hi, been on mepron/zithro for a week. feeling kind of ucky today. not sure if its herx status. also i always wonder if its the abx making me feel like sheizer. feel sort of tired,slightly nautious. makes my want to lie down. went to the toilet a few times. i am working from home today (thank god).
what are peoples experiences herxing on babs?
regards, electric
Posted by suki444 (Member # 18960) on :
When I started on Mepron/zith it brought out my night sweats, periods of depression/anxiety after taking it and it made me so fatigued at night after my evening dose I used to fall asleep with the light on.
It did help massively tho and LLMD's say it kills a lot of Lyme too. BW Emma
Posted by KrisKraft (Member # 4329) on :
My symptoms on Mepron/Biaxin: 1. After a week, a serious die-off rash, mostly on my back and around my joints. 2. Fatigue 3. At day 10-11, INTENSE head pressure.
But Mepron is great. It got rid of the worst of my brain fog and fatigue.
KrisKraft
Posted by Health (Member # 6034) on :
Hi everyone,
I am on day 11 of the clindamycin/quinine.
I am only on 1/3 dosage or less of meds due to too much herxing.
I am wondering if others has BLOATING from this combo? I thought it was yeast, but it is not I dont think, as had upped probiotics, and added in garlic, did not help.
Does babesia have a 28 day growth cycle like lyme? BOY! am I sick from these meds, is not like lyme herxing.
thanks,
Trish
Posted by char (Member # 8315) on :
Health- What dosage of clindamycin/quinine are you doing?
Char
Posted by hardynaka (Member # 8099) on :
Don't know if there are herxes with die off of babesia...
I took Riamet in Christmas, first night my head turned like if I was totally drunk for a few minutes, then I had a profuse sweating, like in the onset of lyme/ babesiosis.
Second and thrird days/ nights, nothing special.
I realize that after Riamet I feel no more chills, cold, my body temperature raised like magic. I suffered from lyme for about 4 months, always with low temperature. Night sweats are totally gone. Morning temperature is warm and confortable now.
Good luck! Selma
Posted by johnlyme1 (Member # 7343) on :
Where is you artemisinin - I would check to see if your LLMD will allow it. The 3 combo helps
quote:Originally posted by electric: hi, been on mepron/zithro for a week. feeling kind of ucky today. not sure if its herx status. also i always wonder if its the abx making me feel like sheizer. feel sort of tired,slightly nautious. makes my want to lie down. went to the toilet a few times. i am working from home today (thank god).
what are peoples experiences herxing on babs?
regards, electric
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
Health---RE: bloating, I have never been on exactly your combo, but I have had SEVERE bloating with other babs drugs, although I dont think it was from the drugs themselves.
I did find a connection b/t PRE-biotics or F.O.S. and bloating for me. Some claim upping the probiotics can CAUSE bloating. I thought that was crazy until it started happening to me.
I had to start to eat more yogurt and take less pills. Now I just take one THERALAC a day and that is AWSOME stuff.
Electric---My babs symptoms that were brought on by mepron/zith were dizziness, sweating, low grade cyclical fevers, hot face and cold hands, fainting (only once), and fatigue. I still have almost all these things once a month.
Hope it helps, Trails
Posted by Health (Member # 6034) on :
thanks everyone,
Char, I have not found my ideal dosage yet. I started off with 1/2 cap of clindamycin, then was up to 2 caps twice a day, for ONE day, then added in the quinine at 1/3 cap a day.
Clindamycin caps are 300mgs each Quinine Sulphate is 100mgs each
The day after I took 4 caps of the clindamycin and 1/3 cap of quinine, I thought I was going to die. I stopped meds for the whole day then took 1 clindamycin and 1/3 cap quinine. My left side herxes my left foot feels like it is frost bitten, and cannot barely feel it, my breathing is deadly, my left arm is like a rag doll arm, just hangs there. Left side head symptoms too. Slept all day yesterday, head feel like BLOW off, herxing. nausea severe.
Today my breathing is so severe I think I am going to die. I know if I continue I WILL die, so today am going to figure out if the dose is too high, or something else wrong.
I have had breathing issues for 17 years, they did improve with lyme antibiotics, but maybe this is intense herxing.
I am also wondering if it is candida, not sure. Took my garlic now, this AM, and later see how I do. I did stop meds for one day, the babesia meds and so ill, worse off them, so may need
1/3 cap clindamycin twice a day and 1/3 cap quinine. Not sure.
Breathing deadly, like I cannot keep up with breathing, like I have run a marathon and cannot catch my breath. I will see how I do later, hope it improves.