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Topic: Anyone herx again, and again, on same ABX

havefaith377
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 15250

posted

Hi guys, I started Zithro about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Almost instantly, I started to feel bad.

Pain increased, nauseous, anxiety. The stomach issues and anxiety improved...and I felt

better. Though the pain has never left. Now, I again feel just as bad. Nauseous, anxiety, I

couldn't sleep last night because my heart was racing. Is it normal to get herx's again and

again? I was under the assumption you got them one time per ABX?? I'm assuming I am wrong.

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Clint31
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 16420

posted

I feel like I'm on a constant herx to be honest. Pain, anxiety coming and going, chills or hot flashes. its the abx

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DX'ed Lyme Disease: 7/7/2008
DX'ed Babesia, Epstein Barr, Liver Parasite 8/15/2013.

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havefaith377
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Member # 15250

posted

Thanks Clint. IT SUCKS! Excuse my french...just in one of those moods today.
Christina

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feelfit
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Member # 12770

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Me too, pretty much constant herx for me.....a day or two let-up in the last 11 months.

How long have you been infected? I was infected for at least 15 years before treatment began, so I figure that a lot of these bugs are being killed and making me feel so crummy all of the time.

Could be your situation too. Hope you feel beter soon.

Feelfit

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havefaith377
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Member # 15250

posted

Hi Fit,
At least a year and a half...maybe more. Nothing like you...
Thanks for the input...I appreciate it.

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jmoosie
Member
Member # 16638

posted

I, too, have continual herxes. Completed 5 weeks of tetracycline, which I summarized each as: bad, worse, horrible, better, worse. Then a week off, and now I'm 3 weeks into Mepron/Zith - same story.

Though the symptoms are ever-changing, they're also ever-constant. The exception was that I felt pretty good during the week off abx.

Cheer up, you're kicking some bugs' butt.

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havefaith377
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Member # 15250

posted

Great way to look at it. Thank you.

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Geneal
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Member # 10375

posted

I'm in my 8th month of mepron.

Had drenching night sweats two nights ago.

Sheesh!

My neck was real sore yesterday (a babesia symptom for me).

Today it is better except for the increased air hunger.

Initially, I sweated every night for the first five weeks on mepron.

So, yes I still herx on same meds.

Good news is that they are getting further apart and don't last very long.

Hang in there.

Hugs,

Geneal

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