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Luckily, I've had a recurring rash where I was bitten by a tick so I'm not sure I need to get tested except maybe for coinfections. I'm planning on trying Buhner's protocol which uses herbs rather than prescription antibiotics. I realize Buhner might be biased, but he seems to think herbs are more effective overall. Based on what sianrecovery posted it seems maybe the problem isn't necessarily prescription antibiotics, but rather that the right kinds and/or right combinations aren't always used. Since I can't afford to see a Lyme specialist right now my only option is to take supplements. Has there been any advances in Lyme antibiotic drugs in the past few years or are the same ones used now the ones that were used a decade ago?
so if one did doxy and flagyl what is the dosage and length of treatment. Is it a few weeks or we talking months??
Whats recommeded for biolfilms? serepatase is what im using now.
That's easier said than done. It seems the herbs Buhner recommends for the immune system are a targeted approach, but just taking supplements to stimulate the immune system could lead to an overactive Th1 response and excessive inflammation. That's why astragalaus is contraindicated for late stage Lyme.At the end of the day you can't eradicate Borrelia and the best antiborrelia treatment is a fully functioning immune system that can fight it because the illness is very immunosuppressive.
so if one did doxy and flagyl what is the dosage and length of treatment. Is it a few weeks or we talking months??
Whats recommeded for biolfilms? serepatase is what im using now.
Everything below the link is from Rich, so it's mostly just Rich. I used different fonts to make the distinction. Part of the reason I didn't put his quote in quotes is because the post is more narrow horizontally and so it takes up a lot more space that way. Also, if someone wanted to quote part of my post including what Rich said it would be easier than if it was in quotes. There's actually a lot more information in that thread I linked to. I haven't really read through it myself. I have a lot of links threads and articles saved in a text document which I plan to read at some point. There's just so many aspects to health that I'm not sure what to concentrate on. I started experiencing an abrupt depression about 4 months ago. After a lot of research I seem to have traced it down to inflammatory cytokines as the cause of my depression. It's possible that Lyme is also directly causing my depression by affecting my CNS, but it seems that anything that causes a herx (including probiotics) causes the depression. I supposed I should be thankful since I knew absolutely nothing about cytokines or Th1/Th2 immune responses before this happened. Depression can be a huge motivating factor. I still don't really know what cytokines are. Not even close. But at least I know more than I did a few months ago. I've stopped a lot of my immune system supplements because it seems stimulating the immune system might be counterproductive for me at this point.Hey Lotus, that's a great post - I cant make out which bit is you, and which is Rich, but thank you so much for posting it. It is very true to my experience - I did a year on interferon alpha for Hep C - and was much better for years afterwards. Now I don't know if the interferon predicated me to ME, or cured me of it for a few years - I was really was poorly when I started it. I am going to read the whole post until it sinks in.