posted
So...how bad can Lyme and/or treatment mess up hormones?
I'm currently taking Mepron and Levequin...I took Rocephin and Zithro for years...and have paused those meds while I treat the babs. and bartonella.
I'm currently have HORRIBLE night sweats and hot flashes. Wondering if I'm starting early menopause at 32? I wouldn't think it possible but my mother started Menopause at age 35.
I guess I'm just wondering if this could be from my meds or just straight up from my Lyme?
randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 11290
posted
my doc said i was having night sweats. i asked him the same thing. he said hot flashes start in your chest and create a red flush which goes up to your neck and sort of feels like a fire.
mine is heavy perspiration which he said is lyme.
sigh...
-------------------- do not look back when the only course is forward Posts: 12262 | From texas | Registered: Mar 2007
| IP: Logged |
Lymeorsomething
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 16359
posted
Naomi, endocrine instability seems to be my main problem with Lyme. Supposedly, the right treatments will restore hormonal balances but not for everyone.
Night sweats could be Babs still, right? Maybe.
-------------------- "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong." Posts: 2062 | From CT | Registered: Jul 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
It could also be a side effect of the Mepron.
It can cause fever, sweating, and flu like syndrome.
-------------------- Stella Marie Posts: 694 | From US | Registered: Apr 2005
| IP: Logged |
TF
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 14183
posted
Lyme can cause a false menopause. It did it to me--totally stopped my production of female hormones. It was horrible. Every gyn I went to said it was menopause. I was on hormone replacement therapy big time. I really needed it.
Then, under my 3rd lyme doc, I got rid of my lyme, babs, and bart--and menopause!
But, this didn't happen the 1st 2 years I was treated for lyme. It only happened with successful treatment by my 3rd doc. As the lyme went away, so did the menopause symptoms, until I was back to pre-menopausal.
Posts: 9931 | From Maryland | Registered: Dec 2007
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic