flare vs herx vs nothing

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Hi, yep, it is me again... So my newest question is how do I tell if I'm

having a flare, a herx or if it isn't working on what is causing the head stuff?

And just to make a funny on myself, my symptoms are truly " all in my head! "

right now literally, as they are contained there! (smile) (How many times have

we been told this in a not so nice way though, huh?)

I'm thinking it isn't a detox problem, as the welchol takes away the muscle and

joint stuff. I deal with fatigue on a regular basis and the head symptoms are

only really only on one side of my head. (if I put counter pressure on my head

on that side, it helps my vision and the weird head feeling.) Some of the

muscles are rope like feeling along the top of the ear, temporal area and a sore

spot on the back of the head. If it was a detox problem, wouldn't it affect my

whole head instead of just the one side (and that is my main problem area?)

I've read the info on blocked detox pathways and for the most part don't have

any of the symptoms from that and it would be more whole body wide too and not

just localized in one consistent area of the body.

I do get the " overwhelmed " feeling with too much info and sometimes when it is

really bad, I get to the point where nothing makes sense, but am usually drop

dead tired then as well from not sleeping. It hasn't been that bad since I

started coiling though.

I can concentrate and hide it well at work to the point of giving presentations

and answering questions, but just feel weird on that one side of my head. My

ears both have ringing and sound distortion (the left side just started a year

or so ago, before that it was just the right with all the other right headed

symptoms).

I'm wondering if it is a flare? I am getting the buzzing feeling in my leg

muscles and feet and left arm. I have strength but they just feel funny.

Sometimes, if I move around, it goes away. Nothing permanent, but sometimes my

muscles feel weak and like I need to sit down. After eating some of the

symptoms go away but my blood sugars are fine. My hands and feet are really

sensitive to hot water too, I notice when washing my hands or getting in the

shower. This comes and goes. My symptoms have always been where they come on

suddenly and then taper off over time. They have started cycling though -

coming on and then going away, for the last few years.

A flare would make sense, but if I'm coiling for lyme, how could I have a lyme

flare? I do have lyme as a positive Igenex test.

Could it be that it is something all together different? I also had a 1:160

titer for bartonella and babesia. Hx of mycoplasma but it was " not current "

just " antibodies from a previous infection " .

I can handle most all of this stuff, but the head stuff acting up for a week now

is just maddening and discouraging. Could it be that it is flaring even though

coiling?

Okie dokie, that is all. Thanks everyone.

~Jodie-the-still-newbie (and full of questions!)