disturbedme
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Just wondering who all has tried transfer factor and what you have observed while being on it.
I started it today, taking only one capsule and only a few hours later am having herx symptoms (and I didn't take any abx today. The only other thing I took besides the TF was Red Yeast Rice for cholesterol).
I'm feeling very tired, fatigued, falling asleep like I never do in the evening (or haven't for a good while, anyway), hot flashes, sweating, some chills, feeling very flu-like ill, lightheaded, woozy, feeling like I could faint, etc.
Anyone else have this with transfer factor and how soon after? What were your experiences with it?
And as a side question, I am going to start Mepron soon, and am really worried my insurance isn't going to cover it. And if that happens, I won't be able to take it. We don't have the kind of money to do that. We are in pretty big debt right now, unfortunately. How many of you have had trouble with getting Mepron covered? And what should I do if that happens?
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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I have taken transfer factor multi-immune for ebv for 9 months and tf lyme for 3 months. Which one are you taking? The multi-immune I have had no problems with but the lyme one did cause some herx reactions but I am slowly getting used to it. I take a multi-immune in the morning and night and 2 lyme at night.
I love the multi-immune it has helped with the virus and possibly lyme, but the lyme tf is definitely strong. Start with one take it on an empty stomach.
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disturbedme
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mandy - I'm taking the multi-immune one. It's the one my LLMD wanted me on.
Augh, I don't like how it's making me feel though!
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
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oxygenbabe
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What kind are you taking? I started with Chisolm's ImmunFactor 5, just going on instinct and knowing with chronic bladder and sinus issues that I have strep, e coli (a form of strep) and staph. The lactoferrin bothered my colon like crazy (lactoferrin always has been intolerable to me). I asked them to make me a sample that was pure without any additional additives. Each time I took the sample I felt good. Oddly, my mood improved! One of the worst aspects of lyme has been its ruination of my core ability to feel whimsy, rapture and oneness with the universe. I'm always battling thru some kind of toxic fatigue, but it also seems to have affected some deep part of me. But the TF brought that part back. I was dancing around, joking, and one day when I was sitting int he park I felt something I hadn't felt in ages--the birds were hopping around and singing, the sun was shining, and I felt the aliveness of everything and I was part of it. Kind of like a music. Before lyme, had this quite often...after lyme not much. Will this last? Who the heck knows. I could study strep and staph and see what they dock onto and what neurotransmitters they might be affecting, but I don't think I'll bother. SO I bought 3 mos worth. AY YAY YAY IS THAT EXPENSIVE. Anyway, I just took my first capsule today. I don't know how or why it is working to improve my mood for sure. ANd I feel more energetic. I plan to do this for at least a month and then I may add in some of the other ones but I have to earn and set aside some money as these are very expensive. I have no herx of any kind on Immunfactor 5. If I were tot ake the lyme mycoplasma one maybe I would.
By the way--I have a bottle of 5 and a bottle of Immunfactor 7 that DO have the lactoferrin that I need to get rid of, if someone wants them at a discount or knows somebody who does. I don't know why I'm sensitive to lactoferrin but doubt most folks would be.
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cottonbrain
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I took the Prohealth TF's for Lyme, EBV, mycoplasma, and a host of others, sorry i can't remember the product names, each one targeted multiple bacteria.
did they help? i have no idea. i took them about six months and didn't notice any changes at all.
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disturbedme
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Angelica
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oxygenbabe have you tried vitamin D3 yet?
D3 changed my mood for the better more than anything else I have tried. It makes me feel happier and makes the world look better.
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oxygenbabe
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Can't tolerate it (D3). I just use the sun.
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