About to start Dr J protocol

bro123 said...
Starting the protocol next week. Any advice while doing his protocol? WIll I be nonfunctional most of the time? Ive been off abx for about a week and a half and felt decent and somewhat functional. Do people feel better after the first 3 week rotation?

If you’re asking if you will have improvements right away… it’s not likely from what I experienced and what I read here on the forum … etc.
It can take a while

Are you starting with Mepron or Malarone - paired with two antibiotics?
Is the schedule M/WF
2 weeks on, one week off?

Or……..

bro123 said...
Yes I am starting with ceftin, malarone, minocycline, cryptolepsis, and artemisia mwf , then adding flagyl th/fri. Yes it is 2 weeks on 1 week off. Since ive already been treating for a year, don't you think my bacteria load has gone down a bit? Also during off weeks when I am not taking anything, do people usually feel better?

Well it depends on what the treatments were and what infections you have.

If you do have (and it’s likely) Babesia and you haven’t really targeted it - the Malarone could be tough on you.

For me - when I was on the Bart/Persisters protocols - it sometimes it took me most of the time off to recover from the herx - and then it would be time to take the meds again.

No easy way out unfortunately.

I hope you tolerate it well and you get some improvements.

bro123 said...
I hope so. I don't think ive taken care of lyme cysts either, so adding flatly may help. Ive taken rifampin and rifabutin and according to Dr MR, they are cyst busters but I doubt as good as flagyl.

Yup, Flagyl ( or Tinidazole ) for cysts.