Update on Schardt protocol/a Carnes

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Hi a and others curious about the Schardt protocol.

I am in the middle of my 3rd round of the Schard protocol (each round

consists of 50 days of diflucan 200 mg, followed by 14 days of a

penicillin -- my doc has me on amoxicillin, 3000 mg/day).

This is my report so far:

For the first round, while on the diflucan, i was very sick. Was it a

herx or a " normal " relapse, i don't know.

Once off diflucan and on the Amoxy, i did well. Super well. Amazingly

well. Lasted 2 weeks. Freaked me out. I haven't felt that well in 17

years.

Then back on the diflucan for round two: i did okay, did a lot more

than usual, much more than usual!, but at the same time, even tho i

was doing more, i still had all the same usual CFS/Lyme symptoms

(exhaustion and brain fog), so i was not *feeling* amazingly well,

even as i did more than usual.

Then back on Amoxy: same as what i just wrote above: able to do a lot

more than usual, but all my exhaustion and brain fog was still very

present. but i DID a lot more out in the world!

Then back on the diflucan for round three, and i'm doing amazingly

well again. I have symptom-free hours now. Symptom-free afternoons!

Whole afternoons go by without exhaustion or brain fog. AMAZING!

I have started taking an aqua exercise class, and started swimming.

this is the first time i have done that in 17 years.

Still to do: I have 1 more month of the diflucan and then 2 weeks of

amoxy. Then i will be done with the protocol.

I hear there is a lyme doc in the U.S. who has his patients doing

this protocol go on a yeast-free diet. I have not done that. Have

you, a?

Also, I hear this same doc has patients take a diflucan if symptoms

return (2 days before symptoms return, after you gage how long it

takes for symptoms to return). Has anyone else heard this?

I have been off this list for a while, if anyone else besides a

is doing this Schardt protocol, I'd love to hear from them!

Rivka

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on Schardt protocol/a Carnes

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<pjeanneus> pjeanneus

Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:39 pm (PST)

Hello all,

I just saw the doctor today. My liver function is completely normal

after 25 days on Diflucan 200 mg a day. I will start penicillin

tomorrow for 2 weeks and then do the whole cycle two more times.

I also got a capsacin spray, yes, now I am pepper spraying myself, to

see if this relieves the weird pressure headache. I've used it 3 days

and can't tell if it is helping. Today I have a rather bad pressure

headache just above both ears.

My lumbar puncture tests continue to come back all normal even the

cultures they grew for a month. One glitch, they didn't do the MS

test, but since my MRI was normal the MS test PROBABLY would have

been normal.

The initial pressure was 210 with 180 being the high range of normal.

However, my doc says they never get concerned at 210. We both think

it could be high for me and that I might be super sensitive to the

elevated pressure. I did not have any relief of headache after the

spinal tap. This would lead me to believe that the pressure is not

causing the headache.

My blood pressure MAY have spikes where is becomes high. Most of the

time it is quite normal. But the doc gave me a low dose BP medication

today which I will take.

One further thought - I have always responded well to Zithromax which

is processed through the liver via the P450 pathway. Diflucan is also

processed through P450. The theory behind why it works on borrelia is

that borrelia uses a P450 enzyme to reproduce or something?? - this

makes me think that both Zithromax and now Diflucan may be the best

thing for me to take NOT TOGETHER. This may also explain why I do so

well on Zithromax even though theoretically it is not the best

antibiotic for borrelia.

Anyway, I plan to continue the Schardt protocol. I feel bad enough

these 25 days that I actually may be herxing which I never did on

Zithromax. Of course, it may just be the continuation of whatever

started seven months ago when I developed the headache and vertigo.

No one knows.

a Carnes