Hard to breathe--herx?

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All,

I recently increased my coiling time and am suffering the usual increase in

herx. (I am only coiling for Lyme right now.) However, I seemed to finally be on

the upside of this one when I started noticing trouble breathing. Today was

worse than yesterday, which was same/slightly worse than the day before. So I

was going up and now am going back down. If I am lying down, preferably trying

to sleep, I have an easier time breathing. If I am up and moving around, I start

feeling winded pretty quickly. Even lying here typing is bringing it on worse.

My heart rate tonight was 100 when I checked, but 90-100 and sometimes higher is

fairly normal for me.

I had this happen one time before for a little while, but it was before I

started coiling. My dr at the time (who did not understand Lyme) felt like it

had to do with my GI tract (? didn't make much sense to me), but a full work-up

including endo- and colonoscopy showed nothing but a little gastritis. After

learning about flares, I realized that the last episode hit during a spring

flare, but isn't it early for fall flare? I was doing some homeopathy at the

time, don't remember exactly what they had me on, and it eventually went away on

its own. But that doesn't make me feel any better about it.

The weather in AL has been brutal this summer, with either temps or heat indices

in the triple digits (like 108). I don't go outside much and keep the air down

to 71 degrees in the house, plus a fan blowing on me besides, but I know that

the weather can still impact us through changes in pressure, fronts, etc.

I have noticed that when I'm not paying attention, my breathing has become very

shallow. Once I notice, I try to breathe deeper, but the feeling of not getting

enough air doesn't go away. No cough or anything similar. Benadryl does seem to

help, but it may just be because I usually take it before lying down. To be

safe, I'm stopping all supplements that I haven't been taking for a long time,

such as magnesium. Whatever this is, it makes me crave cold water, and it

completely saps my energy (what little I might have to begin with, that is).

Also, loss of appetite (worse than usual), but my body lets me know when I've

ignored food for too long. I'm eating at least two times a day, but usually

smaller meals, like maybe just some brown rice or something.

I'm at a loss here. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Hope all are seeing better days,

Lorrie