Probiotics Hypersensitivity

Hi all,

I've been eating kimchi on and off and I find that it helps with my symptoms, specially muscle/tendon/joint pain.

The interesting situation is that I can only consume this once every 5 or 7 days and in very small amounts, such as a small cabbage piece of the size of a fingernail.

What usually happens is that the next days after consuming that microdose, I get an aggressive dermatitis, dark circles under my eyes, fatigue, brainfog and even sometimes worse tendon pains (this last symptom if the bottle of kimchi is new). I do enjoy though a pleasurable and pronounced relaxation I get from it.

I stopped eating Kimchi around 2 months ago when I got a new bottle and started feeling weird sudden tendon pains around my body. Paradoxically enough when I stop eating kimchi my symptoms start getting worse again, and I'm currently in that point where I'm questioning if I should go for it again or not, specially since 2 months ago is also the same time when I started my treatment for Lyme for the first time (Dr. Zhang's herbal protocol).

Is this hypersensitivity normal? Does it make sense that a small dose and one that is distanced from each other this way being effective? (mind you that even 1 drop of kimchi juice affects me in the positive and negative ways that I explained above)

P.S: I've been reading this forum for some months now. Glad and relieved to see so many knowledgeable users.

Welcome, The Warrior!

Are you eating the Kimchi for the probiotics it has?
If so, have you thought about switching to other probiotics?


Since you are new here, it would be helpful for you to read through the "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" thread .
It's full of useful information.

I'm glad you finally decided to post here.