6 hours ago, LostinCanada said:

Tea tree oil is really potent stuff…. You may be reacting to it. I wouldn’t apply any more and see if things settle down. 
❤️🙏

I worry if I let the ring worm go, I will have a bigger mess on my hands. Not sure what to do.

19 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

Thanks for your kind words, @Chippy  My drop from December was a tiny drop to test the waters. From .256 to .255 on my scale. Almost nothing. Before that, I held 6 months and felt very good up until about two weeks ago when I started getting sick. 

I’m sorry I read the wrong persons signature. Makes more sense you did say it was a tiny drop in your post and I was confused by the two! 
 

I do wonder if you’re right and the other things you mentioned are the cause here. Our systems can be so sensitive can’t they. 
 

Best to sit tight and get back to that baseline I think. You were doing so well. I’m sure given some time you will be again. 
 

Chippy

18 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

I worry if I let the ring worm go, I will have a bigger mess on my hands. Not sure what to do.

This is a tricky one. I had some fungal issue on my feet for long time. It did clear up eventually although I used salicylic acid on them. Took some time. Different issue not suggesting you use this! But just to say I think my body did most the work for me. 
 

Maybe you could stop the tea tree oil for a bit and see if that helps. Could start it again if you wanted to. It’s all so hard to know what to do when I’m wd isn’t it. 

26 minutes ago, Chippy said:

This is a tricky one. I had some fungal issue on my feet for long time. It did clear up eventually although I used salicylic acid on them. Took some time. Different issue not suggesting you use this! But just to say I think my body did most the work for me. 
 

Maybe you could stop the tea tree oil for a bit and see if that helps. Could start it again if you wanted to. It’s all so hard to know what to do when I’m wd isn’t it. 

I stopped using the salve this morning. I wonder if this is what’s causing my issues. I will see what the next few days brings. 
 

Interesting you used salicilic acid. Can you provide a link to what you used? 

Edited February 9Feb 9 by AAoffZ_2

10 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

I stopped using the salve this morning. I wonder if this is what’s causing my issues. I will see what the next few days brings. 
 

Interesting you used salicilic acid. Can you provide a link to what you used? 

So hard to know isnt it!

 

I had more of a veruca kind of thing so not the same as you but just to say in time, and it took a few years, it did go. Dont know if the acid helped or not.

 

This was what I used Salactol Wart Paint -10ml

10 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

7-8 months

@AAoffZ_2, I'm sorry you are in a bad stage after all this time.  As you can see on my own journey, I had same old symptoms returned.   It was not intense but they did knocked me.  I also read many people had old symptoms back during those months.

 

It is possible that you have not done anything wrong.  It might just be part of the process for your body to heal even deeper.

 

I don't take supplements or anything like that.  I have been faithful with my dose and yet, I had old symptoms that came back around the same time as you.  

 

I finally getting little better again....

 

On this journey, things are unpredictable, but hang in there, God is with you.  All waves will pass....

16 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

It’s 11:30 pm. And I cannot begin to express how horrible I feel. Im currently pacing and shaking in physical panic. I can hardly believe that I’m here again, feeling acute. It has been almost 7-8 months since I’ve felt something like this and it was from an adverse reaction to some tea I drank. 
 

Could the bad virus i had this past week have caused this? I’ve been applying tea tree oil in coconut oil to a ring worm rash I have for a couple months. Could that have caused this??? Could my tiny drop 8 weeks ago have caused this? I notoriously feel drops weeks and weeks down the road. 
 

I know sometimes there is no answer. But MY GOODNESS, this came out of left field. I can’t really lay down for longer than 10-15 minutes at this point. I get too jumpy and have to get up. 

My heart goes out to you @AAoffZ_2do what you have to do to get through this . We're all here for you xx

I heeded @LostinCanada idea of stopping the tea tree oil, and lo and behold, my symptoms almost disappeared. Wondering if I was having some sort of ADR to whatever I was absorbing through my skin. WILD. Praying that this was the answer. 

Update for all who are following. My body has seemingly calmed down overnight and I’m back to baseline upon ceasing the tea tree oil salve. It was likely too heavy on the tea tree (I did a 50/50 combo) and when applied every day, 3 times a day for 7-8 weeks I don’t know if it built up or what but it was NOT GOOD. Hind sight there were signs of the reaction starting but I thought it was an illness causing it 🤦‍♀️ listen to your body, folks! 

Edited February 10Feb 10 by AAoffZ_2

4 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

body has seemingly calmed down overnight and I’m back to baseline

Glad you are doing better…that stuff is super potent. If you weren’t using gloves to apply it, you would even absorb more. 
Honey and lavender oil are anti fungal and might be easier to tolerate. 
 

 

10 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

Hind sight there were signs of the reaction starting but I thought it was an illness causing it 🤦‍♀️ listen to your body,

Definitely. Give yourself lots of time to recover. ❤️🙏

@AAoffZ_2

 

I’ve just caught up on your posts, it’s horrible when you feel you’re heading backwards to acute again. Especially in your case when you have no idea what caused it. 
Really pleased to read this morning that things are easing for you and you’re heading backwards to baseline. 

