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11/20/2013 10:10:38 PM | Right now, since I am starting to log my progress, I'll tell you what I'm experiencing. Hopefully, a few months down the road, I will be able to report at least a reduction of symptoms. To start, I was in Walgreens this evening, looking for an anxiety supplement,as that is one of my worst symptoms this time around. I have to admit that it is so bad that I have to use Xanax almost daily just to get anything done. This is the first time in my life I ever had an anxiety problem. It seeems like I am having anxiety from both the disease AND from herx reactions as I do the protocol, as my anxiety seems to be more intense since resuming it. I was wondering if any of you have the same problem? How is that Sleep Advance supplement working for those with anxiety? I will probably buy it with the next order from Logos. Anyway, I was able to survive an intense wave of anxiety today without needing to pop a pill to get back to a relaxed state. I see that as a positive, as the wave coming and leaving on its own probably was a short herx. I even skipped buying the Kava supplement at Walgreens. The other main symptoms are all skin related. There's the skin pain that is diffuse with the stinging and formication (crawling) that probably every single person with this illness has. Having had this for many years, I have tried nearly every type of pharma medication to at least give me some relief from the skin symptoms. Right now, I take Tramadol at night (a weak opioid) when needed, which seems to help. It seems like the skin pain we experience has a strong nociceptive component, which generally responds to opioids. Medications for neuropathic pain (i.e. lyrica, gabapentin, carbamazepine) only gave me minor relief. Although I'd rather be tough and not take any medication to mask pain, I was wondering if any of you were able to find something that works for your pain. That seems like an important topic, but I never read anything about effective pain/itching relief for this disease anywhere. I only get a few small lesions at times, and don't notice many fibers. Occasionally, a long white one will grow out, but I notice no other fibers coming out of me. There is some extra "fuzz" though coming of the scalp and debris popping out of the skin. Now, although I feel bad now, there is a good thing I noticed. Since getting reinfected 4 months ago, I have not lost any strength in the gym. I can use the same weight and get the same amount of reps on any exercise as I could in June, before I got sick again. So, this tells me that although I feel terrible, my body overall is still working well! If only my brain would realize that and stop being fearful...I know that once my fear and anxiety retreats, and I use less pharma medication overall, I will be improving. The hard part right now is sticking 100% to the protocol while feeling bad and anxious, yet not pushing too hard with the MMS, and weathering the storm. |
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