Cycles

[SSS]

Hi- I was just wondering if anyone knew off the top of their head the cycles for lyme/which infection?

 

Is 'regular' lyme a typical 28 day cycle?

Another co-infection 14 day?

 

And is a cycle when the child 'hits a wall' or everything ramps up (in our case, vocal tics, anger, irritability, waking up at 3 a.m. and cannot fall back asleep, etc.)

 

Thanks.

[sf_mom]

3 to 4 a.m. waking is a typical symptom of Lyme. It can often deplete/alter cortisol levels. It was one of my main symptoms prior to pregnancy. I thought the night waking was due to work stress, too much coffee and age! Almost every night I was up at 3:03 a.m. and would fall back asleep at around 5:00 a.m. This particular symptom lasted for almost 9 years until I was diagnosed and treated. I am happy to report I no longer suffer from night waking. Its been such a relief to get a good nights sleep.

 

Lyme typically cycles days 28 to 34. If your child has multiple co-infections the cycles can be much harder to determine due frequency. Bartonella and Babesia (between 1 to 3 weeks). In our experience, the better my children have gotten the easier it has become to determine cycles. I always mark the introduction of a new antibiotic or major change in protocol as day 1 on my calendar.

 

The rate of relapse off antibiotics is also an indication of how the individual is infected. For example: If an individual is taken off antibiotics prior to completely eradicating Lyme et al they could get slightly worse each month in cycles. If they are really sick and have co-infections of bartonella/babesia they could start relapsing within days of stopping antibiotic treatments. Again, this relapse rate is very specific to 'how sick' the individual is at time of stopping antibiotics and what co-infections they have.

 

-Wendy

Edited July 29, 2011 by SF Mom