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This is the story of my long and educating journey to recover my health. In October 2015 after I had a fall and broke my hand i was put on a drug called Valium which is a benzodiazepine for anxiety and insomnia. Then 3 weeks later I was given an antibiotic called Levaquin for what the doctor thought was a stubborn ear infection. Little did I know that not only are these two drugs dangerous by themselves but are contracted when given together and risk for toxicity goes up tremendously. Upon taking the second dose of Levaquin, day number 2 I awoke at 4am with the most terrifying symptoms one can imagine. I felt the most horrific impeding doom, burning all over, ringing in my ears, blurry vision, panic, anxiety and fear unlike anything i could have ever imagine. For the next couple weeks these symptoms persisted along with the most brutal insomnia one can imagine with no sleep for days on end. Having already been dealing with having Cerebral Palsy my entire life this was just life shattering yet I had no idea what was yet to come. A couple months of this and things began to get worse with hallucinations, blood pressure spikes, body temperature deregulation, bone pain, shortness of breath, adrenal crashes, immune system crashing, GI problems, food sensitivities, rashes, teeth pain. It was just absolute hell everyday and i was completely unable to function and no doctor could figure out what was wrong.
This went on for more than a year and thats when i started to research on my own about what was happening to me. The drugs that i took weaken your bodies gut which is where 90% of your immune system is and also attacks your nervous system. The end result was that my body had gone hay wire and everyday bodily functions were not working correctly and the ability for my immune system to fight infections shut down. The next thing that i realise was I got infections and one of them was Lyme disease which is a pretty bad one and is undetectable 99% of the time. These infections were causing massive havoc in my body and preventing my body form healing itself and eliminating toxins. With my immune system down and my nervous system in disarray i knew i recovery was impossible unless i could fix these things.
Once i found doctors that were willing to listen and understand what was happening i then found treatments and protocols to start that would help my body start to recover. We knew that pharmaceutical antibiotics would not work as my immune system was too far gone and it would have only made things worse as i cold not stay on them long enough to be effective without suffering form their side effects.
I then started implemented the treatment plan which included herbal antibiotics for infections, supplements to help regulate body functions and support malfunctioning organs, antioxidants to help protect from more damage being done, vitamins and nutrients to help replenish the body along with a very strict clean diet of healing foods and alot of emotional work which included counselling, meditations, spirituality and rest.
These treatments are not easy to tolerate as they make symptoms worse as the body heals and gets rids of infections etc so it has been a very painful slow process that I am still working very hard to get through. However i am confident that i will recover and eventually get my life back
As you you can imagine the loss and expense of the illness and treatments are massive and ongoing as i have been unable to work and practically bed ridden for 2 years. With slowl improvements clearly being seen I know I can recover form this but without consistent treatment, supplements, antibiotics and support it is extremely difficult because of lack of funds.
I am asking for donations to aid in my recovery because i am determined to beat this. As some of you know I was a very successful music producer and sound engineer and I am going to come back better than ever before.
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