cr3ativegirl said...
Girlie - what Artemisin are you using, what dosage and is it working? That is the one thing I'm not taking. Worried about herxing.
I chose AllergyResearch Group for my Artemisinin. I get the 100 mg capsules. (the bottle says 200 mg per serving - which confused me at first...because I thought the caps were 200 mg each...but they aren't)
I do rounds of 4 days on...and 10 days off.
You should not stay on it indefinitely. There is mixed opinions on how many days on.
If you stay on too long, the intestines create an enzyme that kill the artemisinin, and renders it useless.
So, you don't want to do that.
On my first round:
Day 1 - 200 mg x 2
Day 2 - 300 mg x 2
Day 3 - 400 mg x 2 - I herxed - shivers and my teeth hurt. Woke up in middle of the night shivering/crying.
Day 4 - 400 mg x 2
On Second round:
Day 1- 300 mg x 2
Day 2 - 400 mg x 2
Day 3 - 400 mg x 2
Day 4 - 500 mg x 2 - Herxed - very bad day
On Third round:
Day 1 - 400 mg x 2
Day 2 - 500 mg x 2
Day 3 - 500 mg x 2
Day 4 - 500 mg x 2
On Fourth round:
Day 1 - 500 mg x 2
Day 2 - 500 mg x 2
Day 3 - 500 mg x 2
Day 4 - 500 mg x 2
On fifth round:
Day 1 - 400 mg x 3
Day 2 - 400 mg x 3
Day 3 - 400 mg x 3
Day 4 - 400 mg x 3
On sixth round:
Day 1 - 400 mg x 3
Day 2 - 400 mg x 3 - shivers - maybe herx?
Day 3 - 500 mg x 3
Day 4 - 500 mg x 3 - bad nerve pain and shivers - maybe herx?
500 mg x 3 is the highest I will go...and it is a high dose. I saw this dose on Dr MR TreatLyme.net - I have a subscript
ion for it.
I take cryptolepis except for the 4 days I'm taking artemisinin.
I will have to check some notes...I didn't write down my herxes on the 3rd, 4th,