Further thoughts on Herxing and such

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Hello Jelly and all,

Have been following your posts on Magnesium and Herxing. Why has the

concept of Herxing become such an important topic in our fight against

infections, I ask myself? I know when I was having such horrible

reactions on Minocycline, I needed to find something that would help me

answer the question " Should I continue, reduce the dose, stop? " With so

little to go on, Herxing became a tempting " explanation " and a potential

" friend " in my ongoing battle against what I suspect is a chronic

infection.

But here's the rub, at least for me. A clear definition of what is and

is not a Herxheimer reaction is seriously lacking. It seems just too

vague to be truly useful as a diagnostic and treatment tool, at least

for me. I am becoming very sceptical, not only of the use of the Herxing

paradigm, but also of what I might awkwardly coin as " medical

metaphoring " , certain leaps of reasoning that laypersons such as I make

when trying to translate symptoms into medical/scientific concepts. I

experience some symptom, I want to understand what it is and I latch on

to something I read and only partly understand. I do hate not knowing, I

hate that I sometimes lead myself down dark alleys for lack of

knowledge. And yet, I am stuck in this situation. I have no answers,

just a reasonably good mind (still), determination and the chance via

this forum and others to be in contact with others who know more than I.

Sorry if this post is a downer to some. Jelly, I certainly am not in a

position to say whether yea or nay you are truly Herxing from abx or

supplements. Wish I could help. All I have is a doubting mind. I do

hope that you find the information you need to continue your fight.

Ponderously,

Carole