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Blakeleysmom
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Posted 1/8/2021 3:47 PM (GMT -7)
Blakeley seems to have knocked back Bartonella and Lyme but can’t seem to get past about 60% of normal.

We have been studying parasite issues and believe that could be the next step in treatment, as she has not taken anything specifically for parasites other than Babesia treatment.

We mixed up the herbs from real food rebel and are starting slow. I know it will probably be extremely difficult to get through it. Here are my questions:

1) have you experienced and unbearable herx period while doing parasite cleanse? If so, what were your symptoms?

2) if so, how long does it take for the herx to be relieved? She took 1/4 tsp of the mixed herbs last night and this morning. She feels as bad as she ever has throughout the sickness, like death. The dosage online was working up to 1 T. So wondering if 1/4 tsp did this much, Will herxing continue for months as we work up?

3) should we consider pulsing the parasite cleanse? Or would that give them time to begin replicating again? Experiences with pulsing?

4) advice how to push through the herx or is that even healthy? If one has to quit the cleanse, how can you ever get past parasite infestation?

5) Detoxing- she is taking binders and doing Epsom salt baths. What else could she do being stuck in the bed that would help from the die off?

Thanks for any insight.
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Posted 1/8/2021 4:16 PM (GMT -7)
Have you considered testing so that you have a better idea what you’re going up against?

The Dude recommended this guy to me. I literally just put my test in the mail yesterday. He will recommend a holistic/non-rx treatment protocol for any pathogens found.

https://parawellnessresearch.com
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Blakeleysmom
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Posted 1/8/2021 4:40 PM (GMT -7)
We did a stool test through regular integrative health doctor which showed nothing. We have done frequency testing through ND.

I thought parasite testing was unreliable so didn’t pursue it further. I will look into the info on the link. Thank you.
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Posted 1/8/2021 7:11 PM (GMT -7)
Parawellness is a good test. I spoke directly with Dr. D’Angelo before I took the test and he was very helpful with my questions. He has also been interviewed by Scott Forsgren (betterhealthguy) - so you may find his podcast useful. He gives you a detailed report of what he finds and suggested treatment (looks at urine & stool). You also don’t need a doctor to order.

I personally didn’t have success with herbals for parasites and felt I needed the strength of prescription meds to clear. I’ve taken albendazole, biltricide, alinia, otc pyrantel palmoate.

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dcd2103
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Posted 1/8/2021 7:20 PM (GMT -7)
What parasites did you have k07? Do you think they were part of your issue and do you got rid of em?
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Blakeleysmom
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Posted 1/8/2021 8:18 PM (GMT -7)
K07,
Bad herx? She’s taken Alinia (3 days out of a month) and herxes terribly-in bed for a week. Just wondering how people typically respond and if we should maybe do every other day or a few a week or what. No guidance from our drs on parasites, unfortunately.
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Posted 1/8/2021 8:29 PM (GMT -7)
When I was going through heavy parasite treatment, I had extreme fatigue and depression. Nightmares. Anxiety.
Im pretty sure I just hated the world as a whole during that not so pleasant time period.
BUT it got better. Lots of water, infrared sauna, smoothies and juicing helped me through the wave big time. This was probably a year to year and a half process for me.
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Posted 1/8/2021 11:55 PM (GMT -7)
yes i had to start alinia and 1/4 th the dose and titrate up. binders like chlorella and charcoal helps lots . also it hits everything from lyme to viruses and the emotional herxes were intense ! like rubber room and str8 jacket intense! ivermectin may be easier to tolerate at first ...keep us posted
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Posted 1/9/2021 6:33 AM (GMT -7)
I had no bad herx from meds. But that is just me - I do well with parasite prescriptions but if i take one antibiotic i will have severe insomnia and interstitial cystitis symptoms. I had pinworm infection (yuck!). Took like a year to get rid of it. I’m guessing I had other parasites too, but this one was identified. I still sometimes worry that it’s not gone. I plan to retest with parawellness again in coming months.

I feel better than I did a year ago. But we also got rid of our moldy place at same time.

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Posted 1/9/2021 7:14 AM (GMT -7)
I’m going to make several posts here, because I feel the need to say a lot here. This one to directly answer your questions in the OP.

