Topic: Doxy & Mino users - did these meds cause dizziness?
lymebytes
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I just need you to tell me if you took Doxy or Mino if it caused dizziness and if you stuck with it, did it subside? Please tell me which you were on that may have caused dizziness.
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Vermont_Lymie
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Mino did not cause more than a very brief, mild short-lived dizziness for me. I started at a very low dose in early summer, and am working my way up still. That strategy worked well for me to avoid that part of mino side-effects.
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Its the minocycline for sure. Half hour after I took it I started getting very dizzy. Kept taking it like a dummy and couldn't get out of bed in the morning without falling down. Still didn't realize what it was, continued to take that whole day and then finally a light bulb went off and I stopped taking it.
Not everyone however gets dizzy on the mino. My husband took it for nine months without any incidents of being dizzy. Go figure.
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lou4656
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Yes, dizzy for two weeks on the mino. Then it went away. I started at 200 mg per day.
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i'm on 200mg mino right now and having all kinds of crazy things, dizziness, walking and leaning to the left, left arm cramps up and draws up to my chest.....
feels like my brain is going to explode in the back at base of my skull...but i kno its killing them lil $^%*#$#(()%^^% that are having a party in there so i try and make it and not back off...
this is my 2nd week on it and trying to tough it out and go to work everyday....its not easy by no means...went to er with severe neck and back of head pain and told them i can't have steriods
dr. said ok well i'm going to give you a pain shot Amy and this will help, so guess what it was STERIOD! didn't sleep all nite, got up and left side of face was red and swollen up...asked the er dr why he gave me that when i told him i can't have steriod
he said it wasn't enough to hurt with my Lyme...but yet my face looks like i've been hit and i walked to the left all nite and can't sleep..maybe nothing to do with shot but icant help but think that...needless to say i won't go back to that er again...sorry to take over your post..haha pm me with any questions about mino, and i will give you my experience with it....good luck
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lymebytes
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Interesting - my LLMD likes Mino better, but warned 33% will get dizziness. Scary, I am prone to vertigo. I just hope I am in the 66% it doesn' make dizzy.
Amy (you didn' over post) I am so glad you knew well enough to warn the ER Md about steroids. That is unreal he ignored you! You need to report him to the head of the hospital, I am serious.
Steroids are what nearly killed me before I knew I had LD. I try to warn everyone with LD no steroids!
That upsets me, please report him to his superiors!
I have learned to say "I am allergic to all corticosteroids".
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Make sure and report that MD for giving you steroids after you told him not to!!! That is complete arrogance on his part. Not to mention he could have caused damage to you. Dang Ducks anyway, think they know it all and do what they darn well please.
Just makes me hopping mad...........and I don't hop much either!!!!
Hugs,
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lymebytes
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See Amy 3 of us agree! How are you? This can increase your symptoms and make it very hard. I feel so bad this happened to you...please do report this idiot.
The dumb duck who shot me up with steroids later said "No possible way could that disseminate anything" Yeah, it awakened 4 dormant viruses and spread my LD body wide! Please, if you read this, let us know how you are doing!
dontlikeliver
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Wow Amy you described exactly the headache I had for 2 weeks that would come and go and not respond to painkillers while on Doxy....back of head and neck was bad, and sometimes moved to other places in head....would ease then return regardless of painkillers.
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treepatrol
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no not for me
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