Okay, I wanted to share this with you all. I am taking a new supplement called Olive Leaf Extract. Here are some links so you can become familiar with it:

http://drhoffman.com/article/olive-leaf-extract-2/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596374/

This link explains the Herx reaction, which is a die off of the infectious organisms: http://trustinfood.org/olive-leaf-extract-side-effects

It's doing some good things for me and I can definitely feel a (good) difference in the way I feel.

I know several people who take this and it's done a lot of good for them, too. The first few days are rough (Herx reaction)....but after that it's smooth sailing!

Glad for you, Kitty. You will be in great shape
When those babies arrive. And later when
They bring all the upper respiratory
Viruses, you'll be less likely to catch them.

I am one of the major Herx-ers.

But my son is using the 20% herb 4 times
A day with no Herxing. .. So everyone
Is different. I suggest starting at 500mg of
6% a day to start. You must drink lots of
Water while using OLE, to remove the
toxins released by the microbes killed by it.

All seems ok Kelly, but I'm asking, "why would I need this"?
I mean, is there a specific ailment or disorder that would call
for this therapy? I don't want to take anything I don't have
to take, especially if it has uncomfortable side effects.

If you'll read the first link it will tell you all the positive things that OLE can do for you.

"Research suggests that olive leaf may be a true antiviral compound because it appears to selectively block an entire virus-specific system in the infected host. It then appears to offer healing effects not addressed by pharmaceutical antibiotics. Olive leaf’s broad killing power includes an ability to interfere with critical amino acid production for viruses; an ability to contain viral infection and/or spread by inactivating viruses by preventing virus shredding, budding or assembly at the cell membrane; and the ability to directly penetrate infected cells and stop viral replication."

See more at: http://drhoffman.com/article/olive-l....eAuUMT39.dpuf

OLE has stopped my over active bladder
Symptoms. It has also shrunk my swollen neck
Lymph nodes and fixed my chronic
sinus inflammation.

It works for viruses, Candida, intestinal parasites,
And pathogenic bacteria.

There is an emerging theory in biological
Research that infection of some kind is
At the root of most if not all human
disease. Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's
And non Hodgkin's lymphoma are only 3
conditions we know are infectious in
Origin.

Type a search into Google:
"Human diseases associated with infectious
organisms"

I am in my 2nd week of taking OLE and it's doing good each and every day.

I still occasionally get the Herx reaction but usually only at night. My legs ache but that could be MS.....who knows!?

I have noticed that I only had to take one 10 mg Baclofen last night. I usually have to take as many as three over the course of a night for my leg spasticity. I took one before bed last night before I even thought about it. I might not have actually needed it but it's become such a habit I took it before thinking. Tonight I'll try to go without it and see what happens.

Thanks, MrsD, for suggesting this supplement to me! It's not an overnight fix but a slow and gradual improvement that I can really notice every day.