How I Survived Lyme Disease

Hello. My name is Nicholas Pera and I am here to share with you my story of overcoming Lyme Disease. If you are not suffering from lyme disease or do not know what this disease is, it is a debilitating illness that affects many people, several of which do not overcome. I am not a health professional and the purpose of this article is strictly to share with you my story with hopes of providing some encouragement for those of you who are in a similar situation as the one I was in a few years ago. Since overcoming this illness, I have gone on to achieve great things and live a very active and healthy lifestyle and I am still looking for more great things to do in life! I am a 23 year old young man with a strong will to achieve great things in life. 5 years ago, I was in bed all day every day with no will for life even having thoughts of suicide from time to time.

It all started when I was in 6th grade. I went from being a straight A student, to feeling like I was disconnected from reality. I was diagnosed with ADD. ADHD was something that doctors determined I did not have due to the fact that I was so lethargic all the time. I had shingles in 7th grade which was something that was very surprising to doctors. This caused a unique sense of concern among doctors as well as my parents. I was too young to understand why this was so unusual. This is an illness that is normally only caught by people in their older years. I suffered through this with hopes of being back to my once energetic, happy self. Unfortunately, things only headed in the opposite direction. I went from having many friends, to being isolated at home as well as at school. I had very low self-esteem, I got sick very often, and I felt like I was going to fall asleep at times during the day. In 9th grade, I was diagnosed with depression as well as anxiety which was something I never thought I would experience. I was medicated and this medication did not help me too much. I started to feel like I was crippled. My legs started to feel stiff. I could no longer think properly. I had a headache that felt like it would never go away. In general, it felt like my life was falling apart. I graduated from high school with an average GPA. I went from doctor to doctor in hopes of help without having any luck. I normally ended up on a new medication that never seemed to help too much. I received alternative treatment that involved natural remedies which also did not seem to help. I was at my wits end. I even went to Poland to receive a treatment known as BioResonance which was somewhat helpful, but was not a complete cure. More information about this treatment can be found online by doing some research. What really helped me was a complete lifestyle adjustment which I took on myself after returning from Poland. I changed my eating habits, I fasted for periods of time, and I started exercising every day for at least 2 hours. It was very difficult to overcome this disease and please do not underestimate the effort I put in to beat this. I ate a strict paleo diet. There were no shortcuts to this. No cheat days. I drank nothing but blended up vegetables for 1 week on occasion. It started to feel like I could think properly again however, my body was still in agony. That is what made this so difficult, exercising with my body feeling this way. I started to take supplements which seemed to help quite a bit. I tried a lot of supplements that never seemed to help to much. The ones that helped the most are the following: Iodine, selenium, milk thistle, cod liver oil, holy basil, oregano oil, and magnesium. I also had periods of fasting which helped quite a bit in order to flush the toxins out of my system. I liked to think of this as eating healthy, letting this vitamins and minerals from the healthy food replace the toxins in my body, and then fasting in order to let the toxins be flushed out of the body. I eventually started to do this easier and easier as I was able to understand how my body worked better. I was very dedicated, several people will cave in and eat unhealthy food and it’s almost as if all the hard work was for nothing. Eventually, my anxiety went away, I was no longer depressed, and I got a job in a call center. I enjoyed socializing with people inside and outside of work. Things were looking very bright for me. My entire body healed. It felt like I had been given a gift from God and I was able to start my entire life over again as if I had never even had lyme disease. This took an incredible amount of hard work and dedication and I truly believe that most people are incapable of defeating this terrible illness. I am not a doctor. I am only here to give encouragement and I had always hoped of finding stories of people who had made a %100 recovery from having lyme disease with no luck. Thank you for reading. I wish you the best of luck with your road to recovery.

“This took an incredible amount of hard work and dedication and I truly believe that most people are incapable of defeating this terrible illness. I am not a doctor. I am only here to give encouragement and I had always hoped of finding stories of people who had made a %100 recovery from having lyme disease with no luck. Thank you for reading. I wish you the best of luck with your road to recovery.”

I disagree with you that most people are incapable of defeating this illness.

So your treatment was mainly diet?

Thanks WbF - I reread it and I see that now.

NicholasPera said...

Yes, I truly believe that fasting is the ultimate cure combined with a well balanced diet that relies on consistency.

I know there are other members of this forum who have done this and did find it helped a lot of things, but I don’t recall anyone claiming it as a stand-alone cure. It takes a combination of things for most people to recover.

if you can everyone should incorporate a fasting component to your regimen. fasting has so many benefits its not even funny one is to detoxify your system and allows your body to have stronger "weapons" against unwanted invaders.

your body (in particular your liver) doesn't start really detoxing until the 12-14th hour in so yes i would definitely try to work in a one day fast in. one day really isn't that hard its beyond that where it gets tough (at least for me).

even a 16-8 fast would be a good next step. you basically eat between say 10am-6pm so you get your three square meals in and the rest is detoxing!

here's a scientific explanation of what happens when you fast over long periods.

https://lifeapps.io/fasting/the-5-stages-of-intermittent-fasting/

a more simpler explanation:
https://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/stages-of-fasting-what-happens-when-you-fast

Hi,

Would be really great if there was a way to collect together what people have tried / success rates.

