My igenex IGG came positive and I started abx since 2 days and did not notice any difference. Please write if any one got herxed, after how long of the treatment you got herxed? Please also write if there is anyone who started feeling better with no herxing...
Thanks in advance. It is hard for me to accept that I have lyme. Hoping to see a change sooner.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
Hey Martha, i herxed on about day 4 of my first month of abx.... the pattern for my herx's is i start abx have a few good days then get hit with the herx.
Hope you start feeling better.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Which antibiotic are you on and what is the dose?
That makes a big difference as to how long and how bad the herx is.
Bea Seibert
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Hi Martha,
Everybody is different, some of us herx right after a pill is taken, others take weeks to months to herx. It depends! What meds are you on and what are the doses? How long have you been sick?
Posted by martha2006 (Member # 8767) on :
thanks, my dose is 500 mg per day Zithomax. Doctor gave me the low dose, since I don't have severe sx. I have been sick since 6 months. I will see for another week and see if any change. If no change should I call my doctor and ask him to give another extra dose? if you recommend so, how much (may be 1000 mg per day) would make a differene?
My IGG came positive and IGM negative. Not sure if I had contracted the infection few years back. I am in USA since four and half years only. Never heard lyme in my home country. Don't recall tick bite or rash. My place where I contracted (possibly) was little greenary and deer area. I used to play tennis and lot of walking outside, never went for hiking, biking...
Thanks,
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
Hi, Martha!
My LLMD started me at 500 mg of Ceftin a day then ramped me up weekly to a full dose of 2000 mg./day.
Four days after starting taking the abx, I had a nasty herx, just as cant did. That lasted 4 days. Then 28 days after I had started taking the abx, I had a hellish herx that landed me in the er with full-body paralysis.
The same thing happened during the second month. With each subsequent month, the severity of the herxes subsided.
One thing I have found helpful during my recovery is keeping a daily chart of my symptoms. That way, it's easy to see at a glance (and in graphic terms) just what symptoms I've had at what points in my recovery.
There's are two excellent charts at the site of the Lyme Disease Assn of SE Pennsylvania:
Maybe some have not found an abx yet that targets their particular strain...
Or maybe they just don't have a high germ load?
On Iv I didn't have my first herx till 2 weeks into it.
It wasn't untill my 3-4 week that my herxing started to be intense.
Sometimes they have to find a "killer" abx or combo that hits your particular strain.
And maybe the person has a high germ load with the co-infections and herx hard when given meds to fight the co"s.
There are no "rules" as one size doesn't fit all in the treatment of Lyme Disease.
Take care and hang in there. Posted by AZURE WISH (Member # 804) on :
I have had it vary between meds...
On rocephin I got better for over two months no herx...
then almost near three months I started herxing.
On another medicine I had a herx hours after taking the abx. -
that herx pain was so bad I went to the er.
So as you can see even in the same person there is not set rule.
Best wishes Posted by iceskater (Member # 8655) on :
No set rule. everyone different beacuse of infection, coinfections, length of illness, germ loads, etc. antibiotics used, etc.
I am the Queen of herxing. I can herx just looking at my medication, because it is a sunny day, because I woke up. It might sound as if I am trying to be humorous, a little, but very truthful. Just about anything gets me herxing, It has been this way for a year. Bicillin and Zithro: herx so bad used a bedpan. couldn't even crawl to the bathroom. I try to drink plenty of water and detox foot pads and try to keep looking for things to help detox to take and withstand the die off.
Good luck. Stay strong. Hope that things go well for you and health improves.
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Iceskater said it right...there is no set rule. You may need a higher dose. With 500 mg Zithromax, remember that only a portion of that is actually absorbed, so you may need more of it. I took 1,200 mg Zithromax along with Bicillin and other meds too. Ask your doctor if you were concerned. Keep reading and learning!
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