Unbareable fatigue. Lyme or from the tinidazole?

Today I am getting absolutely unbareable intense fatigue.  In fact that is my main symptom and I don't really have anything else as of now.  It even feels like it takes too much energy for me to breath!  Walking to the washroom even took too much energy and I feel so unrested. 

It feels like one of those long exhausting days where you worked really really hard all day long and are so tired that you just need to goto sleep.  The only thing is I slept last night!  I don't think I've ever felt this overwhelmingly fatigued in my entire life. 

My guess is that it is from the tinidazole.  Lyme also obviously causes fatigue but I never felt it this severe. But I don't know for sure where it's from.  Does anyone else experience this?  What can be done to treat this?  I have been taking ashwaghanda but it isn't enough. 

are you taking B vitamins?? I was very fatigued, and once I started my treatment and B12, I felt SO much better. I could barely lift my daughter up or go up and down the stairs. it was horrible. Its more likely the lyme causing it.

Did you have your adrenal checked. They are probably working overtime on the infection and are fatigued. I just went to the lab to do the cortisol test since I hit a point where I was very low on energy. I also take liquid B vitamins that my doc gave me.

This is so strange. I had a cup of coffee and I actually felt somewhat normal? Well the past 2 hours were good and I was actually able to do my job still not so well but at least I was able to do it.

Ya I think you are right Chapelle! To be honest that has really been the only thing I haven't been including in my protocol lately. Before catching Lyme i was always good and consistent in taking my vitamins and supplements, but after Lyme I just got overwhelmed with taking so many things! So I just kind of stopped taking the vitamin mix ! It has high amounts of B-vitamins, so I probably need those for conversion of energy needs! I am going to have a scoop of it tonight and see how I feel, but i think I need to start putting it in my greens shake in the morning now too.

Tindazole knocked me for a loop. It's powerful stuff, and it has helped so me so much. I hope the same for you!

Do take the B complex supplements, they really help.

Hope you feel better soon.

Hey SLML. Funny you said your digestion got a lot better on tinidazole lol because mine has too! It didn't occur to me until now. I thought it was because I was taking more greens and having less carbs but maybe it is because of the tinidazole. From what I read it is really good treatment for all kinds of anaerobic bacteria which tend to be the more harmful kind in our intestinal tracts too. Also good on parasites! That is a good point too.

The only thing is that my fatigue has varied on the tinidazole from different days so that's what makes me wonder if it's the tinidazole or not. I definitely know I feel way better on my "off days" but then Lyme symptoms come back in like 2 or 3 days so I start the next pulse.

Maybe it's a combination of the tinidazole, herxing, toxins, and lack of b-vitamins?

I have had Lyme (Babesia and Bartonella) for 3 years. Originally, I thought I had early alzheimers due to severe brain fog and memory loss, along with other neuro symptoms. (I am a physical therapist and had always enjoyed good health up until Lyme). Went to 4 different docs and the last one told me to take antidepressants (I was not depressed) or get a sleep study because depression or sleep apnea was the likely cause of my fatigue/memory loss. What a joke. Finally after 8 months and worsening neuro symptoms (I didn't know what the heck was wrong with me and I was very sick and scared) I then found a LLMD who diagnosed me. Started with Ceftin 500mg and Biaxin tid. All symptoms resolved after 5 months and I stopped all meds. 6 months later my symptoms came back twice as bad (I thought I was done!!) so we restarted Ceftin and Biaxin (for Bartonella). This is when I first learned about relapsing and cyst formation around the spirochete. Symptoms improved slowly over next 6 months, (then plateaued) and we switched to Ceftin and Zithromax. I was also taking Lumbrokinase and Grapefruit Seed Extract daily. Improvement was very slow and 6 months into it we added Tindamax 500mg, 2x/day- once a week. Next 2 months, 2x/day- 2 days a week, then 3x/day- 3 days a week, up until now. When I hit the 3x/day-3x/week dose I immediately developed a swollen abdomen, bad stomach pains/cramping, a return of all of my original symptoms, brain fog, air hunger, nausea, shaking hands, light intolerance (possibly a huge herx effect) and I literally thought I would die if I kept taking the Tindamax. Doc suggested I take it only at night, 6 days in a row. Side effects are not as bothersome now and are tolerated better when I am sleeping. My goal is to increase the Tindamax to 2 pills/6 nights next week. Sorry this is a long post, but my point is that Tindamax is a very powerful but necessary drug (in my opinion)and it's side effects can be horrible. If you are having trouble as well, maybe taking it just at night would be helpful. Almost 3 years into this awful disease and I am determined to get as much of it out of my body as I can!

Lyme Pickle,

That is great news! So glad to see you are feeling better!

@RecoveryBound, hang in there - 3 years is seems like a long time to be sick but we have many members that have been sick for decades that are now well. Hang in there!

I had a lot of fatigue with Tindamax. I think it helped a lot and got me to the next level though, so it was worth it. Feel better!