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Topic: DIARRHEA!?

Nick Dokken
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Member # 51530

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Diagnosed in July '18 with chronic lyme, mycoplasma, IBS, immune dysfunction...

I'm on my third different regimen of pills - doxycycline, bactrim, and a bunch of supplements (serrapeptase, monolaurin, probiotics, myc-p drops, etc) and i've had diarrhea 10x+/day for last 2 weeks.

I'm getting pretty frustrated with all of this as I obviously do not feel good. I'm about to throw in the towel and stop taking all my meds cause I feel like they might be causing more harm than good.

Patience running low. Do I need these antibiotics? I told my doctor what was up and all he did was call in another med for diarrhea.

I'm up to about 22 pills a day plus the drops. Anyone else have similar issues or any advice?

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Have you seen any progress on those meds??

I do hope you are taking Florastor. You don't need c.diff and florastor gives GREAT protection. It should also help stop the diarrhea.

If not progress .. then reconsider the regimen.

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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tickbite666
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 43399

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Some abx do contribute to diarrhea. I could not tolerate augmentin. Floristore does help quite a bit as Lymetoo recommended. Try process of elimination to figure our which item you take is causing it.

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MissVictoria
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Member # 45232

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You might have C.diff, which is an extremely serious infection caused by antibiotics. Please go to an infectious disease specialist immediately.

I've had it before and it needs immediate treatment.

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Robin123
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sixgoofykids
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Member # 11141

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I would also be concerned about c diff. You should be tested. The doctor prescribing the meds can order the test, you might ask him for it.

As mentioned before, you need probiotics with s boulardii to prevent c diff. S boulardii also helps with elimination/binding of mycotoxins.

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