I got some Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega fish oil and it seems to work, although I had to take a bit more than the usual dose. Often I take two pills twice per day. I haven't been to the sushi place...
I guess I overdid it with killing off bacteria, because I've now got a half dozen bruises on my arm. This is thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, an autoimmune disorder that causes microclots and...
Regarding blood clots, I had problems due to two different mechanisms. First there is the problem of hypercalcemia. Calcium mediates clotting via von Willebrand factor (VWF) so too much calcium in...
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4305790 I tried much of that and had to stop due to side effects. It is quite difficult. Some other suggestions here...
I've noticed that when I do not eat enough seafood, I start to feel depressed and do not sleep well. I've been stocking up on canned tuna, and going to the local sushi place regularly. The problem...
Not specifically from Chinese skullcap, but I got pain in the ball of my foot when herxing. That's certainly a place the bacteria can get into....
Treatment for bartonella can be a bit different than for borrelia. There is some overlap, but bartonella tends to be more susceptible to antimalarials, and borrelia tends to be more susceptible to...
Hi Mike, welcome to the forum. What you describe is unfortunately a common complication of Lyme disease. Lyme disease gets into the joints and causes calcification to build up. This can pinch the...
I've also had recurring problems with fungal infections. https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4329479 https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4334810...
I found that fixing the gastric motility issue did resolve the gas. However, for me the cause was HPA dysfunction and not neuropathy, so I don't have any suggestions regarding neuropathy, other than...
I had similar reactions to artemisinin. It caused a lot of detoxing and messed with my heart rate and blood pressure. I'm not sure how much of it was herx, or a reaction to the artemisinin itself. I...
That is strange. My left finger is also smaller. I'm not sure if it was always that way, or this is atrophy from Lyme. I don't have any permanent nerve damage there. It sometimes was a little numb...
I was successful at treating bartonella with oral antibiotics. As you have noticed, certain meds can 'wake up' bartonella without killing it. After waking up bartonella, I would kill it with...
I was referring to what you wrote here: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4351662 I found that blood sugar issues and stress on the HPA axis tended to cause digestive issues....
This sort of thing is often hormonal, affecting gastric motility. I'm not sure if taking methylene blue could exacerbate it. I had improvement with hydrocortisone and low dose naltrexone....
Just search for "Lyme" https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=comments_search&author=Mister_Cactus&limit=100&sort=desc&body=Lyme ...
Sure, but years of inflammation in the joint likely made that injury much more severe. I wouldn't have suspected Lyme disease if he hadn't outright said it....
If you click the search button it will show his posts. Some of the posts have been deleted now, so you can only see the text in the search results. Yes, he got Lyme when he was 13, and in the...
If you are getting insulin resistance rather than lack of insulin, it should be possible to distinguish these cases by testing insulin levels (c-peptide test). High SHBG is often a reaction to a...
This is what Luigi Mangione posted on Reddit. He describes his struggles with Lyme disease, brainfog, and a back injury, which the infection likely contributed to. There is no mention of United...
I've wondered about that. He blamed it on dust and chemicals from woodworking, but pulmonary fibrosis is often autoimmune, and I suspect that the infections played a role....
There have been more than a few reports of excessively high B6. The suspicion is that bartonella synthesizes it from a precursor. https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4138409...
Seems like typical borrelia symptoms. The aches and pains in my muscles or my elbow was just herxing from die off, but the pain in my fingers was often blood clots or a pinched nerve. If the borrelia...
Chronic infections can trigger all sorts of autoimmune disease, including psoriasis. It may come and go depending on how your immune system reacts to the infection, or because of Herxheimer...
Basically, yes... but it's complicated. The allergy symptoms and MCAS were my very first symptoms of Lyme disease. At the time, I didn't connect it to the tick bite. I never got a rash where the tick...
The problem that I had with malarone was the anti-folate effect of proguanil. This is especially a problem if you have MTHFR deficiency. I didn't have this issue with mepron, but I found that mepron...
I find it more effective when combined with other things, such as loratadine and minocycline/azithromycin. Basically the strategy is to stress the bacteria a bit, and then when the bacteria attempt...
I also had PCR-confirmed bartonella, but I continued to get arm pain and circulation problems when treating borrelia, even after eliminating most other bartonella symptoms. So it might not just be...
Bartonella caused swollen lymph nodes (under my armpit) but the arm pain and circulation issues in my hand was blood clots due to borrelia. This is autoimmune, and stimulating your immune system with...
I would recommend trying to find an alternative to this. Daptomycin and ceftriaxone are pricey and have to be given IV. Some meds which have been discussed recently on this forum include...
The herx finally went away after about a week. I took another dose and I'm not herxing quite so bad, so it seems this killed off a lot of borrelia....
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6963883/ ...
The hypercoagulation is largely autoimmune and seems to be due to a specific mechanism involving the bacteria getting into the endothelium (or possibly the liver) and causing an inflammatory...
Acyclovir definitely disrupts biofilm. Borrelia biofilm contains extracellular DNA, and acyclovir blocks the DNA polymerase. Bartonella seems less susceptible to acyclovir (at least in vitro) so it's...
One thing I noticed when killing borrelia with sodium valproate was a distinctive odor that I didn't get from anything else. Dead borrelia tends to smell bad regardless, but with valproate there was...
I didn't try lamotrigine, but I definitely herxed from valproate. The mechanism of action is unclear, but it's probably something other than sodium or calcium channels. One thing I noticed with...
I tried taking famciclovir instead of the valaciclovir and lamivudine that I've been taking. I got a headache which I assume was a side effect of the drug, so maybe this isn't the best thing to be...
The idea of strengthening your immune system to deal with these infections seems attractive, but it doesn't really work. To kill off these infections would require your immune system to produce so...
I was able to eliminate Bartonella with antibiotics. Borrelia has been much more difficult....
Your symptoms seem suspiciously like hypercalcemia. Excess calcium will affect stomach acid production and blood sugar. The calcium can come from breaking up borrelia biofilm which contains a lot of...
Valtrex is available from the usual places, Inhouse Pharmacy, ReliableRx Pharmacy, All Day Chemist. Delivery might be a problem depending on your country. Maybe you can use a mail forwarder?...
I had a lot of trouble pulsing antibiotics when taking antivirals. The problem is that borrelia burgdorferi is susceptible to many antiviral drugs, including valtrex, so if you're taking this, you're...
Yes valtrex does bust biofilm, which can be a problem because then you have to deal with what comes out....
These infections do stress your adrenals, and can worsen an existing adrenal problem. An ACTH stimulation test and insulin tolerance test give similar results, so usually you would do one or the...
I took antibiotics with it, mainly azithromycin and minocycline. Others report herxing from valtrex: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4339109 ...
I herxed majorly from valtrex. Borrelia can be quite susceptible to it....
In many cases of drug-induced thrombocytopenia, it is not always clear what pathogen is triggering the aberrant immune response. It could be undiagnosed Lyme, or it could be something else. There are...
I did get thrombocytopenia from pulsing antibiotics, although not specifically from rifampicin. The mechanism seems to be that stopping the antibiotics allows borrelia to become motile and get into...
Don't take nucleoside analogues (eg valaciclovir) when you are not on antibiotics. Borrelia DNA polymerase lacks a proofreading exonuclease and is vulnerable to these antivirals. It will cause a...
I definitely herxed from loratadine, which is a little surprising because this study in mice did not find a benefit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10703379/ ...