Any comments on the following information is lovely. I am a very practical person. I am also an extremely sick and debilitated person. Tradtional, western medicine has not been helpful to me. I am trying some weird stuff now. I went to see a lady who does something like muscle relaxation and says tell me some numbers and the symptoms will be released. Stay with me on this one. She says I wanted to be sick and (lose half my small life) learn lessons because of this illness. My response was- "are you crazy? Never, never would I ever want this or could I ever imagine being this sick for this long. No human being or entity shou suffer this." So, because of my desparate situation, I talk to myself and say, " I am healthy, strong, and whole." How long until this works?

Second- went to a homeopath lady. The stuff she gave me is really strong and makes me feel like antibiotics did (but antibiotics are a waste for me). It makes me hallucinate at night, I am so tired I cannot move, my brain is non-existent. Where am I? Is this helping or is it another waste of time and money and hope?

Third- Used a rife machine once. I could not finish the cycle because it made me so sick. What does this mean? It did not make me feel any better later in the week.

I'm really just starting the natural and homeopathic stuff so I don't have much to add.

I'm doing elecro-acupuncture..much gentler than rife..but I did herx on it..

You wanted to be sick? That's crap. This whole "we attract our own diseases" thing is a bucket of poo. Personally, I think it was made up by people deathly afraid of disease - it gives them a sense of control over illness in that if they don't "want" to be sick, they'll be "safe".

Hey, I'm all for positive thinking and visualization, but the idea that my grandmother somehow "wanted" cancer so that she could learn some kind of lesson before it killed her is just wrong. What she wanted was a trip to Italy that she never got. She did NOT want that cancer and she did not learn a lesson from it (except that it completely sucks and kills you).

Do be careful with herbals - some can be quite strong/reactive. If your symptoms concern you (and they *would* concern me), I would back off and try ONE herbal at time to see if a formula or combination is problematic for you.

And I think that you must have seen a holistic physician - not a homeopath. Homeopaths prescribe homeopathic remedies, not herbs.

Just be careful with the herbal formulas - you can be allergic to something in them and not know it. For example, if I take anything with ginkgo in it, I get really angry - it's a sensitivity I have to ginkgo. My mom can't take anything with cinnamon in it or she gets short of breath (not cool).

What you're taking may be making you herx or it could be an allergic reaction - please be careful.

I would ditch the numbers, keep the positive visualization, and really closely examine the herbals. But that's just me.

I tested negative for coinfections but my doc is treating me for them anyway and I have had a good couple of weeks (although I do have a cold now).

Take care. The detox stuff sounds great. I take milk thistle and add it to tea. I drink 3 different types of teas that have a lot of ingredients you mention (immune support, detox and cell builder teas by Yogi). I'm also in the process of gathering ingredients for a homemade tea for detoxing posted by TinCup (I think it was TinCup). I have also added L-theanine which helps with the anxiety. Lastly I just started taking a product called MGN-C but it is really expensive and I don't know if it is helping or not yet, it is to increase White Blood cell count. I also take garlic and that's pretty cheap.