got another antibiotic added to treatment....

God bless my digestive system is all i can say....lol....i actaully would be afraid to know what my liver thinks of me.......and now add even more probiotics......yup...calgon...take me away...lol

its the cyst buster flagyl....i have heard some horror stories....but im gonna remain positive...lol

Whats the horror with flagyl?

I've heard flagyl can be rough for some people, but I've also heard it's really helpful. I'm on tindamax right now for my cyst buster (never taken flagyl), but it's similar in structure and has been really helpful for me as well! Good luck! And take care of that digestive system!!!

From what I understand, the Flagyl itself is not bad - but it has superior and efficient ability to kill Lyme and other critters. So, the people that feel bad after starting Flagyl are usually just killing off critters too fast for their body's to keep up. This happened to me - I was on Flagyl twice for 5 days each time and really felt bad. BUT, I had/have a high Lyme pathogen load due to many years not being treated. I am approaching it more slowly next time - right now, for the cyst busting, I am using grapefruit seed extract (GSE) - (note the difference from GRAPE seed extract).

OH please don't dread it, LymieAngel!! Just know what you are possibly facing and prepare for it! Our mind set when we use these different things actually does make a difference! If you go into it dreading it, then the probability of you have a bit harder of a time with it increases as well -simply because you are dreading it!

As I suggested above, use our search function here and read up on how other dealt with being on Flagyl so that you know what kinds of things work in different situations!

Who knows? You might not have hardly any issues while on that abx!

Hi Apple!
The symptoms that you mentioned are definitely TBI symptoms, so if they are too severe, I would assume that it was a herx - which means you should increase your detoxing.

OH Lordy!! I messed up!! It should have read that if they aren't too severe, then I would assume that it was a herx!!!

So sorry, Apple!!

Ah, TBI = Tick Borne Illness?

@ Sickman

TBI = Tick Borne Infection

If you have a look at our "New to Lyme?" thread at the top of the forum, there is a whole section on frequently used abbreviations used on the forum. It will help you get up to speed. We don't mean to be mysterious!

There is a lot more in that thread that proves useful to most Lyme patients.

Yeah, Yazzer, and doesn't it s*ck that we have to decide such things?!?!?! It shows how desperately we need more funding so that more research can be done in the treatment area of TBI's!!! Alas, we have only just begun though!

So sorry Sickman!!

Amen, Trav! There are as many different treatment strategies as there are LLMDs and to make matters worse, as there are Lyme sufferers! If I were to revert to my Stochastic and Probability clsses back in college, I'd say there are a LOT of permutations that need investigating!

@sickman,,LOLOLOL.....i love that little saying u have at the bottom of all your posts thanks for the laugh........as for the other replys....i am not dreading so much the actual herx..even though i would prefer NOT TO HERX sheesh i have been in a herx since the first week of october.....but i think its more the fact that no matter how much detoxing...no matter how much sugar and gluten free i become...im nauseated...and that flagyl i think tastes worse than pickled pig toenails and it makes me gag and i have to pray that my meds and all that food i just ate stays down.....i absolutely cant take the taste.....i have called my pharmacist and left message to call me back and im going to see if they can put my flagyl in capsule form...i dont care if i have to pay extra....lol....cause this aint cuttin it....i gagged jus looking at the bottle....