1. Yes. Psych(o) symptoms were the worst.

When I treated with Mimosa pudica, I developed new symptoms I hadn’t had before - morning anxiety and doom/gloom feelings and slight nausea. As time went on, I had bad emotional herxes to the point I acted like a psycho and scared my mother. I finally stopped out of concern over that. I’m sure there were other symptoms, but those were the worst ones. If you want to know specifically what the psych symptoms were like, just ask.

2. Weeks to get back to baseline.

I stopped thinking I only needed a few days break. After a week, I tried to restart Mimosa and couldn’t tolerate even lower doses. Instead, I took pulsed doses of Intestinal Mover for a few weeks. When I was finally able to restart Mimosa, I changed the way I took it. Instead of taking 2 caps am and pm, I only took am and quickly increased from 2 to 4 capsules am only. I never had the morning anxiety and doom/gloom or nausea again. Psycho symptoms didn’t recur either to that extent.

3. Yes. I do that now. I don’t take Mimosa daily anymore., although I DID do the 4 caps in the am daily for months.

I wouldn’t worry about replicating at this point. If she’s that sick, she probably has a large load. It’ll take time and multiple segments of treatments to get it under control.

4. I would not try to push through serious herxes, especially psych ones. Stop and help get the toxins and debris out and calm the immune system. You can’t kill the host.

5. Sauna and coffee enemas should be helpful, although I have never done either. TUDCA could also be very helpful. If she’s not taking that, I would start on that for a week or two before going after parasites again. For binders, charcoal, chlorella, GI Detox, and Microbe Formulas Biotox would be good ones.
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Posted 1/9/2021 7:18 AM (GMT -7)
I am pretty sensitive and start very low and slow with most things. However, I have discovered with parasites, that actually makes things worse.

When I have had success with antifungal herbs, I took them for a month or longer before expelling masses of pathogenic stuff. For up to two weeks prior to the expulsions, I experienced increased fatigue, joint pain, muscle weakness, bouts of sudden weakness, sudden slight dizziness, even stabbing pains in my joints. When the expulsions occurred, I had headaches, nausea, diarrhea, and sometimes vomiting. Once it was over, I felt so much better.

I would now rather kill it faster and get really sick for a day or two than suffer for weeks on end before getting the mess out of me.
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Posted 1/9/2021 7:27 AM (GMT -7)
HERBS vs MEDS

In the past, other members here have posted that meds are better than herbs for parasites. They said that herbs tend to irritate the parasites rather than kill them.
Based on my experiences with herbs, I tend to believe this is true.

After treating with antifungal herbal formulas and Mimosa pudica, I did 14 days of Pyrantel pamoate. I had no serious herxes nor expulsions from that, but I could feel it was doing something. That is the only drug I tried. I couldn’t get the pharmacy to fill Ivermectin. I did get the Alinia, but haven’t taken it.

Pyrantel is OTC. You could try that and see how she does with it before trying Rx drugs or even in between rounds of herbs. I would not do Rx drugs for parasites without an experienced doctor’s instruction and care.
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Posted 1/9/2021 7:52 AM (GMT -7)
WARNINGS

Parasite treatment can be dangerous and life threatening in some cases, depending on the type of helminth a person is dealing with.

Never take Ivermectin if you have Loa Loa. It is deadly.

Worms can harbor other pathogens like bacteria, viruses, fungi and toxins like heavy metals.

What I remember about Klinghardt is that he said the best detox there is is to remove parasites whole. (Diatomaceous earth (DE) will cut them in pieces and release all the toxins inside of you.). He also had a theory about working largest to smallest. I am unsure if that also included the size of different worms. Would make sense, if smaller worms and parasites live inside of larger ones.

Klinghardt was also emphatic that if you’re going to treat parasites, you must be prepared to deal with heavy metals. He used chlorella and supplements to support the patient. I believe zinc was required, but there was more.

The ideal way to treat parasites is with Rx drugs by an experienced doctor. Klinghardt has an extensive sequential drug protocol that he adapted from Dr Yu. There are older threads with the protocol in it. Some of the drugs are hard or impossible to get, though.

