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Posted by kissygoose (Member # 21314) on :
 
So I'm reading about Herxing a bit and I'm still a little fuzzy. Is it a specific reaction or just a general feeling of hurting?

I'm wondering because when the dr. that originally treated me 7 months ago put me on antibiotics I felt worse on them than I did before I started them and that was pretty bad. Was that herx reaction?
 
Posted by Starfall1969 (Member # 17353) on :
 
It very well could have been a herx.

I think the reactions vary from person to person, but it often is kind of flulike symptoms after you start treatment.

I know I questioned my LLMD about a reaction I have had EVERY TIME I have been on amoxyl for the past 10 or so years, before lyme was even on the radar.

A day or so after I'd start taking it, I'd feel like crap--achy, headaches, generally feeling worse--and it would last a week or so.

He wasn't convicned it was a herx, but I'm not so sure...
 


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