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Hey everyone, I'm fairly new here but have been sick a couple years and having never heard about lyme till a month ago.
I've slowly been finding more similarities after looking up more and more topics so I'm finding it hopeful talking to people on here
This topic might have been covered before but i couldn't find anything - maybe i was searching wrong
But one thing i was really curious about is if anyone else has ever been (obviously since contracting lyme)overly sensitive to what would normally be a 'normal' dosage of certain medications or even supplements?
For example, I take half the lowest dose of an allergy pill and experience tons of the side effects to pretty extreme extents within a few hours
I used to be able to take a full pill of the highest dose everyday during the summer and not feel ANY side effects till about a year ago
anyone else??
-Matt
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First LLMD appt Oct 3rd to start treatment! Currently on 500mg Cefuroxime twice a day Posts: 52 | From Windsor, ON | Registered: Jul 2008
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lymebytes
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Hi Matt,
Yes. Abx I can't take high doses, it is slow and steady for me. Certain foods use to bother me, but now don't. Supplements I would take and have sensitivities to as well, as also faded during treatment.
I would let my LLMD know and avoid those things that make you feel worse (except the abx) until you see what your doctor says.
Make sure your allergy medication is NOT of the corticosteroid family...they are immunosuppressants and make symptoms worse. Call a pharmacist and ask.
Many of us are sensitive to one thing or another, even foods.
METALLlC BLUE
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Also beware of Detoxification issues. If this happens with a lot of different families of medications, you'll know an issue is occurring in that area.
-------------------- I am not a physician, so do your own research to confirm any ideas given and then speak with a health care provider you trust.
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hey lymebytes, my allergy meds are just OTC Reactine so its just an anti-histamine
but i have it with a bunch of things like i was trying to find something to help my skin (since thats gotten terrible since this all began)and wanted to try zinc supplements
it says on a bunch of forums that zinc does wonders for skin and to take about 25-50mg a day but dont take more than 100mg or u could get dry dry skin/eczema like stuff
I tried taking 10mg and the next day i was dead dry everywhere ... its the worst
I'm awaiting my Igenex results still and dont have an LLMD, actually going tomorrow to ask my family doc if he'll even refer me but ill let him know for sure
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My experience has been with psychiatric medication.
I have been treated for depression/OCD/general
anxiety for about 13 years now, and used to be
able to tolerate higher doses of meds. Now I am
EXTREMELY sensitive and, if I start a new
medication, have to start on the lowest possible
dose. Also, I find that I don't develop as much of
a tolerance to meds with which one expects to
develop a tolerance, such as Dexedrine, which I
take for fatigue/attention/mood. I also have found
my sensitivity to OTC meds, like Benadryl, have
increased. I used to take 2 Benadryl to sleep at
night (the recommended dosage) and now can only
take half a pill, or a whole pill at most.
Just be aware of your sensitivity when starting
any new medication, and alert your doctors so they
can adjust any doses accordingly. Take care of
yourself!
-L.
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have you been diagnosed with lyme and getting treatment?? I guess another main questions of mine to you and everyone else is if that sensitivity has lessened (even slightly) with treatment or even gone away?
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Hoosiers51
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I am very sensitive to regular doses of any psychiatric medication or sleep medication.....
...but for some reason with the antibiotics, etc, I CAN tolerate normal doses. (or at least I think I can, I do usually feel bad on them, so maybe not?)
Good luck.
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scheduled for a week from Wednesday. For the short
time I was on abx, I felt a definite decrease in
symptoms, including psychiatric. If, indeed, Lyme
caused my psychiatric problems, I will have had it
for at least 20 years. I am currently 28 and the
onset of OCD/Depression was age 8. Scary thought,
but I'm crossing my fingers that the psych stuff
is due to Lyme and will [hopefully!] go away with
adequate tx!
-L.
-------------------- Currently under the care of an LLDC for the homeopathic treatment of Borrelia, Babesia, Bartonella, & Ehrlichia. Posts: 27 | From NY | Registered: Jul 2008
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sensitivity to meds going away with tx. I have not
been in tx long enough to know. Sorry!
-L.
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