Am I doing anything wrong?

Guys I know I have been posting a lot on here lately, but my mind won’t stop wondering and questions never seem to stop popping up. I just want to get better man. I appreciate you guys for taking the time out of your day to help. I feel like we are all we got because nobody else cares or understands so it’s improtant to look out for one another.

I am still kinda new to my diagnosis and before these health problems I never had any so I may be kinda ignorant to things relating to medicine and how my body is reacting. I spent 2 hours this morning on the tired of Lyme site just trying to educate myself and one thing that popped out was, trying to find a treatment that makes you feel decent and staying consistent. I’m trying to do that but as you know that’s really hard.

So now to my question.

I have been on clarithromycin & cedfiner for about 2 weeks and I’m really disappointed in a lot of things. I’m disappointed I haven’t gotten a better feel for what my body is doing when I take these medications. I thought by now I would be able to read what my body’s trying to tell me but I still struggle with that.

I have felt really bad in all aspects but I don’t know if it’s gotten worse or better from antibiotics. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. My suicidal thoughts were at a all time high and I felt so drained. My neck and upper back became very stiff which is a new symptom (herx?) and I had to manage this while working a 12 hour shift yesterday.

Why am I not feeling better? Am i not detoxing enough? I’m taking 2 binders, exercising, drinking tons of water, I am also taking something called liposomal glutathione.

Could my dosage of antibiotics be to high? The cefdinir is 300 mg twice a day, & the clarithromycin is 500 mg twice a day.

I’m not taking the antibiotics today just to see if maybe my body’s needs a break but I just don’t see how because I’ve onlt been on them for a little over 2 weeks.

Guys please help me out. Anything to educate me would help or if you think I’m doing something wrong.

Maybe I’m just acting crazy to a treatment plan I’ve onlt been in for a short period of time. Let me know what you all think. Thank you.

Thank you auzzie!!

about 2 & a half years

Stiff neck sounds like a herz.

“Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. My suicidal thoughts were at a all time high and I felt so drained. My neck and upper back became very stiff which is a new symptom (herx?) and I had to manage this while working a 12 hour shift yesterday. “


I think it sounds like a herx, too

Georgia Hunter said...
The key is to exercise enough to increase blood flow but not enough to cause too much of an increase in acid.

The only exercise I do is walking. Is simply walking enough to increase blood flow? I’m guessing too much muscle flexing (fast, repetitious movements, squats, etc) would cause increase in acid, no???

Georgia Hunter said...
Oranges and citrus fruits are good but have too much acidity to eat in volume.

What about the perpetually recommended lemon water for detox and alkalinization? I’ve never understood how something acidic like lemon, apple cider vinegar, or Alka-Seltzer Gold are supposed to alkalinize the body. I have high lactic acid. Would these things alkalinize my body or only make me more acidic? Same for Vit C ascorbic acid supplementation.

fwiw mucuna bean extract saved my life when on abx . via that my gut wasnt making any dopamin in my super depression allieviated the next day . the powder was a ray of light

WalkingbyFaith said...

Georgia Hunter said...
The key is to exercise enough to increase blood flow but not enough to cause too much of an increase in acid.

The only exercise I do is walking. Is simply walking enough to increase blood flow? I’m guessing too much muscle flexing (fast, repetitious movements, squats, etc) would cause increase in acid, no???

Georgia Hunter said...
Oranges and citrus fruits are good but have too much acidity to eat in volume.

What about the perpetually recommended lemon water for detox and alkalinization? I’ve never understood how something acidic like lemon, apple cider vinegar, or Alka-Seltzer Gold are supposed to alkalinize the body. I have high lactic acid. Would these things alkalinize my body or only make me more acidic? Same for Vit C ascorbic acid supplementation.

Walking is usually not enough to increase blood flow. It takes more effort and in my case, the ball and socket joints were the most affected. There is a fine line between not enough and too much and that depends on detox abilities. Yoga may be a better option as stretching can really help those joints.
Lemons can be alkalizing but oranges are acidic. I can only handle one orange a day and if I do more, I'll have either gout like symptoms (when eating meat) or a kidney stone.

jb1994 said...
be careful with yoga and only do hatha if you do it. i did just fifteen minutes of vinyasas one day and it was too much the next day, it really set me back. walking should be enough to get the blood moving though, i don't see why you think it doesn't i mean its literally impossible that it wouldn't seeing as you are moving.

I will expound a little on my previous comment, walking may be enough to increase heart rate but a slightly increased heart rate does not increase blood flow to the extracellular matrix. It literally does nothing for the ball and socket joints where the increase in immune response needs to occur. As for vinyasa, maybe you only needed 5 minutes, but the blood flow increase due to the heat and stretching is what is beneficial. You just out did your detox ability. The movements served their purpose and killed what needed to be killed.

I believe walking does increase blood flow.. especially if it’s a brisk walk. This study showed it can also increase brain function.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/walking-could-boost-brain-function-by-increasing-blood-flow-study-1.3382774

thats fine...but i was just asking in all honesty...does it even matter that i am walking this much, because you say it doesn't really do anything to help.