So for the past few days i believe i'm starting to herx from treatment. I have new symptoms that I didn't have before. My ears hurt so bad Im surprised they aren't bleeding! My body aches all over and my joints feel like pins and needles. Im also very emotional in a matter of seconds and I get this overwhelming feeling that I'm "OVER IT". I throw a little pissy fit and then I'm fine. (i guess) Its odd... there are moments where I feel so empowered and positive about my situation and then the next minute I am a complete mess. Feeling very helpless. Im sure this is just how it goes.. its not really depression as much as its overwhelming and hard to sink in.
Here is an article from www.lyme-disease-research-database.com describing what herxing is.
Herxing and finding the balance
How do you tell the difference between a herx and Lyme symptoms? A herx, aka Herxheimerreaction, is many things to many people. When you're suffering, it doesn't seem to matter whether the cause is a herx or symptoms that are acting up. You just want them to stop. When you are infected with the Lyme bacteria, your body is loaded with toxins that react within your body's multiple systems and make you sick.
You have to kill the bugs and get them out of your body. Detoxifying, therefore, is a primary aim in healing from Lyme, but unfortunately, detoxing can also make you sick. When you're healing from Lyme you must try to find the balance between killing the bugs and keeping the herxes under control, so it doesn't feel like they are trying to kill you. Finding that balance is like surfing a giant wave. You must be hypervigilant, sensitive to your environment, and able to react as elegantly as possible to the perpetual changes that encompass you and carry you along. Although, as anybody who has ever suffered the stress and pain of Lyme symptoms or herxes would say, I'd rather be surfing.
It seems that herxing (often accompanied by a rash) can be triggered by a number of different factors. Stress, change of medication type and an increase in medication dosage (either herbal or pharmaceutical medications) are a few examples. Those in the Lyme community (albeit, an unwilling yet blessedly generous group of humans) deal with herxes in a wide variety of ways.
Here is an article from www.lyme-disease-research-database.com describing what herxing is.
Herxing and finding the balance
How do you tell the difference between a herx and Lyme symptoms? A herx, aka Herxheimerreaction, is many things to many people. When you're suffering, it doesn't seem to matter whether the cause is a herx or symptoms that are acting up. You just want them to stop. When you are infected with the Lyme bacteria, your body is loaded with toxins that react within your body's multiple systems and make you sick.
You have to kill the bugs and get them out of your body. Detoxifying, therefore, is a primary aim in healing from Lyme, but unfortunately, detoxing can also make you sick. When you're healing from Lyme you must try to find the balance between killing the bugs and keeping the herxes under control, so it doesn't feel like they are trying to kill you. Finding that balance is like surfing a giant wave. You must be hypervigilant, sensitive to your environment, and able to react as elegantly as possible to the perpetual changes that encompass you and carry you along. Although, as anybody who has ever suffered the stress and pain of Lyme symptoms or herxes would say, I'd rather be surfing.
It seems that herxing (often accompanied by a rash) can be triggered by a number of different factors. Stress, change of medication type and an increase in medication dosage (either herbal or pharmaceutical medications) are a few examples. Those in the Lyme community (albeit, an unwilling yet blessedly generous group of humans) deal with herxes in a wide variety of ways.
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