It sounds like it doesn't work for everyone but my very unscientific take based on reading people's stories is that recovery always seems to involve:

1. No sugar diet / often paleo
2. antibiotics and/or herbal protocol such as buhner / cowden.
3. Lots of excercise.

Not saying this always works but my reading is for those who do recover well always follow each of the three points above.

Ie: diet and excercise are essential.

Also, if you have had it for years, it will take years to clear it out of your system.

Is that fair to say?

Any thoughts?

RainyCloud said...
Nicholas I am really happy for you.

With that said, when you start a sentence about dedication and hard work, and you end that same sentence with most people being unable to. That implies (to me at least) that you're saying most people aren't dedicated enough to get better.

I am a dedicated athlete myself, I eat clean and studied nutrition. I know the importance of a healthy diet. However, in most cases, this does not get rid of an advanced infectious disease.

We're talking about a spirochete that is so advanced that it can take on three different forms, evade antibiotics, and be the only organism that we know of that can survive without iron.

I'm not saying that it did not work for you. I am happy it did. Just please understand that most people here are very dedicated and are working hard to get better.

God Bless.

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NicholasPera said...

Girlie said...
“This took an incredible amount of hard work and dedication and I truly believe that most people are incapable of defeating this terrible illness. I am not a doctor. I am only here to give encouragement and I had always hoped of finding stories of people who had made a %100 recovery from having lyme disease with no luck. Thank you for reading. I wish you the best of luck with your road to recovery.”

I disagree with you that most people are incapable of defeating this illness.

So your treatment was mainly diet?

Yes, I truly believe that fasting is the ultimate cure combined with a well balanced diet that relies on consistency.

What was your fasting schedule? or anyone else care to share what fasting schedule they tried? How many days did you make it?

Nicholas,

This is an incredible story and I thank you for your post. I've been struggling at 95-99% recovery but never able to "kick" the disease, it seems to come back (very briefly, for a day or so until I start back on antibiotics).

But I am incredible inspired by your story. Fasting and keto has worked for me when I got stuck. Also I did some light exercise. But I always lost my ways and went back to eating junk -- even one bite of something will set me back. Also I struggled with mold which gave me sugar cravings. I am grateful my LLND has given me anti-mold medications, and I also discovered that Vitamin B3 acts against mold. Another anti-mold protocol I just read about is Methelyne Blue and Asprin which I haven't tried yet but willing to in a bit.

I think with these anti-mold protocols I might be able to permanently keep away the sugar craving and commit to not cheating.

I am going to try to exercise for two hours everyday. Again your story is incredible. To me it seems that exercise for treatment of lyme is more about just moving the blood around and getting the body temperature up to "kick in the gear" whatever system the body needs to rid itself of the disease. Also I seem to notice that taking herbs 45m before exercise gives me the idea that the herbal medicine is moving around in my body getting to spots it needs to get to while I am working out. Not a scientific observation.

I also take Iodine, Selenium, and Zinc. I will keep doing that, exercise for 2 hours, and continue to fast with keto.

Thank you again for your incredible story and post!

WbF - make sure you check the label of the B complex. It's more common to see Niacinamide or I've also seen the ingredient: Niacin (as Niacinamide)

WalkingbyFaith said...

Girlie said...
WbF - make sure you check the label of the B complex. It's more common to see Niacinamide or I've also seen the ingredient: Niacin (as Niacinamide)

What’s the difference? If it’s niacin (as niacinamide) does that mean it’s not B3?

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They are both B3 - different forms.


“The real difference between Niacin and Niacinamide lies in the fact that while Niacin contains an organic acid group, Niacinamide contains an amino group. An amide is a chemical compound that contains a carbonyl group (C=O) that is linked to a nitrogen atom.”

So the niacin is the one that causes the “flush”
It increases blood flow to the skin’s surface. You get warm with the flush - usually within half an hour after taking it.
My husband used to take it - I think it lasted a half hour to a hour .

I think fasting is great and I feel a lot better after a moderate work out.

I train about 4 times 40 min a week. Calistenics at a outdoor gym with olympic rings and with dumbells at home and soon paraletts.

Training more then that and my muscles get overtrained. Doing 1 hour cardio with my mountainbike have made me herx lately so I have done very little cardio lately.
Swiming would be great and I do that some but to long from where we live.
I also hike a lot in the woods.

But you have inspired my to test to add some 15 min sessions on my indoor bike that I rarely use. Its mostly my upper body that gets used in calistenics so that should work well.

Eating less sugar would be even better for me as I have started eating more lately. But I struggle with emotional eating with a rough time for us last months and eating worse when on vacation.
I recently started a 2 months break from dark chocolate but will keep salted potato chips as a snack. But I need to cut down on the amounts. 550 g in a weekend inst that good....

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