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Posted 7/20/2017 9:17 PM (GMT -5)
Hello everyone,

A month or so before I found out I had lyme, I started having these 'episodes' where my heart would race and I would have palpitations my hands would go numb, my legs shook, I had a huge pressure in my head and felt an overall weakness. The last episode I had was late May, I was diagnosed with lyme early June, started antibiotics, and hadn't had another episode. Until today...

Monday I saw my LLND, who kept my antibiotics the same--mino and cefdinir, but added a tincture of Japanese knotweed, baikal, hawthorne, and tilia to address my cardiac and neuro issues. Now, today, Thursday, I've just had a repeat of the episode I hadn't had since late May. Is this a herx?? A flare? Just a coincidence? I feel wiped out, just like I used to feel when I had these episodes previously, but am also upset about feeling like crap again.

And should I keep taking the herbs? Or skip at least tonight? Any advice is appreciated.
Posted 7/20/2017 10:02 PM (GMT -5)
Lyme symptoms can wax and wane regardless of treatment. One day you can be super well and the next feel like you are dying. This will happen if you are treating or not. It is just the nature of lyme.

The best thing to do is treat it as a herx and detox. But, you should be detoxing on a daily basis.

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3602759 This thread is over a year old but it is still an example of what so many of us do for detoxing.
Posted 7/21/2017 1:17 AM (GMT -5)
If you can't get the symptoms to lessen by detoxing...then cut back on your treatment for a day or two (continue detoxing as well).

Sorry - this is a late response.
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