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Posted 3/10/2015 12:38 PM (GMT -5)
I have been taking tinidazole two days a week since end of January. Yesterday was a tini day (1st of two)...and I woke up in the wee morning hours with a very sore shoulder (my shoulder pain has been getting better...so this was disappointing)...and also headache.
Headaches have not been one of my symptoms...I don't think I've had a headache in over a year....

So, I am thinking herx.

But, my question (I know I'm long-winded) - If my lyme has turned into cyst forms - and I've had Lyme since either April/13 or Sept/13...treating since July/14.....is two days a week of cyst busting going to work? After the two days, don't they just form cysts again? Is it like two steps forward and one step back?

Am i going to be cyst busting for a year????
Posted 3/10/2015 1:35 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie, that is hard to say and a tough question for anyone to really say.

There was one research paper I read... Can't remember which one, I think it was the Brorson one, shows that tinidazole really starts busting cysts after 2 weeks.  It's not clear if the drug needs to be continuous or not.  Some have said it can even busts after 2 weeks with just a minor amount  of tinidazole to it. 

That is why some LLMDs swear upon only cyst busting using 2 week on 2 week off protocols.  But that doesn't mean the 2 days a week or 3 days a week cyst busting protocols don't work.


Also while on tinidazole... No new cysts will be made.  It kills the blebs and little egg like sacks on the borrelia preventing from them from encysting further.  So there is another benefit of using tinidazole.

And don't forget another way to bust cysts is grapefruit seed extract!  I'm not sure if you would prefer that or not.

And finally... You can stop all your antibiotics and wait.  The cysts will open by doing that as well. 

 

Posted 3/10/2015 1:45 PM (GMT -5)
I pulsed tini the same two consecutive days per week.... for about eight months. I had noticeable herx sx on a monthly basis with each month being less intense than the prior for the first four months, Then sx stabilized.

I'm about 90% well and just down to only mino and nystatin for Rx. still take GSE, Cat's Claw, Colloidal Silver, VSL#3 DS, Milk Thistle and a handful of other Vits and Supps. See my LLMD next week to see if we stop mino soon and keep on the rest for maintenance and hope I don't backslide.

Minor sx still remaining include peripheral neuropathy, sore and heavy arms and legs, and some fatigue. Maybe these are yeast related, or maybe just take more time to heal after this 10 year ordeal.

Post Edited (tickbite666) : 3/10/2015 2:19:14 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/10/2015 2:30 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks LP - I tried GSE off and on for a month or so...didn't notice anything.

Tickbite666 - I'm not doing the same two days...my Dr. said pick any two days..wonder if that makes a difference? Where are you in your treatment/symptoms now?
Posted 3/10/2015 3:37 PM (GMT -5)
I was three weeks on three weeks off. By the end of the three weeks off I could tell it was time to get back to active killing. The middle portion of the three weeks off I'd feel by far the best but I'd feel symptoms creep back up that had been absent for quite awhile the last few days of the break.

I'm on a completely different pulse now. Three different abx pulsing one of them 20 days on and 10 days off. I've only been on the pulsing abx since Thursday afternoon and today's the first day I won't need someone to come help me in some way. The pulse always kicks my butt for the first week or so and then my body adjusts.

I was infected late January 2012. Started treatment June 2014.
Posted 3/10/2015 4:10 PM (GMT -5)
You can accelerate cyst busting with fake sugar, like stevia or xylitol. The lyme thinks there is a surplus of sugar and comes out to reproduce only to find they can't, then the abx hit them hard.
Posted 3/10/2015 4:53 PM (GMT -5)
wow, cool, i would not have thought of that... now if only i can get my llmd to give andrew tinidazole! says it's too soon (he won't get out of bed) and / or he may not even need it?
Posted 3/11/2015 8:42 PM (GMT -5)
Inspired Nutrition also makes a great cyst buster for those who wish to go the natural route. It is called Bio-Fibrin and according to their website, it contains Serrapeptase, Nattokinsae, Bromelain, Papain, and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

I am using their Monolaurin which I am having great success with it (major herxing though) and hope that by next month I can add the Bio-Fibrin.
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