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I took the same dosage as you for 2 weeks straight with no break in between.
I generally felt awful during the two weeks with fatigue, pains, etc. Apart from the normal flare up of lyme symptoms I generally tollerated the drug OK though, not as bad as I expected and I didn't need to take any breaks or lower the dosage.
I wish my LLMD kept me on it, because I am sure it would of done some good in the long run, but he took me off it after 2 weeks and put me on a different regime!
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I herxed terriably on tindamax. I was taking it 500 mg twice daily for two weeks on and one week off. I did handle it better then flagyl thoguh. I am on that now and it is jsut awful. It also made me very nasous even when I ate beforehand. I hope you have better luck on it! Maybe start out taking half a pill and see how you feel.
Good luck, Lindsay
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I just finished a month of tindamax (500 mgs twice daily). I was off it a week due to the fact that I couldn't stop vomiting. But now I'm back on it and no vomiting so far, only a little nausea. I am on it 7 days per week.
Yeah it is unpleasant for sure! Actually scary lately. I have been having huge mood issues (anger, bad depression, anxiety, panic feelings, feeling like I am "losing my mind", irritability). My main issues have primarily psychiatric (bipolar disorder, anxiety). I have also on Tindamax had periods of feeling toxic, exhausted, very irregular heart beat and generally feeling miserable. It's been a long 5 weeks on this stuff!
I'm not sure how long my doctor plans to keep me on it.
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was on 500mg. three times a day...no pulsing. Did it for 3 months with tetra 3X and had biaxan 2xday
My llmd gives dosages that are high enough to cross blood brain barrier. My spirochetes are having a party up there.
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Honestly I don't remember how long I was on Tindamax ...500mg 2x daily, though. I'm sure I was one Zithromax at the time. Eventually my doc switched me to Alinia.
I didn't have any horrible side effects that I can recall...
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you were on tindamax for 3 months straight? i can't imagine how horrible that must've been. but you're saying it didn't cause any issues? my doctor says he doesn't use it longer than 6 weeks at a time.
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I was on 500mg/day Tindamax fromm February to early August; no major herxes. Only side effect I noticed was a slight metallic taste in my mouth. In conjunction with Cefzil and Benicar (plus Vit-D3 supplements), it seems to have worked very well indeed.
I couldn't tolerate Flaygl for more than 2 weeks due to serious tingling in arms and legs, with dizziness.
Off abx for 7 weeks now, no recurrence of symptoms so far. I can only hope we got the suckers dead. Posts: 131 | From PA | Registered: Aug 2007
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Back in '99 it was dosed by weight and I endured 6 months of 2 grams a day of the stuff.
It's a wonder I'm here...that wasn't a herx the stuff is just flat out toxic.
Several of us did it at the same time...It may have helped but I think it was the sickest I've ever been and those chills were awful. This may explain when I'm a bit impatient with somebody who takes 100 mg of doxy and claims to 'herx' immediately.
I'm getting chills just thinking about the stuff...and the taste makes biaxin seem like candy.
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