High dose vitamin C as a treatment for Lyme Disease has helped a lot of people. However there is some evidence that massive doses of vitamin C can mess with your hormones. How did I stumble upon this? I started taking intravenous vitamin C (IVC). My estrogen and progesterone, at one time in balance, were suddenly down regulated and I became estrogen dominant. I can’t say definitively that IVC caused my estrogen dominance, but there was a certain correlation. Wanting to know more I did some research and stumbled across numerous stories about women inducing abortions with the use of vitamin C.
Tons of women have tried this, but few studies have been done. Here’s a note from one Russian study: Read more “Are Lyme Disease Patients Harming Themselves With High Dose Intravenous Vitamin C (IVC)?”