Anyone else experience this when on medication? And is there anybody out there that would consider their mental symptoms the worst?? Aside from the depression/ anxiety/ fear i just have fluctuating fatigue and swelling feeling neck.
TInidazole+Biaxin seems to have brought out these symptoms. How long do mental herx's from medication usually last?
thanx
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
Not sure about the mental herx but when I herx sometimes I get depressed,moody & irratable.
Is this what you are talking about?
Tindamax made me really emotional. It's a cyst buster. But over time the depression and moodyness got better for me.
Hang in there. It can be a tough ride. But it helps to remind yourself that herxing is not forever-although it may feel that way. Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Jon, zoloft has really helped keep my "quick temper" under control and I think a little with my panic attacks, although I have another pill for that but haven't used them in 2-3 weeks! Progress for me.
Posted by Annthenurse (Member # 5118) on :
My husband had a lot of neurological involvement. A short time after he started on Tequin IV he became confused, disoriented and generally out of it. He would stand outside of the bathroom and say, "which way is the bathroom?" That lasted almost a month. After that he began to clear and was much better neurologically. Ann
Posted by HEATHERKISS (Member # 6789) on :
Joh,
Yes. The bb plays w/ your mind. paranoa is the worse. Oh and those awful dreams.
On biaxin mepron it lasted about a month off and on. Then just a day or two.
It gets better.
Right now my husband is going through Lyme rage. It's getting rough. He's been alienating alot of people. Behind his back people are asking what's wrong.
I just say he's under alot of pressure.
Hope you get relief so soon. Sorry you are having a dificult time.
Posted by ChrisBtheLymie (Member # 8916) on :
When I started Samento about 8 weeks ago my worst symptoms from the herx were by far the neuro problems. I would literally have the most panic attacks ever, terrible fear, overwhelming anxiety, depression, vertigo, confusion. It was really horrible. Drink lots of water, try not to worry and hang in there! There is probably a war going on in your head, antibiotics vs Bb.
I hope it goes away soon and you start seeing improvments.
Good luck!
Posted by painted turtle (Member # 7801) on :
I have these too.
The lyme rage has subsided, thankfully, but maybe that's becaue I have stopped trying to do some of the things that made me rage? I prefer to think the treatment has worked on at least something!
Still...have many neuro and psych things, that get to a really bad place.
I used some cat's claw for three days....after having taken darvocet for the intense leg pain for several days and forget about it.
I am just today coming out of that most horrendous herx and have since stopped taking cat's claw.
These symptoms can be just as debilitating as the pain and fatigue and of course the pain and fatigue create some mental symptoms as well. It is all extremely overwhelming.
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
I hated all the neuro and the psych symptoms of this.
At the strong suggestion of my LLMD, I started taking an antidepressant and something for anxiety right at the beginning of treatment.
Still, I had horrible rage, with nasty outbursts. The anxiety some days was insurmountable; I'd panic in new situations or in situations that completely confounded me.
One day, I was driving someplace I go each week and became too disoriented to make it home. I had to call a friend to act as my personal onstar.
Those things were at their worst for the first three months of treatment. They all began to subside after that, especially the disorientation and the rage.
I still struggle sometimes with despair, but it really does help to remind myself it's a symptom of the disease. Then I don't end up taking it all to heart as much.
I intially balked at my LLMDs suggestion about the meds; I'd never been on anything like that and had no desire to start.
In retrospect, though, I'm really glad I followed her advice. It was bad enough with medication. I can't imagine what I would have been like without it.
Andie
Posted by greg (Member # 1250) on :
LYME crazy???
I know i was, moody, impatient, paranoid. I was pretty bad, even had some lyme rage. Water Water and then more water, and time. Get on some drugs thas cross the blood/brain barrier and sit back and enjoy the herx. Good ol doxy worked for me, i was on some high doses 600mg for a 150 lb malE
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