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Has anyone had the experience of being "wired" from antibiotics? This happened to me on Amoxicillin and Biaxin (separately) -- heart racing and could not sleep (at one point, I had to exercise at 3 AM just to get rid of the raciness!). Despite the wiredness, I generally felt better on these meds.
I'm now on Doxy and have not had this result -- more like typical flu-like feeling and exacerbation of symptoms that are typical herx. But I do not have the sensation of feeling better like I did on the other abx.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether the wiredness could have been a die-off reaction? Or is this a reaction to the abx itself?
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Biaxin can do that to the heart... and some find it hard to sleep while taking it.
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I couldn't sleep on Biaxin. So, by the 4th day, I had to stop it. Couldn't sleep a wink.
It also gave me anxiety, which you could call feeling "wired" and it gave me total anorexia. I could not bring myself to eat even one bite of food in a day.
So, I didn't take it long.
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I've heard many reports of insomnia while on Biaxin.
I had occasional "wired" days during early treatment. I attributed it to die-off.
I wasn't so much wired, as I just had energy for a change.
If you need to go back on Biaxin, tell your doc about the insomnia. Some will let you take a smaller dose in the evening. Or choose a different abx.
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