Did Rifampin help you? Looking for stories, advice, etc. Thank you!

Just finished with babesia WA-1 treatment since October while using Mepron and Bactrim DS. First I was on 2 months of Doxy before finding a LLMD (Aug-Sept). I just took off the month of June and took a 30 day course of Diflucan.

Now I am on Rifampin and Bactrim DS along with chlorella, V-D3, Alpha Lipoic Acid, A-FNG, A-V, and a few other herbals (I was on all of these before as well). I am going after suspected Bartonella.

Did anyone have any good experience with this drug, particularly with it helping their headaches/head pressure? It is day three and I also have profound fatigue, different sensations in my head, twitching in random parts of my body. I am hoping this is signaling die off and I am wondering how long/what peoples experiences were with die off??

My main symptoms since becoming ill have been:

eye floaters (very weird looking ones)
blueness around eyes
fatigue
mild insomnia
using wrong words every now and then in sentences / minor word search problems
short term memory difficulty
intense pressure headaches/migrains
sinus pressure
chest pain, particularly in the area of my heart
random quick stabbing pains all over
twitching in random places all over, not last long
body jerks
small bumps underneath the skin of my arms (around 30), 4 on my back, 3 on my thighs (not sure if these are swollen lymph nodes or fatty lipomas
pain in neck area

I still have all of these symptoms after treatment. The only symptom that is gone is my off balance feeling. I have never had any night sweats or chills.


I am really hoping Rifampin will bring change, especially with my headaches and heart pain. if those two things were gone I would be 60% better.... I am hoping at my next visit to add in another antibiotic and possibly A-Bart.

I took Rifampin for over a year. It lowered my liver enzymes which I was having problems with all along. I had a bad herx when I first started it and then no issues taking it. I did not have any drastic improvement in symptoms but I haven't had improvement on any abx or herbs so far so I'm probably not the best example to compare to :).

hi there, I took rifampin the first 2 months of beginning treatment. it elevated my liver enzymes so I had to stop it.

it made me very anxious which I had a problem tolerating too. I am still on azithromycin which has helped me greatly over a 4 month period. I had headaches on the back of my skull and they have gone away. my fatigue is not as bad. my foggy head, memory and all have gotten much better. I was having pain on the soles of my feet and that has gone away. I was told I have babesia too, I am anxious to get that treated. I am not sure if the antibiotic I am on helps that. will have to look it up.