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How long do you wait - off Abx - for the cysts to break out so you can "clobber them" with Abx again? -p
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I think it is nearly impossible to know...it could be different for everyone.
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Vermont_Lymie
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Pam Weintraub discusses her and Dr. B's experience with this in her great book, Cure Unknown. Seems that they both went through a couple of cycles of stopping abx and then restarting, and both felt cured after that.
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My theory is to treat until you feel noticeably better (not necessarily asymptomatic as that may be aiming too high in the first cycle).
Then stop all abx or herbs or whatever until you have a full blown relapse or backslide.
Then go full dose until you again start to improve, at which point you again get off meds and wait for another backslide. And so on...
My analogy is a boxing match. When your opponent is curled up he is impervious to more blows. Let him uncoil and come at you in a progressively weaker/scattered state each round and eventually you can finish him off.
To me, going high dose non-stop for years makes no sense given the Lyme bacteria's ability to curl up into a cyst.
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Thanks - I guess I'll wait for the full blown relapse. Hate to do this over the holidays - but can't make a new appt. until my daughter clears her new school/work schedule. (We see the LLMD together) So I'm completely out of Amoxy. Decided I'm feeling pretty good lately - might as well give this a try. I have Doxy and Biaxin stashed away. Which would be best to use when I begin to relapse? -p
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i had to work during tx so when i got to that part i took abx fri, sat, sun-knowing i would feel bad by the end of the day fri thru mon
then i stayed off tues, wed, thurs (and was able to work ok)
i did that almost a whole year and when i stopped a lot of symptoms were gone-esp fatigue and foot pain that have never come back
odd symptoms that come and go went away the next year while i was detoxing
i never got rid of joint pain but it has turned into osteo arthritis so i am tx it that way
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quote:Originally posted by Peedie: Thanks - I guess I'll wait for the full blown relapse. Hate to do this over the holidays - but can't make a new appt. until my daughter clears her new school/work schedule. (We see the LLMD together) So I'm completely out of Amoxy. Decided I'm feeling pretty good lately - might as well give this a try. I have Doxy and Biaxin stashed away. Which would be best to use when I begin to relapse? -p
Are you treating yourself? I think you need to be under an LLMD's care.
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