I have one place on the bottom of my foot (the leg where the rash was) that itches uncontrollably. I feel like I am going to claw out the entire bottom of my foot and it never stops.

What is that and is there anything one can do about it. I have finally got a positive lab for babesia, other tests are equvical, although do not have dot blot results yet.

Also has anyone just not been able to take meds because of continal herxing and never getting beyond it. My liver function is normal as well as my immune system, according to J. Clinic.

I itched so bad from an abx. my doc. told me to try benadryl. It helped ALOT.

But after 2wks of itching so bad and skin was hurt so bad from scratching

My llmd put me on something else

If you do a search under itching you'll find you aen't alone. There are some good suggestions too.
Hope that helps

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What is so discouraging is never making any progress at all, just herxing and herxing until I have to quit meds to get some relief.

My holistic doc wants to treat me with various herbs, one being venus flytrap, because he thinks antibiotics ultimately do not work and do lots of damage to your system.

He has a point in that millions of people walk around with dormant lyme disease and do ok. I would be happy to get back to that state in that I am 60 and will probably never get rid of it altogether.

This vertigo is no intense however that I feel I must continue on antibiotics or I will never have a life again.

I have been sick as a dog ever since starting antibiotics july 29, much worse than previous to beginning meds, when vertigo was horrible but nothing like it is now. No progress in two months.

All my lab work from J. Clinic was normal except babesia titer. I go back Nov. 1, and will have to stop meds in order to be able to get there on plane.

tried flagyl and then biaxin and was horribly sick.......doc said possibly herxing a little but mostly that my body couldn't tolerate either of them......

Friday I will start zithromax......am praying something oral will work....just can't make myself do the iv yet....however if no good results I won't have a choice....

any experiences with different abx? why can't I go back on Doxy? hope you get the itching stopped.......it's very frustrating trying to find what works....today I'm at my wits end.......

Did you just dive right in? Maybe a day or two break might be what you need? (of course, check with your doctor).

Are you taking Milk Thistle to help flush your system? How about your water intake?

I know this is the worst time for you right now, but you should be thankful for one thing - you still have an immune system!!! After 9 yrs without treatment, I still don't have mine back.

Since you mentioned you're seeing holistic person, here's something my LLMD has had me (and most of her patients) using for the last 4 mos. to help my body slowly detox (safely, I might add). www.podipatch.com. They've made a significant difference in my quality of life and I will be going off abx in the next few weeks.

I have tried everything, slow ramping, sliver by sliver and then when I hit full dosage, it begins again. Happened the same with doxy.

I drink lots of water and even do coffee enemas to help detox, which has cleared up my irritable bowel syndrome which I had had for 20 years, but does not help the herx.

Anyway I would be interested to know if these patches do help detox and help with herxes, do they help your symptoms calm down?

Thanks,
Lymelady

When I read back through my symptom log, I see that my big scary herx symptoms stopped when I started the patches. It was the primary reason why my LLMD put me on them - to stop the herxes.

I really urge everyone to try them for at least 30 days if they can afford to. I plan on continuing use until they stop oozing black with stuff every morning (which hasn't happened yet, but they're finally lightening up in color, which is a good thing). Gigi had a great post up a few months ago about the healing effects of detox patches, but I have it saved on my other pc.