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Posted by believe3 (Member # 6216) on :

I need some advice. I have always had some extent of dizzyness but this is getting crazy.
It started two weeks ago when I had one day of dizzyness. I laid down for a nap and when I woke up...oh my God my whole body tingled and I was so nauseous from the dizzyness.

That lasted one day and then I had another spell of it last week. The same thing. I laid down for a nap and when I woke up..bamb!! It almost feels like a withdrawl symptom from my antidepresent only I am still on my meds. I even called my dr to check if it was possible to have withdrawls while still on it. Nope.

So now It is week three and I am on my third straight day of extreme dizzyness. I am so nauseous from it. I called my LLMD and left a message but in the mean time I thought I would pick all of your brains. I thought about going into a regular doctor to see if there was anything wrong with my ears but you all know why I am hessitant to do that.
I don't want to go through the whole I have lyme disease story. The only thing I have changed is I am taking Xango now. Could that cause this? Help!!!!

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Believe in Miracles

Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :

I have no idea what xango is. Is it possible this is reacting with one of your meds, in a bad way?

What meds are you on? Some have dizziness as a side effect. It is also possible that this is herxing.

Might also be that your current meds are not working on this symptom anymore.

Lot of guesses here. No firm answers!

Posted by thislittlepiggie (Member # 4521) on :

Believe-
Without having to go through the "lyme" thing with your regular doctor, you could still ask them to see you and check for vertigo or other inner ear problems. I can't recall the exact name of the condition, but a few years ago I had the very same symptoms you have. Came on for no reason and got to the point that I could not walk straight, could barely stand up and was horribly nauseous. I was told that it can sometimes happen after a cold or virus and was given some medication to help ease the symptoms, but basically had to wait it out (about two wks). Don't wait until it gets worse, just have them check it out. If your LLMD is aware,he can handle the Lyme aspect of it and your regular doctor can handle the "regular" you! Just my opinion...hope you feel better soon. lj

Posted by okie lyme (Member # 7130) on :

[QUOTE]Originally posted by believe3:
[B]I need some advice. I have always had some extent of dizzyness but this is getting crazy.

Believe,
I don't know if this has anything to do with your dizziness: my gp put me on
Pseudoeph GG a decongestant, but I had no cold or anything, just the dizziness, it did help, but the ringing and buzzing is always present in my ears~~
I think asking you GP is a good idea
Hang in there

Posted by dianev (Member # 7097) on :

Hello-I had very bad vertigo 4 years ago. No dr. ck'd for lyme, but I had sooo many tests and what it came down to was in our inner ear we have crystals(otoconia) and due to some kind of infection these crystals get stuck in a jello type substance. Through head maneuvers(physical therapy), cranial-sacral treatment and ear-coning the crystals moved their way out and somewhere where my life became normal again! It was a good 8 months-but I had not started these treatments until 5months into the vertigo. Hope this may help.

Posted by believe3 (Member # 6216) on :

Thanks for your answers. I spoke to my LLMD's nurse and she said it may be a side affect of an antibiotic I am on. I will wait and if it is not better by tomorrow I will go in to the dr's office. I can not handle this much longer!!

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Believe in Miracles

Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

it probably is your abx...

remeber..the Mangosteen Xanthones have been shown to potentiate the affectiveness of abx also.

Could be that you are reaching that deep Neuro-Lyme we have....oy!

Try backing off a little on your Xango.

Here is an abstract showing the effects of Mangosteen Xanthones (which is the main ingredient in Xango) on MRSA (the second deadliest bacteria known to man), along with IV Vancomycin.

Trout

here's more info..... www.iowamangosteen.com

Call me if you need one-on-one....

Iinuma M, Tosa H, Tanaka T, Asai F, Kobayashi Y, Shimano R, Miyauchi K.
Antibacterial activity of xanthones from guttiferaeous plants against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
J Pharm Pharmacol. 1996 Aug;48(8):861-5.
PMID: 8887739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Antibacterial activity of xanthones from guttiferaeous plants against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Iinuma M, Tosa H, Tanaka T, Asai F, Kobayashi Y, Shimano R, Miyauchi K.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Extracts of Garcinia mangostana (Guttiferae) showing inhibitory effects against the growth of S. aureus NIHJ 209p were fractionated according to guidance obtained from bioassay and some of the components with activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were characterized. One active isolate, alpha-mangostin, a xanthone derivative, had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 1.57-12.5 micrograms mL-1. Other related xanthones were also examined to determine their anti-MRSA activity. Rubraxanthone, which was isolated from Garcinia dioica and has a structure similar to that of alpha-mangostin, had the highest activity against staphylococcal strains (MIC = 0.31-1.25 micrograms mL-1), an activity which was greater than that of the antibiotic vancomycin (3.13-6.25 micrograms mL-1). The inhibitory effect against strains of MRSA of two of the compounds when used in conjunction with other antibiotics was also studied. The anti-MRSA activity of alpha-mangostin was clearly increased by the presence of vancomycin; this behaviour was not observed for rubraxanthone. The strong in-vitro antibacterial activity of xanthone derivatives against both methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus suggests the compounds might find wide pharmaceutical use.
PMID: 8887739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]