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Topic: Do Others React to Antibiotics this Way?

marriedchick
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Member # 20214

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I just recently stopped Minocycline because I thought I was having an allergic reaction. My head would swell really bad, my heart would pound and as I stayed on it longer, I started feeling like my breath was being knocked out of my chest.

I told my doctor. We thought it was an allergic reaction so he switched me to Amoxicillin.

I've been on Amoxicillin now for a week. Now it's starting to do the same thing...take my breath away, make my heart pound. It's not swelling my head though like the Mino (yet).

I'm confused now...can the knocked-out breath thing be a herx?? Have any of you experienced this from antibiotics? I want to hear that you have because I'm starting to scare myself that this might be candida.

I have chronic lyme and am very familiar with the flu-type herxes...I think that's why I'm worried this might be yeast.

This weird symptom comes over me like 1-2 hours after I take the pill.

Posts: 41 | From New Jersey | Registered: May 2009 | IP: Logged |

Pinelady
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Member # 18524

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Did you go from Doxy to Mino? Sounds very herxie to

me but I would be sure to do something to keep away

yeast. I as a patient think if your going swimming

with the sharks you better take the cage.

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marriedchick
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Member # 20214

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yep, I went from Doxy to Mino. Then from Mino to Amoxicillin. I never got this side effect from Doxy but did from Mino and Amox.

Yep, I am definitely being careful with the yeast.

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seekhelp
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Member # 15067

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Symptoms sound VERY familiar to me. [Frown]

I deal with them too.

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Deep in 'tis pear
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Member # 10427

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It is too easy to blame all the bad reactions from the antibiotics on "herxing". I have gone through the heart pounding every time I stay on any kind of antibiotic. The last time was while on Zythromax. It was so bad that I went to the cardiologist three days in a row. I was told to stop the zythro and three days later, my heart went back to normal...

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seekhelp
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I agree totally Deep...

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0ldman
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The same has happened to me with some variance. Just recently went through doxy again, ticker problems have been gone for a couple of years now, came back about 2 days into the abx.

Drink lots of water and take multivitamins. My heart mis-beat only happened when I was dehydrated until I started back doxy. Just gotta take it easy. Lymes likes to fight back when you try to kill it.

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