Need advice for bad week..

Last month wasn't easy and Llmd gave me another round of abx this time only for 2 weeks which before had helped me a lot (ceftin & biaxin), I finished last tuesday and had a good week until friday, was ok on sat & sunday and after a nice fathers day celebration with friends, started the week feeling horrible: stiffed, foggy, fatigued ( I blame it because I Stood up more than 2 1/2 hrs helping), was able to do things in the computer but nothing more, wednesday feel good and yesterday again horrible and today the same, stiffed, no stamina, its been one of the worst weeks for me, who usually have 4 or 5 good or regular days followed by a bad one. Does anyone can tell me why this is happenning. For detox I do brushing, alka seltzer gold, olive leaf extract or charcoal, took a lot of probiotics with the abx. I need to get better because I have many things to do, also travelling in 2 weeks to help my son on his interstate moving. Thanks for any comments.

Hi mibella--

I'm sorry you're struggling with the swings of feeling well, feeling bad... I think this happens for a couple of reasons:

1) We just push ourselves too much, particularly when we're feeling better. Your body is BARELY keeping up with all of the demands on it so protect the progress that you make by keeping your activities low and easy... you're going to be extra challenged with travel and helping your son move and here's some tough love--it's not a good idea. Sometimes, we need to get a better grasp of how sick we are and how much our body needs help with healing. Perhaps there is a special role for you as "move manager" who can organize the process and stay far away from and physical labor...

2) The microbes have a reproduction cycle so this creates an uneven load on our immune systems and other body systems as well as our detox protocols that has to be processed.

3) Our bodies also have its own natural detoxing functions which can help or hinder when the toxin load isn't always consistent. Often, we're not doing enough detoxing to keep up with what we're killing or we're doing too much too fast.

4) Sometimes we're trying to kill too much, too fast. There is a careful balance that we must meet--it's best to prioritize the dominant infection and focus on one at a time with an intense protocol. Once you've made progress with one, you can start implementing something for another.

5) Sometimes we have an underlying burden on our immune system and detox functions that isn't being addressed--like a high viral load or a yeast/fungal load. I FINALLY made progress with my treatment once I got these two under control.

6) For many of us, our adrenal functions are way too inadequate for the lyme & co battle (which seriously contributes to #1 when we're trying to do too much). There are some good remedies and ways you can help your body replenish and rebalance its adrenal functions. But for most people, the ONLY way to make any significant progress is to slow down and calm down. For people like us, this usually takes a serious commitment to some life style changes.

7) Sometimes, we've reached a plateau in our treatment and our body is ready for a shift. Being alive is a dynamic experience, our bodies are constantly changing, our illness is constantly evolving, and our treatment and detox and body support is affecting change, constantly. So it's important to step back and re-evaluate at certain points along the journey. What's changed since we started?

8) Coinfections --sorry, I forgot to include this originally. Often, as our treatment evolves, the other coinfections can go dormant or flare - you never know. So this cycling can also impact how well we fare against our protocols and how well our detoxing is impacting our treatment. It goes along with #7 when sometimes we have to re-evaluate what our dominant infection is.

I hope this is helpful--not very specific but I think you gotta start with a picture of your condition and your treatment within the context of your life experiences right now... figure out how to fill in some gaps... and then get specific about implementing new supplements or making shifts in your protocol.

I'll also suggest that giving yourself a 2-wk period to "get better" is a non-starter. I can't tell you how many times in the past decade I tried that and ended up worse. Perhaps I'm missing context for your post but that's some more tough love.

I wish you the best, hope you can get some helpful info. Others will be along to share input, I'm sure.

-p

Great info, P.

Rest and detox and allowing yourself to say no to anything stressful is a "must do". If you want to heal.

mibella I find that the anticipation of events is worse than the event. All the planning will cause me so much stress. And I am not good at letting it go.

When you said you have many things to do that is pressure - stress. And an upcoming travel to help someone move - super stress especially since it is a lovie.

I have to tell people that I can be supportive, but may not be able to do much and if they don't want me to come, I will understand.

But the pressure of "have to's" is horrible and you either have to say NO or learn how to cope. If you don't do one of those then you will suffer health wise.

Sorry.

Krimpet said...
Thanks P. It's almost like we have to keep hitting the pause button on our lives. It can be most frustrating especially when you have those good days and in a row. Oh well.

Yes. The pause button. There's always one not so great week a month for me. I can feel it coming on for the first few days and then the last few days out of commission. I have to work from home and only get out of the couch to make food.

But remember you feel this bad because your body actually did a good thing and killed a ton of bugs. And remember when it passes you will feel much better, like a cleansing. That's what helps me get through it.