Nausea for a week...herxing?

[kmom]

I started Lyme Borrelia/Bartonella/MycoP treatment at the end of Nov. Started w/ Doxy along w/ supplements (vit. D, organic raw food multi, iodine synergy, omega 3s, calcium lactate, vit. c, probiotics, digestive enzymes, activated charcoal, methyl B12...think that's it). I herxed badly within days--flu like symptoms, vomitting 1st day, more joint pain, nodules on knuckles, fatigue and just felt better w/ my eyes closed than open. Then, within 2-3 wks. I felt a lot better and symptoms started to really subside! Jan 7th visited LLMD and he added Ceftin, Diflucan and Low Dose Naltrexone to the mix. I herxed but not as severe and not as long...just as LLMD had described! Started feeling a lot better again within a week and even started playing tennis again 1 day/wk. But last Friday I started to feel worse. I felt queasy, some burping (lovely--I know ) and just a "not feeling right" feeling. It isn't constant. I usually feel better in the AM and worse as day goes on. Last weekend I assumed I caught a little virus. I thought it went away by the end of the weekend but it comes in waves. Then Wed. night I went to a PANDAS/Lyme support group, came home late, took my night time meds and within an hour, I was hit w/ nausea and vomitted. I felt awful. I chucked it off to too many meds and not enough food??? The following AM I felt fine. But then as day went on same queasy feeling and again this afternoon. I'm bummin b/c it's my b-day and would like to enjoy a dinner out but gosh I need to shake this feeling. Anyone have experience w/ this? Any advice? I'd love to crawl into bed but tough to do everyday w/ 2 PANDAS/Lyme kids--although they are doing much better I actually transferred video clips of kids' meltdowns, vocal tics,rage, etc from the past 9 months from my blackberry to my laptop. The kids are finally at a good enough place that I can bear to watch the bad times on video. It's a great way to track their progress and see how far we've come on this journey.

[MichaelTampa]

I'm not familiar with that queasy as a herx symptom. Not saying it isn't one, but haven't experienced that at all. I have had a couple supplements cause queasiness, though, when taken on an empty stomach. (And who knows, now that I think about it, maybe that was a herx.) Don't know if you have access to "energy testing" or "muscle testing", but I wonder about the possibility that one of the things you're taking just isn't good for you, or isn't good for you on an empty stomach.

[philamom]

Sorry you're feeling queasy. Just wanted to chime in to wish you a happy birthday!

[susie]

For me, the doxy will do that if I don't have enough food in my stomach. An apple alone isn't enough (I found out), but an apple and some yogurt or protein is.

[kmom]

Thanks for responses. I started to see a pattern w/ the nausea linked to my digestive enzymes. I am going to test the theory. I didn't take them w/ dinner and feel better this evening, finally! I switched brands a week and a half ago and realize this new brand is stronger...even though nutritionist suggested this brand but were out when I started taking them, so I went w/ a different brand. When it was time to stock up again, I went w/ the nutritionist's recommendation but I think these stronger ones could be causing the nausea. I hope that's it!!!