mutiple herx

[smartyjones]

for those who have seen multiple herx when you change treatment. . . do you see the same behaviors/issues each time or totally different things? do you see the same intensity, less or various?

 

ds had a treatment change about 3 weeks ago. saw improvements first week. second week, some mild hand/arm to mouth wiping. i don't think it's a tic, i think it's an ocd issue. this week, some questions about expiration dates, some random not eating. seems mild but he had a horrible herx reaction with severe food issues and refusal during the summer that was too close to dangerous for comfort. perhaps i too neurotic but certainly do not want to see that again.

 

today is eerily cooperative and pleasant. no mouth wiping. ate a favorite z-bar that yesterday he spit out b/c was bumpy. i remember a day or two of me using those same words before severe storm of ocd contamination.

[sf_mom]

I always count the days from the last rotation when documenting symptoms. Lyme flairs 28 to 34 days and from your post it seem like he is in that timeframe from rotation. If things continue to improve most likely a herx. It always easy to determine in retrospect the herx but never when its happening.

 

-Wendy

[Suzan]

perhaps i too neurotic but certainly do not want to see that again.

 

How can we not be neurotic with all we've been through! We are going through a backslide and it is acary. Hang in there, you are on the right path and you will make it through. I am starting to try to chart days in between to try to figure out herx or flare and cycles but I'm still confused with it all.

 

Susan