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Posted 3/30/2022 8:14 PM (GMT -5)
My journey in Lyme started back in May last year (21'). Its when symptoms really started to show but I had some symptoms for years prior so may be long term by now. (oldest symtoms are Rash, joint pain, etc, newest are neuro)

By late June or early July I was seeing a LLMD who prescribed Banderol, Samento and Stevia. I also started some Doxy around that time.

Didnt feel much of anything and quickly got up to full dose of all those herbals twice a day without any real issue. Did a few months of Doxy started feeling pretty good and stopped antibiotics all together. At some point I stopped herbals as well as I was feeling pretty good. I then had a question of mold exposure so started IV Glutathione and did that for about 2 or 3 months along with some binders. Well then I relapsed with symptoms, sort of hard to say what was causing what at that point. I think part of my issue was a severe electrolyte imbalance but also still dealing with Lyme and potentially Bart.

So I start back up on the Samento, Banderol and Stevia and now it hits hard. Im taking baby doses and think its making me herx unlike before. Anyone else's herx mainly depression and anxiety???

Question is do you suspect in my case the Lyme and co have gotten much worse over the last few months or do you think that possibly its working better than before because I possible got rid of some of the bugs defenses? (mold, biofilm, etc)

I know its hard to say either way but I figure if someone had a similar experience they could weigh in. Thanks.
Posted 3/31/2022 4:25 PM (GMT -5)
its possible that early on when your infection/s was relatively new - your infectious load was not so high and your systems not so run down/disrupted - and as a result you did not have much adverse reaction to treatment.

later on - when you have been ill for longer - you may have more difficulty with adverse reactions to treatment due to being more sensitive and less able to deal with toxins - but also potentially from having more biofilms built up from longer term infection.

you may just need to go slow with treatment and gradually peel away the layers at a rate your body can handle

Post Edited (Garzie) : 3/31/2022 3:57:29 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/31/2022 4:29 PM (GMT -5)
Except for Doxy, I've never taken the others you mention, except Stevia.

It took a while to realize that Stevia can actually can cause a herx. In my case, it caused severe migraines. I was using it for sugar in decaffeinated tea. Finally I realized it was the Stevia causing the migraines. The fact mix you are taking is causing issues makes sense.

Not sure if it is because Lyme of co-infection has gotten worse or the herbs work better. But there is a chance it is what you are taking.
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