3 days off low dose doxy - symptoms returning, a little worse than before

opugirl

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Posted 12/5/2012 3:30 PM (GMT 0)

So after being on 100mg 2x/day of doxy. for 28 days - most of my symptoms had lessened or gone away completely. Now 3 days after being off they are starting to return. Since I haven't been officially diagnosed I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. On one hand - if the doxy helped at even a low dose I'm assuming that is good and would rule out some genetic autoimmune disease and make it more likely to be some bacterial thing that isn't really being detected in my bloodwork (WBC - etc). I ordered cats claw, andrographis, and knotweed. My plan was to wait a week before I started anything else - but now I'm not sure. Should I order doxy online too? I am working full-time and have a long commute so my biggest fear is symptoms starting to progress rapidly and having to be out of work.

Any suggestions/vitamins/herbs advice would be appreciated.

Also - I can no longer take detox baths. My old clawfoot tub most likely has lead in the enamel - it is being tested this weekend.

rns

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Posted 12/5/2012 4:26 PM (GMT 0)

Doxy was the first antibiotic I ever tried. I started at similar dosage as yours for a couple of weeks and then ramped up to 200mg bid for another two weeks.
During the first couple of weeks I felt slightly better but the last ten days I felt worse, with heavy flu-like symptoms. However a few days after stopping I got better.

This antibiotic kills bacteria at 400mg to 600mg per day, at lower dosages it just inhibits, weakens them as your immune system is supposed to kill them off. It also has anti-inflammatory effects.
If you feel going backwards off it, it;s probably because you're not getting its anti-inflammatory action any longer. If an antibiotic really works, one should feel better off it, better than before.

Note that I'm not suggesting you try a higher dosage. I personally don't think doxy alone can resolve chronic Lyme in any meaningful way and there's research showing that just after a couple of weeks will cause an increase in borrelia round bodies (or cysts).

I tried the herbs you mentioned. They all worked well for me in reducing symptoms. I keep using Knotweed only at present.
I would just try one herb at the time and make sure you don't get any adverse reaction which is possible.

My only suggestions would be to try a biofilm-reducing protocol with antibiotics and/or herbs and also SAFELY test for heavy metals.

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