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DD gets very severe, almost debilitating, menstrual cramps. Have any of you used the PE1 to get relief? What frequency? How long? Direct or pulse mode? All points or just over the abdomen?
Same questions for migraines, either period induced or just random -- all points or just on the forehead? Direct or pulse mode? Frequency? How long? (PE1 is safe to use on the head, right?)
(Thanks for your help. As you can tell, I'm still sorting out and trying to learn how to use this machine and am still a tad nervous to experiment on my own, so any and all suggestions and advice from those who are already in the know are appreciated!)
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did you try tapping all EFT /MFT points, daily? I suspect, tapping will do more than the PE1 for that problem...
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Gluten free living helped tremendously with my monthly migraines & cramps.
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1. (Frequency F, 73 Hz) For use when cellular activity is hypoactive, such as chronic recurring problems, nonunion fractures and chronic splints and for stimulation of osteoid. It is also helpful in activating humoral and endocrine functions. Field work has shown setting 1 helpful in stimulating (tonifying) acupuncture and trigger points and increasing circulation in areas being treated, such as wounds when past the acute stage.
2. (Frequency G, 147 Hz) For areas of yellow scar tissue that are generally formed internally on tendons, ligaments and sub-acute (lingering but not chronic) conditions. Field use has shown setting 2 to be helpful in reducing inflammation associated with injuries and infections. This is often called the universal frequency because most problems involve inflammation.
3. (Frequency A, 294 Hz.) For tissue of ectodermal origin, such as body openings, skin and nerve. Field applications include wounds, eye injuries and after surgery. Setting 3 tends to tone tissue while minimizing the chance of hemorrhaging fresh wounds or recent surgical sites. It is also good for the treatment of acupuncture and trigger points, corneal ulcers and ulcerated mucous membranes. This is called the universal frequency in acupuncture.
4. (Frequency B, 587 Hz.) This frequency appears to be most effective for neuropathy, but also for circulatory and lymphatic stimulation and treatment of tissue of endodermal origin, such as GI tract, liver and pancreas. In field applications, setting 4 has been used in conjunction with 5 and 2 for tendon, ligament, joint and other injuries where reaching secondary levels of tissue is needed.
5. (Frequency C, 1174 Hz.) For tissue of mesodermal origin, such as bone, joints, ligament, viscera and tendon. Field experience has shown setting 5 to be especially good for tendon and ligament injuries when used with 4 and 2. It also helps in relaxing large muscle groups.
6. (Frequency D, 2349 Hz.) For chronic conditions not responsive to setting 3 or 5. Field experience shows setting 6 to be a good supplement to 3 when healing processes appear to reach a plateau.
7. (Frequency E, 4698 Hz.) For pain control, primarily when C nerve fibers are transmitting to dorsal root ganglia and when involvement of neurotransmitters is of physiological importance. Field experience shows 7 to help suppress pain and to sedate acupuncture and trigger points and aid in diminishing excess calcification associated with chips, spurs and arthritic conditions.
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I had very bad cramps, too. The infrared light does help but I needed to take pain meds, as well. You may want to try something to balance the hormones for the migraines like Vitex or Black Cohosh. Excedrin actually helped me for migraines to some degree. There's something about Excedrin that worked for me since it combines caffeine, aspirin & Tylenol. It worked better for me than the prescription migraine meds.
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I had severe menstrual cramping throughout my teens and twenties.
I had learned that menstrual cramps happened because clots were trying to pass through the cervix, the opening from the uterus to the vagina. When the cervix muscle is stretched open, it is very painful.
Pain meds like Motrin (Ibuprophen) did help. Although I had heard that cramps were supposed to get better after childbirth, I was still having them after two children.
After I found out about Lyme, I read about hypercoagulation, which most Lyme patients have. A chronic infection (like Lyme) causes too much fibrin in the blood, causing your blood to clot quickly.
Menstrual blood is not supposed to clot, as it's supposed to flow out of the uterus. But with too much fibrin, you get clots forming, and it's painful for them to pass through the cervix.
Another problem that Lyme patients have is low magnesium. The Lyme bacteria live in our muscle and nerve cells, using up the magnesium that we need for all the enzyme processes.
Low magnesium causes muscle spasms and cramps. This is related to uterine cramping during menstrual periods.
Okay, that is the background for what I am going to suggest. First, take supplemental magnesium. This should help reduce the cramps.
Second, look into systemic enzyme therapy. This will reduce excess fibrin in the blood and should reduce the menstrual cramps.
I don't know how much you know about supplements, or which ones your daughter is taking. Many people here can answer questions about all this.
Regarding the LED light therapy, I think it's a good idea. Lay the light wand on the skin above the pain, and it will transmit energy to the mitochondria in the cells.
I use the 880 wavelength with the SOTA LightWorks, which penetrates about five inches. The 660 wavelength only goes skin deep. The PE1 is much stronger than the LightWorks, so you should get pain relief quickly.
