Lyme symptoms of reaction to doxy?

Hello everyone,
I forget what day it is anymore. I'm 10 days into the doxy(I found an old script was just going to keep taking to buy more time to get into good doctor). I am not sure what is what anymore. Maybe 4-5 days into taking the doxycycline my lips began to swell, but not so much that it's fear of an allergic reaction. My tongue also hurts like hell and swells but it looks pretty much normal if not a little more pink.
Some of my symptoms, like the crazy freezing sensations on my ankles , nose tip and mouth seems mostly better. My eyes still hurt on occasion, but not like they did before doxy. My vision seems to be affected...and it's seems to be getting worse not better. it's like I can't focus on something close up for too long. The optomologist said my retina looked great last week. The floaters appeared a few weeks ago before I started he doxy.
One thing that bothers the hell out of me and is new since taking doxy is the area below my eye and almost entire cheek on right side has horrible involuntary muscle twitching. I am worried about Bell's palsy:/
During the day my fever stays around 99.5....at night it drops to 96.0.
I have these crying spells where I just completely lose my mind for a few minutes.
Is any of this stuff from taking doxy and it will stop when I stop he doxy? The most annoying of it all is swollen lips and painful tongue.
I wondered if it was the toxins being released??! Thinking about oil pulling with the coconuts oil just to see if it helps.
I would not wish this hell on my worst enemy. Maybe it's worse because I had untreated lyme for so long and then got reinfected. I Odontoceti know. I am so sorry that there are so many of you who have been through this.this is no way to live, and if I didn't have my daughter who knows what I would do. I have to be strong for her and that is the only reason I can even get out of bed these days.

Post Edited (Jmarie4) : 5/29/2014 10:35:02 AM (GMT-6)

I am taken garden of life raw for women probiotics (2 hours away from doxy), drinking lemon water like it's going out of style, and praying the rosary :)
The mouth issue seems to be complicated by the fact I have had what I believe is a muecocle for the last 6 weeks. It's a small teeny bump in my mouth(saliva gland) on bottom inner lip. Or maybe the bump is from the mouth swelling, who knows. I have extremely dry mouth. I'm sorry for being such a whiner...I have never been this horrible. Usually I can just suck it all up and go on, but this crap has a death grip on me.
I read the link once before but I will do it again...my memory is not so good right now.
Things are seriously complicated by the fact that I am broke...I haven't been able to work in a long time. So if it's expensive, it's likely I won't be able to do it.

One quick question about Epsom salts baths...I noticed I feel HORRIBlE after hot baths...It seems like I swell up. Heat is not my friend anymore. Is this related to detoxing/herxing?

If you raise your body to 102F you will induce an artificial fever and the body will start killing Lyme making you feel horrible. The bath then has the opposite effect than you want it to.

Same thing with FIR saunas. When I am doing detox I enter the sauna while it is still cold and heat up only until I stat sweating. If I want to kill bugs I heat it up to 120F and then get in for 20 minutes and stay even after I start sweating.

If you are on thyroid meds they will raise your temp too. You may only want to do the absolute minimum you have to.

See if you can get a colonic somewhere, they helped me like nothing else with detox. On days that I don't have a colonic I do green coffee enemas. Any enema will help at this point. I bought a huge box of single use enema bags on Amazon because I don't have the strength to clean them. It really helps and gives me the most relief out of all the detox methods.

I would be kind of worried about the swelling. You may want to take children's Benadryl with no dye and see if it helps.

Good luck and hope you get some relief soon!

Yes the things we learn! My life will never be the same. Although I am still ill and facing welfare my life is much better than it has ever been. Just knowing what is wrong with me and what I can do to make it better and how to stay well for the rest of my life is an awesome feeling!

Jeanne you will. It will take time but you will. One way or another, keep searching and it will all fall into place. Praying for you and your family!