Hi- just wondering if you experience any bad reactions when you STOP IV antibiotics after being on them for so long ( 4 months).. I am supposed to go back to work next week and doc is probably pulling the PICC line soon.. Can your body go into any weird withdrawal ( not necessarily lyme symptoms) but just from being on IV meds for so long? Just wondering if I should expect any adverse symptoms.. Thanks
Posted by AZURE WISH (Member # 804) on :
Are you going on orals?
As a person who has years of expereince with lyme and being treated, I would want orals after the picc is pulled unlessall my symptoms are gone.
I never had any withdrawl symtpoms from stopping IV - don't know if it can happen.
Best wishes
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
You didn't say which IV med you had? Assuming it was Rocephin as that is most common. rocephin in particular has a reputation for putting Lyme into the cyst form.
The thing that happens to most people is that if they have Babesia or another coinfection symptoms start showing up in a week or two. If you are only dealing with Lyme it will usually take longer (like months).
Good luck.
Bea Seibert
Posted by beachcomber (Member # 5320) on :
Oh yeah, you sure can have strange things happen after abx. I, for one, tend to break out in hives a few days after stopping abx. I am in an abx free zone at the moment and feeling like shoe scrapings. Been at this for 3+ years, with 3 attempts at stopping meds to give my colon a chance to settle down. Each time I feel just plain awful from the withdrawal. It does, however, give me a chance to clear up IBS and yeast temporarily.
Posted by monkeyshines (Member # 6406) on :
I did not, though that's just me. I was on rocephin for six months. Had a hard time initially, but then just adapted to it. I don't remember noticing any big difference in how I felt when I stopped (other than relieved!)