My lyme disease natural protocol journey ..
by Alexandru Matei
Cat’s Claw
I just found about Lyme Disease last year in December and I would never thought that I could be afflicted by this seemingly crippling illness that is very much like syphilis. Ever since last year in December I have started researching, studying and investigating about Lyme Disease (I didn’t get a diagnose right away because I could not afford the high costs of all the laboratory tests – Western Blot and RN-AT (which is a combination of Blots). To confirm the presence of the infection I have also ordered a live blood analysis that clearly showed 3 borrelia strings in my blood and bartonella infected cells.
In June 2012 I finally got a clinical diagnose – Late Strage Lyme Disease and Bartonellosis.
After reading dozens of scientific articles, forums, blogs on Lyme Disease I was frustrated to see so many people that fail with antibiotics and I decided to start off with a natural protocol. I have switched between GSE (grapefruit seed extract), Cat’s Claw, Banderol and Raw Garlic. I started this protocol in May this year and I am still having herxheimer reactions.
Grapefruit Seed Extract Capsules Nature’s Way
The first time I took my first dose of Cat’s Claw and Grapefruit seed extract I had a severe herxheimer reaction that brought me right to the emergency room. Everyone is different and experiences different herxheimer reactions at different intensities. During a “herx” I usually get severe dizziness, loss of balance increases, shooting pain through my body, back pain, bone pain, brain fog, joint pain and Cluster Headaches.
So far none of my symptoms have improved (but the herxes have diminished in intensity and there are days when I don’t herx – I’m continuing this protocol for another 3 months.
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It’s been a few months on this protocal … how are you doing?
My latest treatment effort has been Cat’s Claw + Banderol + other supportive herbs (detox, immune system building etc) and was doing well, after 6+ years of not doing well, until getting some dental work, am now feeling like I need to add the GSE and maybe the garlic.
How much of these herbs have you been taking? Thx
hi Lori,
I’ve been on Cat’s Claw and GSE for the most part (4 months) now and decided to stop for a while to enable my body to settle down a little bit. I’m having daily headaches, dizziness and loss of balance to the point that I cannot go out on my own sometimes.
I probably cleared a lot of the infection with the high dosages that I’ve used but as we all know the infection will be in our bodies for an entire life. And after all, I’ve learned that not all the symptoms are due to Lyme Disease.
I started out with 10 drops/day of GSE and 500 mg or Cat’s Claw and progressively increase my dosages up to 15/30 drops of GSE and 1500 – 2000 mg of Cat’s Claw (capsules)/day.
My symptoms got worse since I feel ill with chicken pox this year in April, and haven’t felt well since. Probably my immune system got affected and the lyme bacteria had an opportunity to spread throughout my body, I’m just assuming.
For an entire month I will be taking a break from the natural protocol and most part of the vitamins/minerals that I am taking now to see if I start feeling better and I’ll start again with the treatment in September.
May you day be filled with peace,
Alex