I don’t know how super sensitive people like Blakely respond to Rx antiparasitics.
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Posted 1/9/2021 7:57 AM (GMT -7)
CONSIDERATIONS

Antiparasitic herbs also can be antifungal, antibacterial, or antiviral. The herbs can be hitting a lot more than worms and parasites.

Rx antifungals were very helpful for me. I wish I had done those much sooner - like years sooner. I had to ask for them.

Has Blakely been on Fluconazole and/or Nystatin? If not, it could be helpful to deal with yeast/mold/fungi before parasites.
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Posted 1/9/2021 8:33 AM (GMT -7)
Wow, lots of great input from WBF. I have read a lot about mimosa pudica, so I wanted to share a bit about that, even though I myself have not tried it. (It's sitting on my shelf patiently with so many other things!)

Mimosa pudica differs form other parasite treatments because it paraliyzes parasites, so they no longer attach to your body and can be eliminated. If they die inside of you, then they will release their own toxins, metals, and pathogens. For this reason, treatment that involves killing parasites has seemed overwhelming to me - since you also have to be on so many antimicrobials and binders in order to guard yourself against the toxic dump these dead creatures will leave in their wake. I react poorly to so many things, and I can't imagine taking so many new things at once! This is why mimosa pudica is appealing - nothing dies, just gets evicted.
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Posted 1/9/2021 6:54 PM (GMT -7)
Wow WbF - so much knowledge you have shared!!

Thank you!
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Posted 1/9/2021 7:01 PM (GMT -7)
“ Detoxing- she is taking binders and doing Epsom salt baths. What else could she do being stuck in the bed that would help from the die off?”

- Dry brushing prior to Epsom salt baths
- alka seltzer gold
- drink a ton of water
- probiotics - for gut health (and different ones)
- different binders
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Posted 1/9/2021 10:13 PM (GMT -7)
Wow. Thanks for al the detailed information. Ive read it multiple times and will again to process it all. So nice to have good feedback when I feel very unsure of it all.

Blakeley took mimosa pudica for two months with no noticeable effect except for larger quantity bowel movements. I hate to hear how horribly that affected you, WBF. Maybe it would be good to stay on that during this cleanse?

Regarding pushing through herxes, so far the herx is severe nausea all day not helped by Rx meds, so barely eating, if anything fresh juiced stuff. And also, just a “run over” feeling like her body is just shut down, incapacitating weakness so feels she “can’t move”. Just so sick. I’m not sure how long to let that go as she actually felt like that most of the time she was on antibiotics last year.

She took diflucan and nystatin. Diflucan for probably at least 6 months and then another cycle again later maybe 2 months. Nystatin for a spell in between. Didn’t seem to have issues with those meds as far as I can remember.

She is highly averse to trying enemas or colon hydrotherapy. I will look into TUDCA. She hasn’t taken that but does take chlorella, tox affix (charcoal along w other ingredients), omni cleanse (a metabolic detox product from Des bios). We don’t yet have a sauna and probably need to up the probiotics. She drinks a great deal of water, prob 3/4 gallon most days.

Pyrantel....where do you get that OTC? What specifically does it treat? It was mentioned not to take ivermectin if you have certain parasite. How do I know if she has that? WBF, did you test to know exactly what you were treating? All the advice for treating largest to smallest...how do I know which meds hit which parasites?

She has taken sweet wormwood under the care of MD, for four months in the beginning of treatment, on a pulsing schedule. Also, the Alinia under the care of MD, three days per month, which seems like not enough to knock anything out but it sure packed a punch as far as a herx when she took it. A week long for those three pills.

Where do you get ivermectin? Blakeley has an upcoming phone appt with the LLMD we don’t particularly care for (but is great with managing thyroid) so I could ask her about any of this but not sure what to ask for. She is the one who prescribed the Alinia last year. I don’t believe parasites have been discussed at any of the appts but I didn’t bring it up either.

One more thing, WBF, you mentioned you would rather go faster and kill the stuff quickly to get it out. Are you saying you should have upped your dosages more quickly instead of slowly like what we are doing? Also, if we pulsed this cleanse, what would be a good schedule, like 3 days on, 3 off or ...ideas?

