Well, I talked to LLMD office tonight. I have been posting recently about the depression I have since starting treatment again.
It started off with a little anxiety and just feeling gloomy. Now I feel really depressed all day long. I also have that terrible feeling of doom.
The NP...whom I love...at first told me to start pulsing the Mepron. Start with 3 days on and 4 days off. Then he changed his mind and said to stop it all together until the depression lessons. Once the depression lets up I am to start my Bicillin shots. No more Mepron until I go back next month and we talk further.
I hope this is the right answer for me at this point. I was scared to call the office since I am a new patient and have only been there once. I didn't want them to think I was a nut right off the bat. He was very supportive though.
Has anyone else had to stop Mepron because of depression/anxiety?
By the way, my latest Igenix results came back. Here are my IGG positive bands-30,31,34,41 and 58.
He said my IGM was negative but had 41 positive and a weakly positive 39. I am assuming he meant that 39 was IND.
I don't know what other ones showed IND. I am getting a copy mailed to me. That's my first positive Lyme.
Advice about the Mepron would really be appreciated. I feel like I have failed myself since I had to stop it.
Best wishes, kit
Posted by Angelica (Member # 15601) on :
I did four months of Mepron and it did make me more depressed. The depression soon lifted when I finished up the Mepron.
I then tested reactive to babs so my new LLMD wanted me back on babs meds. He put me on Malarone due to my Mepron depression. I did fine on the Malarone. I only did half a dose which is one pill a day.
Posted by Dawn in VA (Member # 9693) on :
Mepron gets me down in the dumps, too. I do the 3 week on/1 week off to give myself a break. I seem to notice the depression more after a few days of restarting it.
I think methyl B-12 shots helps my depression quite a bit overall. I notice a difference if I stop them for a while.
Posted by olivia_ham (Member # 9960) on :
Yes...mepron depression. I just started my 4th month and it seems to haved lifted a little.
I started my B-12 shots again also so maybe there's a connection.
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
Yes, mepron depression. My daughter didn't smile for five months.
She is now back on it, but we are starting her at 1/8th tsp daily. She is tolerating it.
Posted by NanaDubo (Member # 14794) on :
I guess I'm the odd ball. Mepron increased my energy tremendously and I was not depressed. I was before I went on it.
I was on it for 3 months, now I'm doing bicillin and zith and finding myself a little depressed.
Going to ask the doc about B12 shots today.
Posted by kitkat32 (Member # 9682) on :
Thanks everyone,
I do take b12 shots too. I just got the Methyl kind 2 days ago. Hopefully that will start to help.
It sounds like most have hung in there with it and continued on the Mepron.
I wasn't really even talking to my children. I feel like a zombie.
The zithro is doing it to me this time around too. I guess I just can't win.
kit
Posted by just jan (Member # 16285) on :
I'm just on Mepron for 2 weeks and felt a huge
increase in energy and huge decrease in sweating right away. I
hope it doesn't lead into a depression because I
have not found anything to help with the
sweating since I started all these meds in 2004. Blessings, just jan
Posted by kitkat32 (Member # 9682) on :
Hi just Jan,
My depression started with my second dose so hopefully you will be safe.
That is great that you feel better already. I get the same feeling..usually from Zithromax. I think it hits my bartonella pretty good.
Best wishes, kit
Posted by trish4 (Member # 14156) on :
I was terribly depressed when on Mepron. For me, it felt like the world was coming to an end. I was miserable; in a whole-nother state of mind. It sucked! I am now on malarone and art.
Posted by kitkat32 (Member # 9682) on :
That is exactly how I felt too. Doom and gloom and world is coming to an end.
I felt completely separated from myself.
I didn't take any Mepron today and it has lessened a little bit. This morning was rough again. I hope tomorrow morning is better.
I hope the Malarone works out better for you.
kit
Posted by darla135 (Member # 15688) on :
Seems like it is one way or the other for folks. I am in the rare category of feeling fantastic on Mepron and Zith. Started 9 days ago and am noticing a tremendous amount of energy unlike I have known for a long time. Also, i did not have sweating issues so much as feeling hot a lot. That has changed - it is triple digits where I am at right now and have been running my AC 5 degrees higher during the day than a couple of weeks before. Seems everyone is different with Mepron.
Don't feel like you have failed - you have to take wise steps and balance all issues!!