I wonder how many people that are taking Ivermectin get extreme fatigue. I swear I could sleep the entire day today. I took my Ivermectin last night. I also have been working out this year, so I'm sure that is contributing to the fatigue.
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
I just picked up my Ivermectin today. Will start it tonight.
Are you on other meds, too?
Posted by Haley (Member # 22008) on :
I'm taking Pyrantal something (forget how to spell it) I take a small dose of that on my days off. I'm taking 1.5 pills every other day. Are you taking anything else with it?
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
I'm only on Diflucan right now. But I want to ramp back up to Doxy/Zith/Malarone and continue the Ivermectin.
I'm going to take the Ivermectin for a week, just to see how I do, then start ramping up the rest, if I am able.
I don't know my status for Fry bug. I do have intestinal parasites. Don't know if I have the disseminated filarial worm co-infection, but I suspect that I might.
I'm taking the Ivermectin to rule these in/out (if I can), and to give my Babesia something else to think about!!
Posted by annxyzz (Member # 20404) on :
I have periods of time that I feel BETTER , then a period of time of herx symptoms and that includes sleepiness and nasty fatigue and feeling fluish.
I suspect that is indicating that there are pathogens dying . I personally suspect that ivermectin may kill babesia along with other protozoa .
I am only taking it every three days and will soon change to every other day or to three days on and three days off .
The herx is worse the second day after the drug is taken for some reason .
I wish Dr Eva Sapi had more specific info about how European docs used it with lyme patients - dosages and scheduling and duration of use . That would be helpful. I would like to know how long it can be safely taken, even on a pulsed basis .
I do think it is helping - on the days I do not have herxing , I feel MUCH better than I have in many years .
Posted by WhitneyS (Member # 25666) on :
Yea-- ivermectin made me reallllly tired and i am usually very tolerant to meds. It didnt stop until I went off it.
Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :
what is it,,,sounds dumb, I know but can't remember,,,,,,,if it's one of those order out of country things......
At first I thought it was a IV med,,,,
How and what does it help??
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
Wow. This is like a wonder drug. I took 2 tabs tonight and I feel incredible. No twitching (finally), calm, energized, clear-headed.
I guess the other shoe may drop tomorrow with a big herx, but tonight I feel nearly symptom-free.
And just a few days ago I told my husband I'd lost the will to live. This disease is mercurial!
Loving my ivermectin.....la la la la.
That's my song to ivermectin.
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
And my breathing! I've been fighting lung inflammation and a sense of restricted breathing forever.
So this is what it feels like to get a full breath. Who knew?
Posted by Michael46 (Member # 26517) on :
Where do you get it? What form? (tablet, liquid, etc.) Is it the same drug that is used to treat worms in animals?
Thanks!
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Boxer Mom, that is great!!! So happy for you.
I have an appointment to see Dr. F the beginning of April and he will probably give it to me too. I have half a mind to put some horse wormer in a capsule but I want to be sure I have this new bug first. Otherwise it will be impossible to restrict my diet so much.
I hope this continues for you I know exactly what you mean about losing your will. I am not even that bad off but this affects my mind so badly.
Posted by annxyzz (Member # 20404) on :
Boxermom , the first thing I noticed about ivermectin was that I breathed SO MUCH better . It was amazing . That is part of the reason I think it may help with babs ( plus it appears it has been used for babs in the middle east from what I read online ) . Some days I feel MUCH better , and then I have a nasty herx that subsides . It is a pattern. I do think this drug can be very helpful, as Dr Sapi says . She says it has been used in Europe for lyme with good results .
I have been getting mine from Tractor Supply and buy the cheap Durvet brand apple flavored , and dose according to weight on the syringe . It is used for horses , but same drug for people exactly . It does not taste bad , and can be ordered from amazon.
There are many others here who have used the vet brand w/o problems. I would order pills , but this is easy and dirt cheap.
Posted by Haley (Member # 22008) on :
Yay Boxermom. That is so great to hear!! I also noticed that my breathing has gotten better. It didn't go away quickly, first I would get herxes the following day, that feeling of being unable to breath. Now it is better over time. This medicine also makes me dizzy, I think I'm even more dizzy from the Pyrantal. Also, all of the pimples / bumps that broke out all over my chest and upper abdomen are better. Makes me really think that these parasites are dying!
Mercurial is a good way to describe this disease (I remember that word from my vocabulary list )
I'd like to hear the latest from Bea Siebert and Metalic Blue (I think I got those names right)
Posted by panicphreak82 (Member # 36403) on :
is this the stuff that treats the fry bug?
Posted by annxyzz (Member # 20404) on :
I believe I have read it is even more effective taken with some fat . I take it with a bit of peanut butter or fish oil .
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