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sorry - but I feel too bad to search and read
Has anyone found that prolonged use of abx can make you feel worse? 2 years ago I was on abx off and on for a year and eventually couldn't take it any more. When I came off I slowly got better and all my symptoms were gone. I was then well for a year.
Something flared up again at the start of this summer (I was bitten but tick tested negative also all co-infections although I have a couple positive bands). I have been on doxy for last 2 weeks (also amoxy for 2 weeks earlier in the summer and cipro for UTI). I know this is not long but I feel ghastly - could I be sensitized to abx from past. Instead of feeling better I am getting worse. Terrible nausea, headaches. Any thoughts?
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heiwalove
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most people will say this is a herx but i think that yes, it is possible that some people are just highly sensitive to antibiotics and cannot tolerate them in large or prolonged doses.
treepatrol
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Yes they make you feel like crap after a week or two that should subside from abx's then 28 to 34 days you will probaly herx always right everyday down journal.
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Herxing has a cycle, typically about once a month you would herx as the bug killing cycle continues on. Sounds like when you were herxing, you quit and started all over again.
I think you may have gotten enough abx for short term relief but as often happens when people don't stay the course, it rears it's ugly head again.
I am sorry you are having these problems, nothing worse than herxing and feeling that way.
I do have a friend who went off and felt ALOT better for some time but eventually she had to admit the sx were there and she went back on them. Now it's a couple of years later and she is on abx and doing great. Just had to tough it out thru the herxing.
She had babs too which can EASILY show as a false negative. The tests they have for babs only tests for a few stains, not anywhere near the 9 or 12 strains that exist. EASY to have a false positive so consider going by sx to see if you have babs sx and may be this is contributing to your problems.
Good luck, Curley
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sparkle7
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I tried a bunch of different abx over an 8 month period. The side effects eventually got so bad I couldn't continue.
I had some herxing but I felt worse the whole time after starting abx.
I just don't want to spend the rest of my life on abx. There are lots of alternative treatments. If you lean in that direction - it's not always easy. You have to do alot of experimenting & researching on your own.
If the abx helped me - I probably would have continued. I never had "cycles" of being worse or better as some people describe. I don't think I have the co-infections, either. So, my case may be different than others.
I figured I'd try going off the abx last Nov. 2007. I haven't wanted to go back on them since. I haven't ruled them out completely but there are still many alternative approaches that I haven't tried, yet.
I believe there are alternatives.
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