Just thought I'd follow up with a post on the thread here about
my experience with Mepron. A couple days ago, I took Mepron and had a pretty decent day... didn't notice the DP as much. But the last two days I'm back in the hurt locker. The DP and Depression is through the roof. Additionally I have this feeling of over-stimulation in the frontal lobes and my entire head. Feels like excito-toxicity or extreme excitability in the brain. In all thruthfullness it is very mentally painful. I've been through a real lot both mentally and physical over the last couple decades (maybe from lyme all along), but this is one of those things that is almost impossible to handle. I understand that most people probably don't react like this to Mepron and anyone reading this that is going to try Mepron, please don't freight, you will likely not have this reaction and if you do I'm sure it won't be this bad. This has been something I have always battled with on many different medications (not just Mepron) over the years. I don't know if it is from lyme or from something else but I know its a real pain in the A. But in this case, the issue at hand for me is whether or not this is a healthy reaction and a herx or this med is just making me more of a mental basket case. I would hate to stop something that could potentially stop my suffering indefinitely if infact the suffering has been from real long chronic lyme, but in the same breath I don't want to increase these symptoms if they are potentially causing some kind of damage.
On a positive note... The combo of Zithro and the Mepron has started to do wonders for my physical symptoms. Muslcle, Joint pain, coordination, balance, creeks, cracks, crunches, arthritis pains, breathing, etc. all seem to be getting a lot better. In fact, I have not probably felt this good in a couple years. This is what makes me feel I may be on the right path. I just wish I can say the same for my mental state though. Its so wierd how physically I could improve but mentally I am in a worse state than ever. I just wish there was some way of knowing if these mental reactions were only temporary and even more so, completely harmless. It is my understanding (and I could be wrong) that excitotoxity reactions of overstimulated nerves is not as harmless as many would like to believe if it is indeed from some kind of influx of glutamate, calcium or other neurotoxic chemicals into the cells. It could potentially kill off the cells and cause a cascade of other CNS problems. It will most certainly cause extreme Depersonalization and a walled off feeling. Something I've had for years but hate to see get worse on meds. Hmm maybe its just the lyme and/or a herx right? Man, what to do, what to do?!?! ANyone reading this.. thanks for listening to my rant. I'll try to post and update at some point. Hopefully it will be more positive than this.
Post Edited (AndyD81) : 8/16/2012 12:33:41 PM (GMT-6)