Doxy script...

Hi mom, I was taking that dose when I first started treatment. It did nothing for me. That is the same dose that my dermatologist would prescribe to me for acne. I don't like doxy, I thought it made my symptoms worst. I know everyone is different but i think since i have been on doxy for several years due to acne that my body became immune to it. I am now on Ceftin 2-500 mg per day. Just started this so don't really know the effects yet. Finding the right antibotic is very stressful!

I thought the dose is low. I know with my adopted Weimariener (76lbs) he was diagnosed with heartworms and give 350 mg 2x a day. I am far from 76 pds haha.

Anyhow, those of you who read my posts before, on Clarithromycin I was having severe blood thinning and then bruised from head to toe ( it was SOOO bad) even my backside had bruises. They were sometimes so close that at a distance it looked like one huge bruise. Form IGenex I had 2 bands+ and IND on 2. Doc says no doubt about Lyme, but I also have high EBV levels and am currently in a flare up.

Now I have been on the doxy (low dose) for only 2 weeks and it has ramped up my anxiety/rapid thinking severely. I had almost had myself weened off my Xanax and I was having such negative thoughts that I was scared last night. That is very out of character. (p.s. I never would just share this with anyone) it gives me a sick feeling just writing it.

I feel almost doomed. Hard to explain. Almost like I know my fate. I was thinking that I needed to make videos of me reading stories for my babies to watch if I pass away.....

I wish I could explain. This morning has not been any better. I wish more ppl would respond to my posts. I would really like input.

I think the darn weather going from 50s to 20-30s again is really upsetting too. Dont know...I am getting sick of this roller coaster ride.

Post Edited (MomOf2WithLyme) : 3/20/2013 6:49:00 AM (GMT-6)

Thanks toddpaul- I have very bad nauseous spells just on the 200mg. Not fun! I have seen others write about Minocycline. I am curious! Of course I don't need to get any more dizzy spells!

Maybe my doc plans to ramp up my dose. I am very susceptible to small amounts of medicine. Always have been!

I have worked up to 400 mg of Doxy. Also take Plaquenil and Clarithromycin. I was nauseous as heck at first, then I started weeding out different vitamins and supplements (co-q10, NT Factor, Lipoic acid, marine omega, vitamin, b, b complex, c) to see if one of those were adding to my nausea. I eventually figured out that I could take everything EXCEPT a multi vitamin. Every time I tried to work a multi vit. back into my routine, instant nausea. As long as I stay away from that, I am o.k.....Mom, hang in there...It will get better, just have to grit your teeth and keep moving forward. From what I have seen, with Lymes, persistance and patience most always wins out in the end.

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Pathogen killer is right on!! We ALL get those feelings at some point or other. For me, it can last days or hours. Thanks to the people on this forum, I have learned to deal with all that craziness and just remind myself it's the disease talking! It can get pretty low sometimes. But it WILL pass! Keep yourself busy and try to distract yourself as best as possible. When I'm really low, I watch stand-up comedians on Hulu! They are fee and it gets me out of my head for a bit. Give it a try. Stay away from all things negative because it only perpetuates the anxiety. Negative people, negative stories, negative situations--avoid like the plague!!
You will be OK. You have 2 very important reasons to keep up the fight!

I, too, started on doxy at 200mg a day and then went up to 400 mg daily.  I found that eating before taking this med helped a bit to alleviate the nauseousness.  My doctor knew about my history of being sensitive to many types of meds so he started me off slowly.  I have been on other antibiotics and am tolerating them well, so far.  I, too, was scared to death of taking antibiotics but knew I had to give them a chance.

As far as the Xanax.....I did a  rather fast taper getting off this benzo (from 1 mg to zero took me 6 weeks).  I took it for only 4 months due to a toxic cns reaction to Levaquin.  This drug is no laughing matter and can cause mega symptoms very similar to Lyme's disease.  So you may be dealing with a double whammy and it will be difficult to distinguish what is causing what.  Holding the Xanax can also cause tolerance where symptoms will be become worse and the only way to alleviate the withdrawal is to either up the dose (which I do not recommend) or wean off.  Where are you now with the Xanax?

Hang on and continue to persevere.  I totally understand the feeling of doom you described and I am sure others here on this forum are/have had those same feelings.  I am here telling you that it will get better. 

Patty  xo

Are you just recently diagnosed ? How long u had lyme for

I was first put on 100mg of doxy a day for 5 weeks. I herxed so badly I thought I was going to die.

I started doxy 3 weeks post my tick bite.
It wasn't till I found an llmd that my dose was increased to 400mg.

I too am from Australia...bitten mid 2012.
Probably saw the same llmd too...