Babesia Herx: Fever, Malaise, Headache, Weakness?

Out of nowhere today I feel like I'm getting a bug. I feel feverish and very nausea. I actually made my self puke to feel better. But I really had to make myself it wasn't like a bug. I can't tell. IT feels like what I've felt in the past when I've had weird Lyme symptoms. I've been quite dizzy regardless. But now I have this. I haven't been drinking. Had a margarita tonight. Felt crappy afterwards and got hot. Didn't take my temperature I dont like to worry myself but someone said i felt hot. My eyes are heavy and im tired. Took a Motrin hopefully will help. Also taking Burbur. Haven't done a detox bath in a while. I'm scared to take my meds tonight I don't want to make anything worse. If i feel better in the morning I'll continue.

Sound like a bug to someone or a relapse of symptoms? My "herxes" have been really tough to deal with so I've been taking my meds for days and then when I feel sick stopping. I need to call my doctor and figure something out. I had Lyme Menningitis twice last year. At least thats what I am reading now. Before I was diagnosed an ER doc told me I had a case of Aseptic Mennigitis and to take motrin and wait it out. It was one of the most miserable times in my life. But I lived. I am just afraid of getting that again and not sure I could handle it again. Maybe the Mepron and Azyth are not right for me. Who knows. Im just worried.

Thank you for the reply. That only lasted a day or two. Now I am having increased muscle weakness and fatigue like I have so many times in the past when I thought I had Chronic Fatigue. I'm thinking this is my 4-5 week mark and that the disease is in its replication phase.

It's just a bummer that I don't feel any better after feeling bad already on these drugs before this part hit. I can't tell if I'm herxing or what. But I'm definitely dizzy and having weird head tension/headaches. Oddly enough right before I got that fever I was having bad sinus problems for a few days and now they're totally gone. Last time my bedridden fatigue lasted almost 2 weeks. It started around May 7th or 8th. So I guess I'm right on time for it. I just wish there was something I could take for the fatigue.

I've been taking vitamins, B12 injections, Burbur, I'm sober for the first time in years, trying to eat healthy but being sober makes me crave sugar. I'm going to try acupuncture this week. This mepron gives me weird vision issues. I feel like I'm going to pass out or something. Like I have low blood sugar all the time. I don't have the traditional night sweats that is seen in Babesia. I also don't have the joint pain seen in Lyme. But I am noticing that the last time this happened I had lower back pain as I was getting weaker and I am noticing it now as well. Maybe this is the start of the joint pain in my Lyme disease. I think my Dr is trying to treat the Babesia first but I wish I could throw something else in the mix to help fight the Lyme too So I can maybe feel better.

My psych told me to bump my Zoloft from 50 to 100mg that it would help with the bad anxiety and depression I've been experiencing on these meds. Thanks for the words. I'm trying so hard to not move back home and give up my dreams but everyday it seems more and more like I should. At least if I die fighting this I will be with people I love.

One somewhat encouraging thing is that my normal Dr looked over my recent bloodwork and I had just told him about my diagnosis. He said that my immune function and adrenal function looked good. He said in many people that have had the disease chronically that these numbers had already dropped. I sure don't feel like that physically. I feel as low as I ever have. But I guess that is a plus. We're estimating I've had the disease for 2 to 3 years.

Post Edited (hamburg58) : 6/18/2012 12:59:17 AM (GMT-6)

To hamburg58 --- never, never, never drink alcohol if you suspect you have an active tick-borne disease. Essentially what it does is the same thing antibiotics do --- causes the organism to lyse, and it gives you a bad herx. So, no surprise you don't feel well. If you have alcohol in your cabinets -- give it to friends, or pour it down the sink, because you will never again be able to feel well drinking it. Just the way it is.

oh, yes - I see. thanks for pointing that out. But it amazes me how anyone could think they ould drink ETOH with these diseases!

Regarding drinking ETOH with tick-borne diseases --- there seem to be two classes of folks: (1) those who drink sporadically & experience a herx each time they drink; or (2) the chronic alcoholics who drink so much that the ETOH may itself act like an antimicrobial, and keep the bugs under relative control. After all ETOH crosses the blood brain barrier, and goes virtually everywhere in the body. This is not to encourage drinking . . .