Update. Im getting a bit of a comedown from whatever the tea tree oil did to my system. Some anxiety, restlessness, dread and lack of appetite. It comes and goes just like every time I’ve disrupted my nervous system before. Nothing compared to two nights ago which I had horrible akathesia just 15 minutes after using the salve that lasted 1.5 hours. 
 

I wonder how long it will take to be able to tolerate ANY kind of supplement. Maybe never. Maybe only when I’m off. But i will say i never had this bad of an issue since before my crash from dose changes and poly drug. 
 

I pray a nice hold will stabilize me.. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m just going to be sensitive to any strong substance… natural or pharmaceutical. 

I’ve switched to diluted apple cider vinegar and hoping that will keep the ring worm at bay or slowly treat it. 
 

also… today is my birthday. And I did my best to enjoy the day my husband planned for us. Even though I couldn’t eat! 
 

Thankful for all your encouragement, @LostinCanada @Chippy @NBJ71 @cheeky @Raymond @Tracey

Edited February 10Feb 10 by AAoffZ_2

On 2/9/2026 at 3:59 AM, AAoffZ_2 said:

Before that, I held 6 months and felt very good up until about two weeks ago when I started getting sick. 

@AAoffZ_2 , I am sorry to read you've not been feeling well after so many great months. Praying that this setback is short lived, and you will be back on your feet and stabilized soon.🙏

10 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

I wonder how long it will take to be able to tolerate ANY kind of supplement. Maybe never. Maybe only when I’m off. But i will say i never had this bad of an issue since before my crash from dose changes and poly drug. 

We all wonder this. I think time will tel us. Im certainly going to be very cautious going forwards even after I can call my self healed. 🧐

 

Glad stopping the tea tree has helped hopefully things settle soon for you. 

@AAoffZ_2 Happy birthday, I hope you managed to enjoy it at least somewhat, and that your next one is better.

Update. Now dealing with a comedown/leveling of sorts. I’m super on edge, and having waves of pretty intense anxiety. It’s a slow movement back toward baseline. 
 

Thankful for: good sleep and my appetite returning each evening. 

My cycle started yesterday so I’m sure shifting hormones have made things a little worse. 
 

I still don’t know what happened, but I do know that the aka went away when I stopped applying tea tree oil to my rash. Perhaps because it was so strong. Or maybe the oil built up in my system somehow. Maybe I would’ve been fine with a. Few drops… I dumped half of the bottle in with a teaspoon of coconut oil and had been using it 3 times daily. I was so desperate to heal the ring worm that I went overboard. 
 

I wanted to share that a very diluted 1:4 part ACV to water seems to be working very slowly to clear the rash. 

Edited February 13Feb 13 by AAoffZ_2

2 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

Thankful for: good sleep and my appetite returning each evening. 

This definitely good.  Sleep is important for body to do more healing...

 

You are doing great....keep going..

A normal day after a bit of morning anxiety 😭🙏🏼 thank you, Jesus! 

15 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

A normal day after a bit of morning anxiety

So happy to hear….

 

15 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

dumped half of the bottle in with a teaspoon of coconut oil and had been using it 3 times daily.

Definitely that was an overdose…the stuff is so potent….usually it should be a few drops with a tbsp of oil.

15 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

diluted 1:4 part ACV to water seems to be working very slowly to clear the rash. 

So glad this is helping.

❤️🙏

@LostinCanada did I read that your new batch seems to be stabilizing you? 🙏🏼 I’ve been praying for you. 

4 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

did I read that your new batch seems to be stabilizing you?

Yes it seems better. When you read about factory violations….it’s no surprise that it can happen. I took this batch for 6 months so I know it will still take some time to undo what seemed like inconsistent dosing. Such a crazy journey….thanks for asking.💯

I am struggling again today. I’m seeing an every-other day pattern, although the bad isn’t as bad. I know it’ll take time to recover from this… it’s so hard to be back to barely functioning and being so overwhelmed by daily tasks and caring for my kids. Everything feels so hard. This is awful. 

13 minutes ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

Everything feels so hard

Remember too that you recently were dealing with a virus....I think about how people not in WD are set back by a virus....you have WD, a virus and an adverse reaction.....give yourself time and kindness. ❤️🙏

11 hours ago, AAoffZ_2 said:

I am struggling again today. I’m seeing an every-other day pattern, although the bad isn’t as bad. I know it’ll take time to recover from this… it’s so hard to be back to barely functioning and being so overwhelmed by daily tasks and caring for my kids. Everything feels so hard. This is awful. 

You doing great.  Keep holding...things will improve again.

 

I also have had this same pattern like every other day before things improved.

 

Hang in there......this is just temporary...

Holy moley this is bad. WICKED fierce anxiety in my chest now. Whole body is shaking and and I didn’t really sleep. It’s so so bad.