Losing Hope and Zithromax Questions

I treated for a year with some results, and then stopped for a month while in between doctors. I thought maybe the break would be good, but now I'm back on antibiotics and feeling bad. I was nowhere near finished treatment, but I guess something about hitting the year mark made me think I'd be better. I kept thinking by the fall I'd be able to drive my son to the park finally.

But my vertigo is still as bad as ever, and I'm beginning to feel really depressed. I really love my new doctor, and she's got me on a full protocol, but sometimes I wonder if I just have permanent vestibular damage from the Lyme, or if the untreated Lyme for so long provoked some kind of immune response that is irreversible.

I'm really scared, and it doesn't help my anxiety. I still need a driver to do my food shopping, and other than that, I'm basically a shut-in. My son was enrolled in a toddler class for the fall that I wanted to take him to before he was even born, but I had to cancel it because I'm still not driving, and I can't afford help anymore.

My dad was helping pay for my treatment but he just lost his job, so it is all just feeling grim. I'm on
Ceftin and Zithromax now and my vertigo is worse. My left ear ringing, which used to just be somewhat annoying but tolerable, is much worse. It could be a side-effect from the Zithromax, or it could be a herx. Who knows. Maybe I'm just herxing now because I'm only 3 weeks into antibiotics again. I don't know.

I'm supposed to be pulsing Tindamax and Artemisinin, but the last time I pulsed artemisinin I ended up in bed for 2 days about a week after taking it. I'm detoxing. I'll be adding some activated charcoal- maybe that will help. I got a part-time job working from home, which is good. But the loss of my old teaching salary is really kicking in. I won't be able to pay for these supplements on a part-time income. I just feel like all the wind has been taken out from my sails.

Hi Binduspire,
You have a lot on your plate, on top of treatment.
I have to say that Zythromax kicks my derrière pretty hard... It certainly does its job, but the herxing was very intense in my case

I know exactly how you feel: I need to give up my job cause I'm at the end of my possibilities, and at the same time, the company I work at is going bankrupt. It's one big mess. And I'm supposed to start IV abx now, just at this very moment, when I'm about to loose my job...

Isn't there anyone who can pass by your house once a week when he/she goes shopping, who can pick you up so you can do your shopping at the same store he/she is doing his/her groceries?
Or can you order online?

I also get the anxiety of having possible permanent damage. There is nothing we can do but wait and see till we get better...

I hope something good will happen to you...

MarieLS

AML, some people do great on zythromax, everyone reacts differently.
It's a good antibiotic to fight LD (I took it 4 months in total), but in my case it caused serious herxing. Others might not experience heavy herxing, or nothing at all.

AML94 ask your doctor if you can start at regular dose and gradually get to double - that may ease you in without so much herxing and grief.

Thanks everyone.

Yes- Maine76, I'm actually taking liposomal glutathione now. The vertigo has me so isolated, because like you said- if I have to try and do anything in public, it puts me in a panic. Driving is absolutely out of the question. I'm glad to hear that yours improved. It gives me some hope. My aunt will be helping me do the grocery shopping next week.

Yes- tickbite666, I drink tons of lemon water and I do take Alka-Seltzer Gold. Have any of you had good results with activated charcoal? I'm supposed to be taking that, as well.

AML94- how much Zithromax are you supposed to be taking? I take 600 mg a day, once a day, with the Ceftin.

MarieLS- I hope the IV treatment goes well for you! I'm sorry to hear about work. I hope that something good happens soon.

Thanks, jrpsf.

You reminded me that I should try that again! I did the online shopping once, and was really happy with what they delivered. My aunt has volunteered to take me once a week, but sometimes even that is too much with my dizziness. My son loves the grocery store, though, so I try to make an outing once and awhile. Pathetic, right? Lol.

I am looking into Google Shopping Express right now. Thanks so much for the info! I'd love for them to do a Trader Joe's run for me. Awesome.