knotweed herx?

I added in the green dragon botanicals (buhner) tincture about three days ago. And I am feeling like crap! More anxiety and general sort of short of breath a little unhappy feeling, and spacey kind of dizzy head like feeling.

The only new herb in it for me is the knotweed. I have not taken knotweed before. Also I am still taking my other cats claw so perhaps too much cats claw- I will slow it all down.

Has anyone experienced a herx from knotweed? I am still on low dose malarone doxy too. But I notice a definite worsening of symptoms last 2 days and have been taking the GD tincture maybe 3 or 4 days. Should I stop the tincture till this mellows? ugh.

Thanks for the response. Yeah, I will def take only one of the cats claw. But also I have been on cats claw for months and knotweed for only three days so my body is used to cats claw.
I ended up taking a valium. This is the first one I have taken in about almost three weeks.
When I returned back on the abx my anxiety mellowed, and it was just today bad enough that I said screw this I am taking one. I took the valium and fell fast asleep for a few hours. Now I feel valium drowsy but not anxious ( thank goodness for valium in dealing with this stuff)

Now I can't tell what is what with the herx but I felt so bad I just wanted to feel okay.

Post Edited (Katebirch) : 12/8/2014 10:34:21 AM (GMT-7)

Thanks. I have been taking powdered capsules mixed in with other herbals so I think a small amount of cat's claw.
The GD botanicals one is a tincture and I think it is higher concentration.

I expect lots of herxing when I start the HH and chronic tonic this week. Luckily I am preparing my husband in advance to expect me to probably get worse before I get better, and thankfully he is stepping up to help me with things as I go through this so I can heal and rest.

Right now I am sedated so it is a totally different feeling than this morning. I still don't know if the anxiety is the return of the bartonella ( which I am not treating yet), a return of the lyme( which I am treating) or a herx from the new tincture.

thanks.Well, I am getting the chronic tonic this week and am very eager to get on that. It is knotweed and cats claw, and also the protocol adds teasel. I think these are the main herbs plus lots of supportive herbs. So I am eager to get on those- and when I do I will stop the capsules and tinctures I am currently taking.

Then the question is the hottouyunia, which I am also Very eager to try for the bartonella. So I have to figure out if I will do the chronic tonic herbs first and wait for the HH, or the other way around.
Luckily I see my llmd this Wednesday so he can help me figure this all out. Thanks a lot for the advice rowingmom.

teregram- what do you mean??