Buhner Herbs - Week 4 Update

Okay. Well, I am actually staying at the Week dosage for Buhners herbs. I have to say that the it was really hard for me a week and a half ago when I was in my 4th and 5th weeks of my treatment and I didn't want to ramp up to the 4th level of his herbs quite yet. I did a little more reading and research (a favorite activity of mine) and learned that one of the herbs (andrographis) in the protocol inhibits progesterone. This could be a reason why it was SO hard for me during the weeks around and after my period. I feel SO much better now. I think it could be a combination of the Lyme Disease cycle as well as my progesterone being to low that made it so hard. I have slightly low progesterone levels to begin with so I very much think this is a possibility. I have about a week and a half's amount of the combined herbal protocol capsules left and I am going to use them up because they are so expensive. After that I am going to only use the other herbs. Fortunately, the updated Buhner protocol no longer includes Andrographis so I will still be targeting Lyme effectively with the other herbs. Those herbs are Japanese Knotweed, Cats Claw, and Eleuthero. It will be interesting to see how I go with just these herbs minus the Andrographis. I also wanted to write that even after I wrote my last post (that I was doing well), that I still struggled with anxiety in the morning on and off the next few days. I feel so much better now though. A few other things I have learned is that charcoal may absorb tyrosine which could attribute to my having morning anxiety. I did take activated charcoal a few times during when I was feeling really bad. I know it is good for mopping up toxins and I would continue to use it on a minimal as needed basis but always be aware that I may need a bit more tyrosine spray to balance it out. It also could be completely unrelated to the charcoal but instead to the Lyme disease and co-infections. Time and continuing on this journey will hopefully help me to sort this all out.