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Posted 1/4/2013 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hey guys
I know drinking is seen as bad with lyme but I'm 23 its my friends birthday an I just want to have a laugh and a few drinks with them and feel normal again. Is this a really bad idea? I hate how much you can't do with this stupid infection.
Feel like my life is gonna be crap forever
Anyone think its ok to get drunk every now and then?
Shy is alcohol bad? Apart from symptom flares what is so bad about having a drink the odd time
Posted 1/4/2013 6:51 PM (GMT 0)
Its up to you of course. I have started having a small glass of wine maybe once or twice a week. By small though I mean, like 3 shot glasses worth small. And I nurse it so it takes like an hour for me to drink that amount - but if you want to go out with your friends and have a drink and I specify a drink. You can at least have A drink in your hand and take it slow. To be honest, the friends that I haven't mentioned I'm sick too, I just tell them I'm not drinking as much because I'd been having bad rxns to alcohol, so I'll have a drink and then hand it off to the hubby to finish when I've had my few sips!

Are you pregnant though?

Posted 1/4/2013 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
I did not drink for 6 mos. Not a drop. But last month, it was my birthday (it was a milestone one!!) and my friends took me out so I had a white wine spritzer. When I got home, I immediately hopped in a detox bath. I also made sure I ate food while I drank it. I also was not on abx.

On Christmas Eve, I had a glass of wine, again with dinner. Christmas day, I had 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I think that was it. I haven't had any more since. I ate a lot of sweets too, which is something else I hadn't been doing. But at any rate, nothing bad happened. I kept waiting for terrible symptoms to flare, etc., but it never happened--they just stayed the same. So I'm not condoning alcohol use, and I'm not forbidding it either. I'm simply sharing my experience as an example. Everyone's body is different, everyone's illness is different and what may be OK for me, may turn into a very bad mistake for you. We just can't know. Like Opugirl says, I would take it slow and limit yourself.
Also, you're 23, your life will not be crap forever. Especially if you take care of yourself now.
Posted 1/4/2013 7:02 PM (GMT 0)
Hey no I've had my baby now !
Had stressful time as I caught lyme in pregnancy and it was not diagnosed until week 30... Baby is healthy at the moment and I am retesting him at 6months.
Feel like letting my hair down tonight I had a few drinks Christmas Day and all was fine . Why is alcohol so bad for lyme ?
Posted 1/4/2013 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing shabby chick
I'm on strong doxy ATM and grape fruit seed extract with low dose artesunate . I'm hoping I get rid of this soon!
I had lyme 5montha before receiving treatment I hope I don't have chronic kyme
Posted 1/4/2013 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
You have to know your limits. For me, it was one drink and after that it felt like I had 10, both then and the next day. Just wasn't worth it for me.
Posted 1/4/2013 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
So is mainly because of te effect individually rather than it actually effecting the lyme.
Posted 1/4/2013 9:36 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's a bunch of things. When I was on an antimalarial med, alcohol was strictly forbidden as this med is known to cause liver damage and increase enzymes, so you certainly don't want to add to it by drinking. The same is true for other abx. You would have to check if any of your abx are contraindicated with alcohol consumption. Usually they put it right on the bottle if it's a known hazard.

Also, alcohol is one of the highest acid containing beverages, coffee being the highest. Anything acidic is going to stress your immune system and make it harder for you to fight your infections. I forgot to mention that after I had wine, I took an alka-selter to try to minimize the acidic effects of the wine. You may want to do that as well if you do choose to drink. But I would stick to wine, I don't think I would drink hard alcohol.
Posted 1/4/2013 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
Shabbychic alluded to this, but didn't quite say it - you should also be aware of how your liver is doing before you go out drinking. You could really stress your liver if your enzymes are already high and then have several drinks. But as Opugirl said, A glass of wine shouldn't hurt, but I would surely hesitate at the second one....unless you know that your liver is good, your abx doesn't say specifically to stay away from alcohol, and you know that you won't have a horridly wicked hangover effect with just the one drink! Somehow these infections make what would normally be a tiny hangover into something that would make Godzilla cringe! smhair
Posted 1/4/2013 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
I am new to this stuff, but my body tells me when I have had too much, sometimes that's one drink, this week I had a few more before I felt rough. I say go for it, let your body do the talking , if you feel rough stop! After all we only live once. However that is enjoy it if you can. X
Posted 1/4/2013 10:37 PM (GMT 0)
Ha! Funny you should say that Traveler because I drank wine FULLY expecting to suffer for it, but chose to do it anyway. I was really rather shocked that I didn't pay dearly for it. So luckily, for me, I got away with it and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But I'm also acutely aware that, if there is a next time, I may not be so lucky. I think it's important that everyone remember how quickly our bodies can deal with things one minute, and not deal with things so well the next. I chalk it up to sheer luck, and nothing more. But boy did I enjoy those glasses while I had them... : )
Posted 1/4/2013 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
Well now that's just not right teasing me with that! Giggle! That's okay, one day I'll be able to have the beer that I'd rather have anyway!! LOL!!

I do cheat and take sips of beer from my daughter whenever she is around and has some - I can take three or four nice sips and not suffer!!Woo Hoo!!turn Giggle!
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