Better to take a break from antibiotics?

i've read that it's good to take a break from abx and the herxing. The idea is to let your body recover a bit from all the stress. Some docs take the break period to help folks rebuild their immune system.

I personally don't see how Lyme can be beat without a healthy immune system. But I'm no doc, so..

I am sorry you are having a bad time. Jeez you'd think 5 months on those abx would be cutting it. It really makes me think you are missing something. Hydroychloroquine along with biaxin is used to deal with babs. Your head pressure and fatigue and dizziness just sounds like somethings not getting hit. I really wish you would have added that plaquinel to see if the pressure lets up. I have been on a bunch of different combos and thought on each one I was getting better until the 2nd or 3rd month I realize it's not a herx I am getting worse. I'll tell you for me, which I had daily headaches for months, it was not until I finally went on this combo that my head does not hurt, I get a little pressure but that lasts a few days if that then I get more close to normal days.

My combo is:

mino, biaxin, hydroxy., and just 5 days ago I added bactrim but the 3 together were great. He added bactrim because I think my germ load is down enough I can tell when I am not hitting something. And Last Saturday early morning I felt something digging in my back.

Anyway, I am SSSOOOO not a doctor but I have become a professional TBI fighter. And when I read what your going thru I right away think something is not getting hit.

I am sending good thoughts your way. I hope this crap starts settling down for you soon.

Oh goodness. Well, maybe I'm having a very rough week. I had a few days that were good, and then nothing but worsening of symptoms.

And I don't think that should be the case if you're being treated...

Sorry you're still having issues seeingstars I hope you soon enough find that you can wean yourself from all these medications.

This area of medicine needs so much more research. Unbelievable.

I think I fell off the wagon once due to food poisoning way back in November. I crashed in a day or two. How LONG does this crap last? Are we doomed to take ABX forever? AHHHHHHH!

Sounds great! Are you talking about hydroxy -- is that plaquenil? I know I could google it but I'm sort of tired.

Also, I have developed a balance problem sort of dizziness that kinda comes and goes.

I'm feeling a little better this evening. I drank a ton of water and did a lot of exercising.

That might be part of it. Still I think I popped my neck to violently and disrupted something in my eardrum that is making me dizzy now.

I am my own worst enemy. I think it's because I want to be perfectly healthy. Which is all I ever was until these past two years. First a bout of interstitial cystitis, which got worse and worse and worse until I took two weeks off work, went to Myrtle Beach and healed myself by eating better, resting a lot and exercising for two hours everyday.

I hear the ocean calling me again. This time I just want to bask in the sunshine with a bottle of rum.

So sorry, my Lyme mind gets me off on tangents. Glad you're progressing seeing stars. Sounds like a wonderful doctor!

Oh yeah, I forgot to add, YES, my doctor should be cloned. He is not one of these that treats a bunch of lymies. He took some on in the beginning to help build up his practice, but he is not a high profile llmd. He flies under the radar and I want him to stay there. He keeps up with lyme news and is in contact with the more well known llmds. He is so open to trying new combos and listens when I tell him I think he is low dosing me.

I just saw him and asked him if he was feeling any heat because of the newest doc that's got to stop his blog. He told me a little but not much. I told him that he was my lifeline and if something happened to him they might as well check me into a nursing home. He told me I didn't need to worry. He doesn't take on any new lymies. He is too busy with his regular practice but always calls me in person when I call with a problem or he'll e-mail when I e-mail him with a problem.

Thanks Seeing stars and Nefferdun for sharing your experiences and insights.

I have a lot of weakness in my arms...Have had that since day one. It has not really abated but once, when I was at my mom's for a week or so and I had to wash all of her windows -- outside. I felt great that day. I don't know why.

I will start on plaquenil soon. Have to wait until payday so it will be next Sunday.