I have been on abx 9 months yesterday. I have seen improvment. I know that I have.
I have had a huge resurgence of symptoms again after feeling like I was on the road to improving. I am assuming that it is a flagyl herx. I pulse flagyl.
Last time I took flagyl, it took my 2 1/2 weeks to get past the herx. I really hope it doesn't this time.
I find it impossible to have faith. I want to believe it is herxing, but each time it happens it is so hard to keep the faith.
Just need to stay strong and focused and believe in what I am doing.
Thanks for listening. Kathy
-------------------- Severe neurological problems. Probably sick for years. Became chronically sick in Aug 2007. Undiagnosed for another 15 months. Started treatment for lyme and bart Sept. 2008. Improving, but very slowly. Posts: 515 | From washington dc | Registered: Aug 2008
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Hng in there Kathy - sorry its such a hard road for you. You can do it......
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TF
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When you are herxing it seems like there is a mental part to it. When it happened to me (a herx or a flare), I would feel like I would never get better. That my life would always be what it was at that moment.
That was ridiculous because my flares always lasted only 48 hours. Nevertheless, that was my mental state each time I had one. There was no sense trying logic on me.
That's why I think the herx/flare does something to our brain that causes an awful sense of doom or depression. It won't lift until the herx lifts.
It IS impossible to have faith in that mental state. But, it will pass.
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bettyg
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i haven't read this in a long time, but MIGHT be of help and in my own personal links.
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Thank TF and Betty. I hate this. It is supposed to be getting easier. I am having an extreme emotional herx. I thought that they might be behind me after 9 months of treatment.
I am praying that it ends soon (and that it is a herx) and that I come out of it improved.
Trying to hang in there, but it is tough.
-------------------- Severe neurological problems. Probably sick for years. Became chronically sick in Aug 2007. Undiagnosed for another 15 months. Started treatment for lyme and bart Sept. 2008. Improving, but very slowly. Posts: 515 | From washington dc | Registered: Aug 2008
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randibear
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i just sit and cry....
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Keebler
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Kathy,
you might look over your liver support and see if an adjustment would help lessen the herx.
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