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Does this mean I don't have Lyme or do I need something stronger to herx...and I'm sure what it would even feel like, but I do know, from listening to you guys that I'll know it when I feel it.
Since most of my pain is neurological pain, maybe doxy isn't the right medicine for me? I'm on my 2nd round.
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What dose?
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I just started 200mg 2x daily...like 2 days ago.
Is there something else wrong with me? I'm getting scared.
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200mg is generally regarded as bacteriostatic not bactericidal. It should keep it from progressing, but not kill it off.
I was on that until we got my co-infection tests back, then treated Babesiosis and again on that dose for one month before upping the dose to 300mg/day.
That was sufficient to produce a herx for me as I'm only around 120lbs. People weighing more than that may need 400mg/day.
After 3 months, the Herxing stopped & I started going backwards because co-infections started coming to the forefront, when the Lyme came down.
It is important that you identify & Tx coinfections if you are not responding to adequate Tx. In my non-professional, non-medical opinion, 200mg/day is not adequate.
I think you need an LLMD.
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I am on Doxy 400mg a day also, it didn't really hit me until about a week in, then it was quite noticeable, since then i've been going up and down. Mine is mostly neurological as well.
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I am 120lbs on the dot. And yes, I am taking a total of 400mg a day, but today is actually only the 3rd day.
200mg in the AM and then 200mg in the afternooish/evening.
I feel like I'm doing it wrong, or the doxy is the wrong thing for me to be on, or maybe I don't have Lyme at all, even though Labcorp says I am positive.
I don't get it?
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I herxed on amoxicillin and azithromycin and couldn't take it. However, I loved Doxycycline and it helped my brain fog in a little over a week. I could really tell the difference. I don't remember herxing much on doxy. Doxy 200 Mg BID was the best dose, but it only took my so far after 6 months. Beware of the sun. Your skin will burn underneath the skin.
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Starting my 3d month of abx, and have never herxed.
First I was on doxy 200mg a day, then biaxin 1,000 mg a day, now Zithromax, 500 mg a day.
Still no herxing, and don't believe I ever will.
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