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I recently decided to take a break from all my meds--zithromax, bicillin, mepron, armour thyroid, rifampin, diflucan--dr r in nyc agreed for me to take a break as id been feeling better--just felt toxic overall
this is day 3 and i just lied down and had this awfully scary vibration inside my head--it was almost like my brain was shaking back and forth--i got up and it subsided but it seems to happen most when lying down.. what is this?
any thoughts on it being from stopping meds?
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glad you checked with your doc before doing this. Are you sure he siad to just stop thyroid meds?
that may be something you want to stay on,
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I posted about this a couple of years ago. You can probably find it on a search.
I have been on Biaxin 3 times long term, coming off Biaxin is like a drug withdrawal for me. I can tell you it is NOT a herx or anything like it.
I have been told by my Md that the body can adjust and become use to anything. Look at coffee, seems benign, but people withdraw from it.
It takes me 2 weeks after stopping an abx to get back to baseline - it feels awful and is scarier than herxing.
I asked my LLMd if he had ever heard of abx withdrawal, he simply answered "Yes".
Many people who stop abx sometimes believe they are relapsing, not necessarily the case. A friend of mine who stopped treatment took 3 months to finally detox all the medication effects (it was very hard for her and she felt very sick) but now she is doing better off meds than on them.
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i made sure to list all my medications and im hoping he realized the thyroid med as well--i was only on half a pill per day so im not sure if it was even doing anything but nonetheless i did stop that as well
the crazy brain vibrating is quite scary
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