Has anyone experienced extreme muscle weakness or partial limb paralysis while taking Diflucan/fluconazole?
This happened to me some months back while treating yeast. Still working on solving the mystery.
Thanks!
Posted by roro (Member # 13383) on :
I have had episodes of delerium and hallucinations on diflucan.
Posted by lymeHerx001 (Member # 6215) on :
Yes, When I start to kill the yeast I find it hard to move. Almost as if I have lead on all my muscles.
I get suck on the couch or even the floor. I just cant get up.
Posted by Mtgirl (Member # 13278) on :
I did not have any paralysis, however, my lips swelled up like I had plastic surgery. No other allergic symptoms happened though. My doc will not prescribe me difflucan since this iepisode which makes fighting yeast really difficult.
Perhaps this was die off that resulted in a herx.
Posted by diana (Member # 7466) on :
same reaction as lymeherx-hard to walk/move as if heavy weights attached to legs and arms. Could hardly put one foot in front of another when I first went on it last year.
Diana
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Wow...So is it from the med or you have a high load of yeast??
There are many natural meds to use against yeast. And then of course....follow a good diet.
Posted by Boomerang (Member # 7979) on :
Hubby has been on diflucan on several different occasions. He didn't have any type of paralysis while on it. Guess he was lucky.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
Ive had severe numbness from my neck up when I first took difflucan. It was very scary and happend within 30 min of taking it.
Most of the pill melted in my mouth. This was back in 2006 when I was very ill.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
PS.... I've taken tons of it. No problems.
Posted by Sparrow (Member # 11734) on :
My daughter was put on a protocol that was supposed to last 40 or 60 days--I can't remember and she only made it about 32 days. She got drug induced hepatitis from it. My understanding of what happened with her was diflucan goes on the same pathways as some of the other heavy duty meds she was on at the time and it increased all of the levels of everything she was taking. Her psychiatrist finally unraveled the mystery after I told him she fell in the pool on her way back to her apartment after getting her mail. She was very sick from it and begged 3 different doctors to hospitalize her. It took months to get back to where she was before the diflucan, only to get sicker from a duck giving her steroids. We are still not back from that mishap and it has been about 2 years.
My point is that the diflucan may be raising the levels of other meds you are on. The lyme specialist we were seeing never caught my daughter's problem.
She can take diflucan if she takes like 2/week and away from other meds.
Hope you feel better.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Any time you're on diflucan, liver enzymes should be checked frequently. At least every month or two.
But in your daughter's case, Sparrow, that wouldn't have helped. [unless she had a blood test after the 1st month]