Posts by Dave
No News is Good News
Chris is doing fine. He takes the Byron White formula A-L Complex, psych drugs and a number of supplements including EMPowerplus. He has been on an aggressive antibiotic regimen for about two months now. We waited to start it until we got an EKG to get some baseline data since both Haldol and these antibiotics are known to increase risk for heart attacks. The antibiotics he is taking include Azithromycin, Cefdinir, and Tinidazole, the latter for two weeks on two weeks off. As Dr. Z explains, one kills the spirochetes, one kills the cyst form and one kills the cell wall deficient form. (Borrelia burgdorferi is pleomorphic. It morphs into different forms depending on the...
Read MoreEmployment Opportunities
5/19/2012 My life has changed considerably since my last blog entry. Seeing the doctor in Santa Rosa seems kind of like a weary process, and I don’t feel anything is changing due to the medications that I am putting into my body. But I feel like I am in a different place because my priorities have changed. I’ve decided to channel all my energies into giving piano lessons as well as working for Avon, something that I never imagined I would do before. Several weeks ago, my day was pleasantly interrupted by a knock on the door, and a woman named Lora told me she was with Avon and was looking for people who were looking to make extra money. I told her my...
Read MoreBetter Late than Never
May 15 2012. Maybe today we will start on the elephant in the room that has been ignored by his health care providers for years, neuroborreliosis (Lyme disease) and C. pneumonia. Chris and I gave Dr Z the rundown on the interventions he had suggested. Chris has sequentially taken each. The Byron White formula for Babesia had no effect. Same with the Bartonella formula. The Amatadine 100 mg twice a day was associated with poor sleep for a few days and may have been associated with his post Odyssey House hypomania. We told him about the additional Depakote and that I was giving Chris carnitine again. He agreed with that. I told Dr Z that while Borna Disease virus is linked...
Read MoreMore of the Same
After Chris left the halfway house called Odyssey House following his hospitalization, he began getting manic again. He had been taking his medicines but not the EMPowerplus which he had taken while at Odyssey House. The Amantadine may also have been a factor. We saw his psychiatrist whom we will call Dr P along with his case manager on 3 May. They expressed surprise that in spite of taking his medications he was still hypomanic. I suggested that he take the supplements before trying more medications, pointing out that excessive free radicals are associated with manic episodes, suggesting antioxidants for his excessive oxidative stress. Dr P said free radicals only...
Read MoreChanges to the site
I expect those of you who have visited this site have found the registration and log in process cumbersome. I certainly have. So, from now on, you can see all posts without having to sign in each time you visit. You can also make comments without logging in. If you would like to be notified of new posts, you may register for that. Other new features include access to tweets, an RSS feed if you want to link posts with your website, and a tag “cloud.”
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