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big lenny
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 3048

posted

i have been back on meds. ceftin and metro for about two weeks and have been feeling extremely lathargic and completely shot since starting. is this normal or am i killing myself for nothing?

Posts: 259 | From new york | Registered: Sep 2002 | IP: Logged |

CaliforniaLyme
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 7136

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Sounds like you are Herxing*!)*)!!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! ! ! ! !*)!*)!
!*)!*)!*)!*)*!)!*)!*)!*)!*!)*!)*!)*!)!*)!

"The only way out is through!" is what I used to repeat to myself, and "As bad as it gets is as good as I'll get!"

Always check with your MD but it sounds like a regular, generic Herx- you are lucky!!! Some people have to try different abx before they are responsive*)*)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer

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Lymetoo
Moderator
Member # 743

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Sounds pretty normal!!

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--Lymetutu--
Opinions, not medical advice!

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Cindi
Junior Member
Member # 12769

posted

Hey Lenny, hang in there, I'm back on med's after a four perfect months and I don't mind saying I feel like I have been hit by a bus...But I do know I have to feel worse before I start feeling better...It will get better..

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Skyler
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 11549

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Hang in there babe!

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I'm probably sleeping...

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