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Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :

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Posted by barbarame (Member # 16423) on :

I have cognitive stuff too.

I have been taking along with abx.

brainwave plus
sam-e
omega 3

Ask your LLMD about these supplements.

barb

Posted by Looking (Member # 13600) on :

Gotu Kola worked better than Gingko for me -- but we're all different.

Gotu kola is known to enhance brain and peripheral circulation.

Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :

The standard joke about ginko is that it's suppose to help with memory but people keep forgetting to take it.

I did try it for awhile before I knew my problem was actually lyme. I didn't feel it did much, BUT considering I wasn't treating lyme, nothing would have helped.

I haven't been on it since the lyme treatment, so hopefully others will be able to help you out on this one.

Cathy

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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Yes, Gotu Kola works far better for me than Gingko.

Gingko is far too stimulating for my tired and fried adrenal system. It just wires me like a light bulb and further triggers startles. But, I am VERY sensitive to many things.

Gotu Kola is not a cola but can help reduce brain fog and increase alertness without agitation - it even helps subdue startles. It also helps take poisons out of the blood stream. AND, as mentioned above, it helps with circulation.

I've a lot of articles in my computer files if you want some.

PubMed -- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

PubMed, too, has many abstracts on both and you can look them up here, too:

http://oneearthherbs.squarespace.com/

and at www.vrp.com (scroll from products to articles to search)

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[ 29. August 2008, 08:59 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]

Posted by pamoisondelune (Member # 11846) on :

Here's a reference:
ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/nem138v1.pdf

Aristo Vojdani, Frank Hebroni, Yaniv Raphael, Jonathan Erde, and Bernard Raxlen
Novel Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Potential for CAM Intervention
Evid. Based Complement. Altern. Med., Advance Access published on October 15, 2007; doi: doi:10.1093/ecam/nem138

CAM means complementary and Alternative Medicine.

This article by at least one well-known lyme doctor shows where some antioxidants such as ginko can help:

(i hope this prints)

--pamois

Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :

it helped me alot for a long time. i would not have been able to work (as teacher) without it

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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WOW ! What a great graphic!

thanks for that and for the link so that we can access it for reference.

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