Rifampin 6 days. Not good mentally . Off went of iv zithro and mino and salt dropped. Mix of drugs salt dropped causing more mental stuff. Not in a mind good place. Off antibiotics till clarity or at least feeling a little stable intellectually fine connections to much else not. OCD running rampid and believe everything. Convinced me of everything. Any hope?
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
There's always hope. Hang in there! I was as sick as they come and beat this terrible disease. It can be done. Keep fighting.
Posted by Hoosiers51 (Member # 15759) on :
I can't remember if you are on meds for the OCD?
I would never have been able to survive herxing without Prozac. Herxing made my OCD much worse.
Good luck hon...I know it's hard. Hang in there!!!
Posted by Jane2904 (Member # 15917) on :
Hang in there, Better days are coming.
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
Oh, Geez. Not fun.
There is always hope. Keep movin' forward.
I'm sorry you're having a hard time.
Wags and woofs, BoxerMom
Posted by mookie333 (Member # 26021) on :
sorry to hear you are in the hospital. I hope you get home soon. I supplement with salt supplement tablets I'd be in your shoes if I didn't. I've been doing so for about a year now, but then again my adrenals are trashed. Maybe it's time to retest them again. The low sodium goes hand in hand with adrenal disease.
Get plenty of rest. If you can rest in the hospital..
Posted by lyme in Putnam (Member # 11561) on :
On anafranil for OCD. Family just left and feel like everyone is strangers. Stranger to me too. Fun stuff. Skipping iv for a few weeks.
Posted by Ahodge01 (Member # 23569) on :
sorry to hear that.. but why would ABX effect your salt levels?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I hope you are feeling better very soon!!!
Posted by lyme in Putnam (Member # 11561) on :
Inurse came in and just told me it went down again.. Anxiety about going home, anxiety about staying here. Everytime it comes up, it goes back and 127 is what I came here with on tue. Don't think antibiotic did it, I think stop and start has an effect on my salt. I'm unto 6000 mg/day.
Posted by imagine2 (Member # 3136) on :
Please talk to your dr. about hyponatremia. Low sodium can cause a lot of problems.
I have also taken salt tablets in the past. If your dr. oks it, you can get Thermatabs from any pharmacy. If they don't have it on the shelf, they can order it. It's over the counter.
Hope you feel better. So sorry you've going through this.
Posted by elley0531 (Member # 9434) on :
Why do you have salt wasting? I have Addison's Disease (adrenal failure) and salt wasting before diagnosis and before treatment caused the worst mental symptoms I have ever gotten, my sodium was 122 at its worst, but rarely went above 127.
Has anyone done tests on your endocrine system?
Posted by lyme in Putnam (Member # 11561) on :
Diischarging me. Scared to go home, don't want to stay here. Have a ppt with nephrologist on mon. llmd llmd on tue My usual salt was taking 1000, leaving hosp taking 6,000 mg. Told me to f/u with nephrologist and psych. Stopped antibiotics from tue. Salt Hovering over 127-129 with 6,000 mg salt hosp said it's meds that have to be adjusted. Need immediate relief. Hosp said they checked for hormones...don't know about kidney diseases. My llmd said shell work with my llmd. God help. Thanks.
Posted by mookie333 (Member # 26021) on :
I have adrenal insufficiency and lyme and I take betwee 6000-7000mg of salt and potassiume 100meq every day to keep my levels in the LOW normal range and I don't have addisons.
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
I really hope you're feeling better.
For the past two years, my sodium level stayed around 124. My then LLMD suggested I just increase the salt in my diet. But that didn't seem to work for me.
I saw a new specialist, and something he changed caused my sodium level to rise into the normal range. Still not sure why that happened.
I just hope you're able to find some hope and healing.
Andie
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
I really hope you're feeling better.
For the past two years, my sodium level stayed around 124. My then LLMD suggested I just increase the salt in my diet. But that didn't seem to work for me.
I saw a new specialist, and something he changed caused my sodium level to rise into the normal range. Still not sure why that happened.
I just hope you're able to find some hope and healing.
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