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Posted 6/11/2019 10:23 AM (GMT -5)
Is it normal to herx when starting vitamin c (i started with taking 2.5 g)?
Posted 6/11/2019 11:23 AM (GMT -5)
It is normal in the sense that it definitely happens to other people (myself included) but it's not the standard experience. smile

Some suspect that a herx from vitamin C might not be a true herx but rather a reaction to increased acidity and/or bowel intolerance (2.5 grams of vitamin C will give a lot of people diarrhea).
Posted 6/11/2019 11:34 AM (GMT -5)
There's a guy on reddit who constantly claims that salt and vitamin C cures Lyme disease. Everyone seems to think he is crazy.
Posted 6/11/2019 11:51 AM (GMT -5)
@Saraeli The symptoms I get is restless and crawly feeling in the body a couple of hours after the supplement. Maybe it is an detoxreaction (?). I have so far managed from getting diarrhea from that dosage 😊

Post Edited (MariaS74) : 6/11/2019 12:05:44 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/11/2019 11:53 AM (GMT -5)
@Quin I have heard of that protocol too... 😊

Post Edited (MariaS74) : 6/11/2019 11:09:53 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/11/2019 4:52 PM (GMT -5)
Yes you can herx from Vit C. I did. I was doing 2 grams 3x day (didn’t start off slow as it was a harmless vitamin smile)

On the second day just before the 3rd dose, my legs started twitching and jerking. I got extremely agitated and started yelling and thought there was mold in the house. I may have had other symptoms with it, too, but that’s all I remember.

I started googling and found an explanation somewhere by Lisa Petrison. It was either on the paradigmchange.me site or in the mold avoiders handbook. I can’t remember what the answer was and was not able to find it the last time this question came up. Sorry I am not much help.
Posted 6/11/2019 5:06 PM (GMT -5)
Viamin C was found to be effective against tuberculosis and it kills it by fenton reaction.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23695675/
Posted 6/11/2019 5:46 PM (GMT -5)
Vit C was the only thing that made me fell like crap within 30 minutes of taking it. It's been a while but I think it was only 500mg. Not sure if it was a herx or what though
Posted 6/12/2019 2:15 AM (GMT -5)

WalkingbyFaith said...
Yes you can herx from Vit C. I did. I was doing 2 grams 3x day (didn’t start off slow as it was a harmless vitamin smile)

On the second day just before the 3rd dose, my legs started twitching and jerking. I got extremely agitated and started yelling and thought there was mold in the house. I may have had other symptoms with it, too, but that’s all I remember.

I started googling and found an explanation somewhere by Lisa Petrison. It was either on the paradigmchange.me site or in the mold avoiders handbook. I can’t remember what the answer was and was not able to find it the last time this question came up. Sorry I am not much help.

Thank you for your answer! You definitely helped me a lot because it is a relief to hear about your reaction. I always get worrried when not understanding my reaction 🌸
Posted 6/12/2019 2:19 AM (GMT -5)

isitlyme said...
Viamin C was found to be effective against tuberculosis and it kills it by fenton reaction.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23695675/

Thank you, that's interesting! 🌸
Posted 6/12/2019 2:21 AM (GMT -5)

trekkar said...
Vit C was the only thing that made me fell like crap within 30 minutes of taking it. It's been a while but I think it was only 500mg. Not sure if it was a herx or what though

It's such a relief to hear that it can be normal to react from vitamin c 🌸
Posted 6/12/2019 7:44 AM (GMT -5)
Buffered vitamin C aka Esther C is more gentle to the the stomach

Post Edited (isitlyme) : 6/12/2019 7:09:51 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/12/2019 8:11 AM (GMT -5)

isitlyme said...
Buffered vitamin C aka Esther C is more gentil to the the stomach

Thank you for your tip! I am using magnesiumascorbat and feels that that form works well with my stomach 😊. Att first I took ascorbic acid which gave me gallbladderpain.
Posted 6/12/2019 12:00 PM (GMT -5)
yep, its possible:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707683/
Posted 6/12/2019 2:49 PM (GMT -5)

Dmitry said...
yep, its possible:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707683/

Thank you, that was a very interesting article!
Posted 12/6/2022 3:15 PM (GMT -5)
I took vitamin c 500 mg daily and now went up to 2000 mg daily and herxing like crazy
Posted 12/6/2022 3:16 PM (GMT -5)
I took vitamin c 500 mg daily and now went up to 2000 mg daily and herxing like crazy. is that normal?
Posted 12/7/2022 1:59 AM (GMT -5)
vitamin c is pretty potent antioxidant . i read this book by a doc who was a proponent of iv vit c for may ailments. i believe it has a 1:1 free radical replacement ratio . maybe what you are experiencing is a detoxing reaction. we bvters take 3000-5000 mg daily i found it to be energetic and relieving. injected i haven't done as much as some cancer patients but 25grams or less seemed to pull heavy metal and toxins whereas 50&100gram doses i was told converts to h202 in the water of the bloodstream and thats how it becomes bacteriocidal. it may have some parasites relief with the salt drying them out but thats a dangerous sodium and loose bowel tightrope to walk . buffered is easier and something to be said for rutin and vit c when i was bruising easily .
Posted 12/7/2022 3:28 AM (GMT -5)
We're all different, regarding reactions. I've tried various forms of Vitamin C and I can easily take 10,000 mg daily (in divided doses) without any issues. There have been times where I've exceeded that dose and started having gas and bowel rumbling, but I've never "herxed" on it. I've had a few 50 mg I.V. infusions, too.
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