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You said your daughter is having migraines? I was having continuous migraines for 21 days out of 28, related to my cycle.
Symptoms of hypercoagulation include pain, fatigue, and headaches. I read that Dr. C. in Missouri said that 90% of his Lyme patients had hypercoagulation, and I had the symptoms, so I decided to try systemic enzyme therapy.
Systemic enzymes reduce the excess fibrin in the blood, and the red blood cells can pass through the capillaries in single file. The red cells carry molecules of oxygen that pass through the cell membranes, and the mitochondria in the cells use this, along with blood sugar, to make energy for the cells.
When the cells are not getting enough oxygen, they do not function well, and you get symptoms like pain, fatigue, headache, foggy thinking, irritable bowel syndrome.
I tried a couple of single enzymes, without results. Then I started taking Wobenzym, a blend of enzymes, and ramped up to ten tablets daily, in one dose each day.
I realized that my body pain was decreasing, and after I got up to ten tablets, about two weeks in, I woke up one day without a splitting headache! Yayy!
This was truly a turning point for me, because I had been living with severe body pain and continuous headaches for years.
Later I began taking fish oil with a very high ratio of EPA, and I found that reduced the pain and headaches further.
. You can google for info about all of this. Here are a few articles.
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Wow, these are all great suggestions -- thank you!
My dd was taking magnesium (Natural Calm) for many years but then stopped once she came off abx -- when I think back now, I do believe the cramps did in fact get much worse after stopping the magnesium -- I hadn't connected that -- I will definitely add that back in.
She never took systemic enzymes but that sounds very interesting. I will research and try that out too.
Thanks again -- you've all offered many steps to help her -- I'll keep you posted!
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Thanks for the frequency chart. I do have that -- it came with the PE1 -- but I really can't make sense of when to use what -- based on the chart, 880 doesn't seem to be one of the frequencies for the PE1, so which did you use -- the higher one (C = 1174 hz) or F (for increasing circulation), G (for reducing inflammation), A (minimizing hemorrhaging), B (for relieving neuropathy), E (for pain control), etc? -- if you used direct, did you just use the automatic sequence (through all the frequencies)? That's what I'm leaning toward right now until I get a firmer grasp on how to use this or unless you can suggest otherwise --
Thanks!
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Nogier setting A & E are probably good for cramps. I have a LightWorks so my experience is not with the PE1. The PE1 is stronger. 880 refers to the lightwave length. 880 is infrared whereas 660 is red.
Carol has some very good info. In my case, nothing really worked except pain meds. I tried pretty much everything. I ended up having to use birth control pills to control my periods. I was in bed for 5 days a month due to extreme cramps.
I had to take the birth control meds to be pain free for a few months but I wouldn't recommend them. I gained about 30 lbs when I was taking them. I took the kind where you only get your period 4 times a year. I only took them as a last resort.
I started going through menopause - thank God. It's horrible to suffer through cramps for so many years.
Sometimes, a plain old hot water bottle can help.
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PS - I forgot to mention... treating parasites may really help with cramps & migraines. I know it's gross to think about it but parasites can live in the vaginal areas - especially pinworms & filarial types of worms.
There's lots of info here about parasites. You may want to have your daughter try an anti-parasite protocol or some Parastroy.
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Thanks again for all your help!
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I have had endometriosis since I was 15 with extremely painful cramps...like I can't even walk pain. For the first time in my life I had less cramping with lyme treatment specifically for Babesia. I also am treating parasites and that seemed to lessen the pain significantly.
I think it is from hypercoagulation and possibly magnesium deficiency but I feel there is a cause...infections. Once the infections are treated she should find relief. I also had migraines with my periods, but not anymore!!!
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The magnesium deficiency and the hypercoagulation are caused by the Lyme infection, but you can ease those problems with magnesium supplements and systemic enzymes.
Something else that should help menstrual cramping is pulsed electromagnetic field energy, or PEMF.
The magnetic energy affects the electrical charges on both sides of the cells, so that minerals like magnesium and calcium can pass through.
When the mitochondria in the cells get the minerals and nutrients they need, they can make energy, and the muscles stop spasming.
Of course, you still need to replace the missing magnesium and reduce the excess fibrin. Those problems will be ongoing, as the Lyme bacteria live in our cells and will always be there.
We can go into remission from Lyme when the deficits are replaced and the immune system gets the upper hand on the infection.
I use the SOTA Magnetic Pulser to relieve pain and muscle spasms. There are other magnetic pulser devices too, but this is the one I have experience with.
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Magnesium did nothing to help my migraines and cramps. I was taking huge doses of magnesium, too.
For me, the gluten was causing my progesterone to drop to 0 (yes, I have lab proof of this), and the hormone imbalance lead to the pain.
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