Sorry I’ve been off grid. 2 busiest clinic weeks in 6 years healing people, kids are still off school, we’ve had the most beautiful 20 degree days in Sligo so were trying to pick blackberries and dip in the ocean most evenings. On top of that I’ve been dealing with the fallout of horrific symptoms of “die off” of my latest treatment to rid myself of klebsiella overgrowth in my gut while pressures of school are not here yet.
Long term followers will know iv had this since multiple antibiotics for pneumoniae and UTIs as a small child as it made a resurgence once I started HRT age 41 for low energy, body pain and low mood which I’ve had to stop ( im now resistant to the antibiotics). Thankfully iv made so much ground over the past few years I now longer need to be on HRT.
When the klebsiella grows im bed bound with fatigue and when I try to kill it off im bed bound. I had days in the past 2 weeks where I could barely stand outside of work. Of course i know im not relapsing that this is just part of the helaing process. Herx reactions and some get hit harder than other. Symptoms of die off includ severe Fatigue, body Pain
Brain Fog-slow Cognitive Function
You cant think, cant talk or socialise
Everything is a huge effort
No Motivation, low Mood
Apathy, lethargy the list goes on..this is because anything we take to kill off the bad bacteria also means killing off the good bacteria, the ones that make our feel good chemicals serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and GABA and it takes a few days to recover from that.
We need psychobiotics in Ireland as in antidepressants for the gut but they sadly don’t exist yet so anti depressants, mood stabilisers, MAOi inhibitors are all that’s available. Probiotics are useful during and after antibiotics to replenish for a week or 2but generally are ineffective longterm as they dont colonise so don’t waste your money and often prebiotics are better to help bacteria grow
Im gradually pulling myself to normal and trying not2 over pressurise myself 4 insta so bear with me. For any new followers there’s 5 years of FREE info in posts, highlights. For new clients email my secretary info@gowithyourgut for sept cancellations
