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Topic: flagyl and cyst question

XxDarkEuphoriaxX
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 21420

posted

OK, now i the cyst form "doesn't cause any symptoms"

how come after using flagyl, some people feel better, their lyme goes away, etc?

how is this if it wasn't causing any side effects in the first place?

do these cyst's release toxins that cause side effects?

i wonder if my muscle aches are caused by cyst rather than spirochete form......

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xxx

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0ldman
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 22101

posted

I dunno, but my doc has me taking flagyl one week on, one week off.

I feel so much better when I'm not taking it. It really knocks the crap out of me.

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XxDarkEuphoriaxX
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Member # 21420

posted

but thats a good thing right?

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xxx

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t9im
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Member # 25489

posted

I've read the cyst form can revert to the spirochete form so if not eradicated you relapse I'd also think as you kill them they release toxins.

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Tim

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t9im
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I've read the cyst form can revert to the spirochete form so if not eradicated you relapse I'd also think as you kill them they release toxins.

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Tim

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TF
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 14183

posted

Once you stop antibiotics, within a week the lyme comes out of the cyst form. So, you can never get off meds until you disrupt the cysts and kill the lyme that is in them.

So, the only way the lyme can "go away" as you say is to kill the cyst form along with the spirochete form.

Once you stop treating the lyme, that's when you feel better.

While you are treating it, you are killing it and it is releasing toxins. That doesn't feel so good.

Lyme has a 4 week flare cycle, so some may notice that they don't feel so horrible when this cycle hits. That would be because they have less and less lyme to make them feel sick as they kill off both the spirochetes and the cysts.

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