DesBio for Lyme and Bartonella - my road

Years ago I was working with a practitioner trained in using the DesBio products. Her practice was mostly tick-borne infection patients, as she herself had tick-borne infections, and she also did acupuncture, infrared light, reiki, NAET, muscle testing, and flower essences at every visit. She had used the series kits on herself and noticed improvement in all the usual infections, though not complete remission. She wanted me to try them.

I used the DesBio detox kit for a month beforehand to prepare, and then began the Bartonella series kit. We already knew how sensitive I was to treatment, so we expanded the regular schedule, and I took a half-vial every three days. I had some vertigo and headache after each dose, but it went away after a day. With vial three, however, I developed such strong vertigo that I could not move, and just lay in bed spinning for days. My head began to hurt like never before, and I developed a fever and tachycardia, along with nausea and extreme sensitivity to light, touch, and sound. I went to the ER fearing encephalitis, truly thinking I was dying from this level of pain (migraines were absolutely nothing compared to this), and of course was treated terribly because everything I mentioned about my treatment and conditions was unfamiliar to the ER staff. I was back to my crummy baseline within a month, but I never resumed any DesBio products. I assume that was a herx, and it was both brutal and dangerous.

Honestly I did not believe that homeopathy was legitimate, and only took this kit because I was pressured into it by my practitioner. I maintain that it doesn't seem like it should work based on any established scientific principles, but now I cannot deny there's something to it! I was in a situation in which all the treatment options that resonated with me hadn't helped, and I continued to get worse, so I needed to start trying some things that didn't resonate. We can't give up, right? And you never really know what will help you turn the corner.

I have heard others say that the series kit for Bartonella is especially rough, and that the worst impact is around vial three.

There are members here who have used the series kits (Blakeley's mom and others) who I hope will chime in with their experiences. I have not heard of the kits radically changing anyone's health, but people do say that they move the needle a bit in a positive direction sometimes.

Ultimately what helped me get better was treating mast cell activation syndrome and limbic system impairment.

I hope that DesBio is helpful for you, and look forward to hearing about your experience!

I'm glad that you don't have many sensitivities! That's surprising for someone with a mold history. I hope that means smooth sailing for you with DesBio.

The short version of my mold story (which isn't very short) is this: I wasn't improving with antimicrobial treatment, so my LLMD suggested we evaluate for mycotoxin illness. I did the Shoemaker panel of CIRS tests, and many indicated possible mold issues. An ERMI (Mycometrics) of my house showed extremely high mold levels, and a Great Plains lab urine test showed high ochratoxin in my system, but curiously ochratoxin is not produced by any of the molds in my house, so I was told I must be processing out mycotoxins from past exposure, but still to move and remediate in order to avoid becoming sensitized to the mycotoxins my house molds were producing. My family was planning a move anyway, but right away I bought a nice air purifier (filtration down to 0.1 microns so it can trap mycotoxins, not just mold spores) and a new mattress with a six-sided encasement so it would not be contaminated. When we house hunted, we took a wonderful mold inspector to every house we put an offer on and tested it, even backing out of two because of the results. The one we bought needed a $9k remediation but seemed the most doable (no carpet, no finished basement, etc.). The remediation company overhauled the basement and attic, and we installed an industrial Santa Fe dehumidifier in the basement. I refinished all the solid wood furniture, got rid of all the uncleanable stuff (upholstered furniture, manufactured wood furniture, appliances with motors, lots of books and clothes, linens, etc.), and found ways to clean as much as I could. It was an incredibly arduous process.

Fortunately, before moving or remediating, I got vastly better while still living in the moldy house, through treating mast cell activation syndrome and doing limbic system retraining (the DNRS program). Reading the book Toxic by Neil Nathan helped me figure out what I needed to do to get better, and it worked. I'm not sure I needed to remediate for mold and move in order to get better, nor how much of the mold lore I really believe. It seems true for some people, certainly! But it's impossible to tell whether mold is "driving the bus" in terms of symptoms and illness, and I've seen doctors advise people to upend their lives, and then they don't improve because mold wasn't actually their problem. That said, I still keep my house below 60% humidity at all times, don't open windows, run air purifiers, use rugs, don't store any porous materials in below-grade spaces, etc. to avoid future mold growth!