IMRS / PEMF - herx reaction?

Hello,
I just began to use the IMRS device. I am doing 2 sessions 8 minutes per day, and feel terrible. It feels like a herx reaction that I have had on antibiotics. But I am not sure. What confuses me is that a lot of people on here wrote that they feel great when they use the IMRS /PEMF devices. I certainly do not feel great. Overall, maybe the herx is a good thing with a natural way to kill Lyme? Not really sure how we are supposed to respond to this device, great, or not great.

It may be killing parasites...

I had 1st PEMF session today. I tried to read/research what I could. Seemed to be a lot of wild claims but did not see any negatives (positives or no effect). I think I should have chk here first. I don't know the brand of PEMF, setting was 8 for 30 mins. I wrote down my symps prior & wrote what I noticed during the session. However about an hour after the session my symps got worse (fatigue, muscle/joint discomfort, brain fog, nausea, sleepy, nerve explosions). I had to lay down a couple hours later & never recovered much plus had severe mood swing (not a good mood).

This is the only thread found where another Lyme person reported feeling worse after PEMF. I did see someone recoed starting at 8mins, I was started at 30mins. I had to cancel 2 apmts this afternoon cause felt terrible and couldn't get mood in check. I'm scheduled again Thursday afternoon but I really can't afford increased unwellness & dysfunction. Just curious if just a treatment that needs time to adjust (like antibiotics etc).

I'm just trying to find out more so I can set appropriate expectations. Lately been sick 16 months, not typical flare-up, so just trying to get the symps more manageable. Thx

Thank you pinkblossom, extremely helpful. I should have known better trying a new treatment, needed to chk w/ other people w/ Lyme & coinfections, to at least determine the possible after treatment impact. It never crossed my mind I might feel more sick, uncomfortable and definitely didn't expect the irritable moodiness. I don't want to give up on a treatment that might be helpful long term but man I'm sick of feeling sick, dysfunctional, in pain/discomfort. This has been the worst 17 months since initially diagnosed w/ lyme/co-infections in 2014 (took 10 yrs to get that diagnosis) & 15-17 months of antibiotics along w/ all the supportive meds/supplements, yada yada. I did not expect the Lyme & so many co-infections to come back and basically steal my life again (I was use to quarterly flare-ups but usually recovered back to 50% avg functioning). If continue w/ the treatment will be like the ol days where I have to plan apmts/tasks & factor in extended time for dysfunction/ recovery. Again thx for your quick response, feel a little less anxious knowing others had similar experience w/ PEMF & I'm not crazy. These are expensive devices so I was trying it out at chiro for $30 a session to see if any benefit. I was not expecting to have 'herx' like response. All I know is PEMF setting was at 8 for 30mins. I'm scheduled again for tomorrow at same time, 3pm.

Thanks @saraeli for sharing you experience w/ PEMF. I canceled 2nd appointment just cause can't afford to be more dysfunctional for 36 hrs. But I'm going to try again but at lower settings. If that was detox/herx then maybe confirms why still feel so crappy, the beastie buddies are still doing their thing and the PEMF disturbed their calm 😉. I want to do more than disturb their calm, I want them destroyed & dispatched.....

I thought it might be helpful to mention intensity and frequency, the two most important technical details of any PEMF device. A mild setting on a PEMF device with a maximum 12000 Gauss such as the Hugo Pro used by Tony Robbins, is going to be very different from a mild setting on a Healthyline PEMF device with a maximum 3 gauss. To make it more confusing many PEMF sellers do not reveal the intensity at all (expressed as microTesla for very low intensities, milleTesla/mT, Gauss and Tesla) or the frequency, expressed as Hz, kHz, MHz, etc. When I was researching I called companies when I could not find the intensity and frequency on their website and asked directly and the intensities were always very low, expressed as microTesla. It is easier to generate weaker field strengths and those are the most used in PEMF devices Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379303/
and least likely to be revealed in the technical information. Even more discouraging are the websites created by sellers that compare their device to another and actually falsify data to make their device appear superior. Healthyline does this blatantly and lists the Curatron 2000HT as having a maximum 5 Gauss. Following is the link for the Curatron device which states the max is 200 Gauss/minimum 5 Gauss (scroll down the whole page to other technical information)
https://curatron.curatron-family-of-products/curatron-2000-ht-home-therapy-pemf-system/om/c
Curatron is one of a handful of companies with a long-standing excellent reputation and one of the devices I have considered so it made me ill when I saw what Healthyline had done. The fact is that only 2 years ago I would have thought it was true.
It makes me angry that unethical people are so willing to take advantage of those that need healing.
Dr Pawluk is very reputable and offers free consultations if you fill out a boring lengthy form. His website is good because information about PEMF is all in one place which saves time from researching. He is considered the authority on PEMF.
I hope this info is helpful to someone.