Just for clarification, here is a list of the herbs in the cleanse:
Black walnut, wormwood, ground cloves, olive leaf, cats claw, pau d’arco, and cascara Sagrada.
I would hate to know that this is just stirring it all up but not ridding her of it, after all this suffering. If she’s going to go through it, I would like to take whatever is actually purging the problem. Would these herbs just stir it up or is this powerful enough to kill?
Are all LLMDs familiar then with Rx to treat parasites in depth like this? I’m not sure the ones we’ve used are.

Thank you all again for the wealth of information. Very helpful. I will keep studying.
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Pyrantel....where do you get that OTC? What specifically does it treat?
- Walmart or any drug store. OTC - over the counter. Treats pinworms.

It was mentioned not to take ivermectin if you have certain parasite. How do I know if she has that?
- I don’t know if any US doctors test for it. It comes from biting deer flies and is endemic in African countries. Has she traveled outside the US?

WBF, did you test to know exactly what you were treating?
- I had one stool test by my PCP sent to DGL lab - negative. Didn’t test for much anyway.

All the advice for treating largest to smallest...how do I know which meds hit which parasites?
- I don’t know.

Where do you get ivermectin?
- My CVS said they couldn’t get Ivermectin, but I don’t know why. I have a prescription.

One more thing, WBF, you mentioned you would rather go faster and kill the stuff quickly to get it out. Are you saying you should have upped your dosages more quickly instead of slowly like what we are doing?
- If Rx kill them faster and easier, I would rather do Rx than herbs.

Also, if we pulsed this cleanse, what would be a good schedule, like 3 days on, 3 off or ...ideas?
- You can try that. Experiment to see what works.

Would these herbs just stir it up or is this powerful enough to kill?
- I don’t know.

Are all LLMDs familiar then with Rx to treat parasites in depth like this?
- I don’t know. If they know who Klinghardt or Yu is, they should know.

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Is Alinia prescribed for babesia? Does she have babesia?
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Posted 1/10/2021 7:52 AM (GMT -7)
It was thought she had Babesia. Treated it in the beginning and symptoms seemed to have subsided. That is, if one can tell it all apart.

LLMD prescribed Alinia to replace wormwood so I assume it helps w Babesia. She also mentioned it helping biofilm bc we stopped biocidin at that same time bc she said Alinia would do that job.
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Posted 1/10/2021 8:26 AM (GMT -7)
I have been internet fishing all morning!!

Dr MR says this:
In my experience Alinia works best [for intestinal parasites]. . . . . Alinia is a universal anti-parasite medication that should work against most parasites.
* Alinia 500 mg 1 pill 2 times a day for 3 weeks

https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/intestinal-parasites-lyme-disease

When I searched drug info on Alinia, the symptoms you mentioned of nausea and loss of appetite are side effects.
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Posted 1/10/2021 8:29 AM (GMT -7)
Many sources, including real food rebel, talk about doing liver or gallbladder cleanses before parasite treatment. I have never done one. Sounds like a sure recipe for nausea and vomiting and awful headaches to me. Has Blakely done any kind of cleanse?

I assume the cleanses are to clear out sludge so the organs can handle removing parasites and the toxins they leave behind.
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Posted 1/10/2021 8:35 AM (GMT -7)
Give her breaks from trying to treat parasites. Make sure to keep her electrolytes balanced and bowels moving and plenty of water.

I really benefited a lot from TUDCA. It is not a binder. It helped my body get rid of toxins much better and reduced my mold and chemical sensitivities that I suffered horribly with for so long.
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Posted 1/10/2021 9:17 AM (GMT -7)
Quick answer to one of these questions and then I’ll respond more later.

Blakeley did do the bowel cleanse for a month recommended on the real food rebel site before starting this. Herbs were Tumeric, milk thistle, fennel, and dandelion. That actually seemed to make her feel better.
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Posted 1/10/2021 11:25 AM (GMT -7)
Ha!! I just looked at Brenda’s bowel cleanse. For some reason I was thinking it was one of those liver flushes where you drink an ungodly amount of olive oil with lemon or grapefruit juice.
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