at all to blame Lyme. It is to try and figure out if I need to let up on herbs or keep going, meaning it's doing it's job.

Lymepilot said...
Option 3 - It is entirely unrelated to lyme or treatment.

We need to remember, and in my opinion it's imperative for our mental sanity to recognize that we will develope more aches and pains as we age and just live. With all due respect Huddie, your a middle aged woman with an above average level of stress in your life. New muscle and back aches and pains can be explained as stress and poor sleep just as easy as treatment related.

I hope you don't misinterpret this post as negative because it's not at all. You have lyme. It sucks. Don't let it dominate you to the point that everything in your life has to be correlated. But into that realization and you will feel a little better, I promise.

I did not have aches and pains prior to lyme...not one. Never missed work due to sickness. I have pulled a muscle in my back once or twice in the past 25 years when playing tennis.

So, I don't think it can be pawned off to aging coincidentally when I get lyme.

Maybe someone in their 70's gets aches and pains?

I'll have to go back and look, but I could have sworn it said NO herxing....

Even LESS herxing would be welcome.

Did they divorce? Is that why she has a different site and sells different things?

I read so many good reviews on her site for her system, that I was intrigued.

Kalgh,

Yes they did but I don't like to discuss other peoples business so didn't add that in.

She is AMAZING. I cannot say enough good things about her. She is so knowledgeable and will help you decide what you need, never tries to sell anything. Just wonderful.

I would also go to Hansa but it's too pricey since we are treating entire family for Lyme.

You also need to stay for two week minimum and that doesn't include meals/lodging/airfare so just not possible right now.

I think many of us have low body temperatures. I move alot to help with that - walking when I can, cleaning, etc... maybe it's why many feel better in warmer months.

I also drink tea all day and that raises core body temp.

Okay its lyme. Gooooodluck.

Klagh,

Yes several have healed from Jernigan. Most people who heal don't come on here any longer. They out making up for lost time. I hope to be one of them soon. Deejavu comes on now and then she is one, Heathersdad (username)healed his daughter on Jernigan, I think Krimpet may be Jernigan but I may be wrong about that, Katebirch does Jernigan.

LP,

I was the healthiest, most active person. For what it's worth I am CDC positive and had full bulls-eyes. Our weekend home is a highly endemic lyme area.

I don't mean to put words in your mouth but I feel that you are intimating that I am imagining this and it's not Lyme.

Don't you have Lyme as well?

I hope you feel better and are back to wings up.

Hi Huddie,

DS got those symptoms early on in his abx treatment which makes me think you are herxing, so a sign it's working?!

Sorry your son is herxing so much on the abx. First 6 months are rough with all the die-off. Hopefully your DS will eventually experience weeks where he feels better on abx like our DS finally did. For DS it went, terrible first 6 months while on meds, nicer on week off (like your DS), then sick a lot on meds but a bit better, and felt worse on weeks off by end of week and was asking to go back on them because felt a bit less sick on them, then felt a bit better and felt same off and on them last summer - no difference. That is still the situation now. Even though he feels same off and on meds, he says he still needs them. We are trying to work up again to 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off after myco relapse/reinfection. Of course everyone is different so your DS's path may be different or on a different timeframe. It did seem early on like we really needed that week off so he could detox and then start over. Herxing would build up and then there was the break.