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Topic: Herx or antibiotic side effect ?

big lenny
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Member # 3048

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I have been on a pretty aggressive regime for about a week and a half - doxy , tindamax ( pulsed ) malarone , plaquinal and a few herbals - so far when I am on the tindamax I feel horrible , extreme headache , occasional chills , feeling of disorientation - confusion , and extreme fatigue .....
Does this sound like side affect from meds or is this a good thing ? I don't really know how much of this I can take .. Past few days were brutal ...
Thanks for any input !

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GretaM
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 40917

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Hi Big Lenny,

I don't herx from tindi, but from the symptoms you're describing sound like my lyme herxes when I increased my IV abx dose.

It was terrible. But the next week was easier.

How many pulses have you done of the tinidazole so far? Is this your first one?

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GretaM
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What I meant to say but didn't was, "Sounds like a herx" from the tindi.

Although I haven't had one from tindi, but have had similar symptoms from lyme herx from IV.

Whew. Neuro lyme...makes things hard to clearly get across!

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jlcd1
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Member # 18138

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Tindimax was pretty awful for me too. I took it on the weekends and it would happen every weekend. Sounds kinda like a herx.

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