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Posted 10/26/2016 9:04 AM (GMT -5)
Hi all, been undergoing treatment for a while. It seems like my fatigue and achiness has improved but my brain fog has gotten way worse. Just curious if I'm making progress and this is all part of the herxing.
Posted 10/26/2016 9:10 AM (GMT -5)
From my recent experience, the two things seemed to cycle during treatment so far (23 days in). Clear-headed one day, foggy the next. Pain also has cycled, some pain subsided while new areas seemed tender/achy.
Posted 10/26/2016 9:12 AM (GMT -5)
Well one of my worst symptoms was the brain fog. I did have drastic improvement on alot of my symptoms however the brain fog liked to stick around. My MD was treating for babesia as he thought maybe I was dealing with that as a symptom as well although after a while it did diminish greatly it is hard to say what did it so still dont know if it was the lymes, the bartonella or the babesia? but I am glad it is. I do hope you get it under control though.
And it certainly could be a herx. If it has gotten worse and a lot of your symptoms were neurological to begin with than certainly the buggers were in the brain......
Nick
Posted 10/26/2016 10:52 AM (GMT -5)
Yeah it was very bad on Minocycline, which would make sense for the buggers in the brain!
Posted 10/26/2016 11:06 AM (GMT -5)
The entire time I was treating lyme I felt so bi-polar. One day absolutely miserable and hard to pinpoint an exact reason. It was as if everything was off just a tad and with everything being off all together, I was down and half-***ed sick. I laid around and felt miserable. Then *boom* the next day I was fine. No symptoms. I would be euphoric and try and get everything done because I felt good.

This brought about overdoing it. I would be right back at feeling sick. I did this so many times over and over.

I had to learn not to overdo it when I felt good. That was so hard for me.
Posted 10/26/2016 11:15 AM (GMT -5)
There is a tea that I drink that helped me out cognitively. Yogi Ginko clarity. I also took greater celandine to support cognitive function. This was one of the first symptoms to improve and my first try at a protocol included cats claw and japanese knotweed. /www.yogiproducts.com/teas/herbal-teas/ginkgo-clarity/
Posted 10/26/2016 5:42 PM (GMT -5)
I notice my fog comes in waves. Sometimes intense, and then it will disappear. Anyone else have this?
Posted 10/26/2016 6:17 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, I have days or partial days where I'm very frustrated and other times that I accomplish everything I needed to easily. When I started Houttuynia, the weirdest symptom I had from it was my speech would slur for a couple of hours after taking it. I was only on 2 drops then. That has gone away with time, but taking that herb can bring on a mean brain herx for me.

It's been 2 weeks, and I am still on a very small dose (under 10 drops).

The neuro stuff is wacky and I don't like it one bit!
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