Die Off Symptoms

Die off symptoms occur when you take a supplement designed to remove bacteria, yeast, virus or parasites from the body. When any of these microbes die, they can release poisons that cause pain and inflammation. The inflammation symptoms can be anything from headache, heartburn, brain fog, bloating, body pain, nausea, rash or any symptom at all not listed here.

At the first sign of symptoms, 
reduce the dosage to 1/2 of the current dose, 
even if you are not sure if the symptoms are related. 
Stay there until symptoms subside.      
Contact me within 24 hours of any symptoms, even if you are not sure. 

Die off symptoms mean that toxins released from those microbes are overwhelming your body’s detox capabilities. Those toxins that used to be hidden inside microbes are now circulating and causing inflammation. Our goal is to remove the microbes and the toxins without causing inflammation. To do this we both need to monitor any symptoms that come up while you are on antimicrobial herbs.

Your anti microbe supplement protocol will be individualized to start with. If you are a more sensitive person my instructions will be a lower dose, titrating up very slowly and if you are a less sensitive person my instructions will be to increase the dosage faster. I can never know when a person will hit the die off stage so it’s important for you to tell me so that we can adjust your dose to remove microbes slowly enough to make progress with minimal inflammation.