Bad Herx after 15 months of antibiotics

I've been on antibiotic for 15 months now....with those, I've also been on bunch on vitamins and herbal stuffs my doctor had me take. Last visit, we discussed about taking me off antibiotics in 2 months. I also told her that I'm thinking about phasing out some of the optional vitamins.

So, the vitamins ran out and one of the transfer factors ran out (was waiting on shipment of this one), and within 3 days after the transfer factor ran out, I began a week of herxing hell with joints pain, exhaustion and muscle ache. Note that I was fine even with phasing out the vitamins, the herx only started after the transfer factor ran out. Back on vitamins, exhaustion mostly gone, joints pain still on-and-off but less intense.

Questions I have are:

1.) Is this normal after being on antibiotics for such a long time? I mean shouldn't I not have that much of these bacteria in me to cause these kinds of herx anymore. Does this mean I should be on antibiotics longer?

2.) If this is all about vitamins and transfer factor, does this mean I'll have to be on them for the rest of my life?

3.) If these are unusual, what suggestion do you have?

I'm seeing my LLMD again in about a week and a half, and would like to get some idea on what to discuss with her and more insight on this to be able to have a productive discussion....so any input or comment you can provide, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

I was mostly symptom-free before and while I was phasing out the vitamins -- until I was out of transfer factor.

We assumed that I have been infected for "at least" 2 and a half years before got the right diagnosis. With last week bad herx, and my LLMD wanting to stop antibiotic, I'm getting concerned if stopping will make all the infection / herx back with a vengeance.

The vitamins and herbal are very costly.....that's why I wanted to phase them out first, but keeping probiotic and 'required' herbal / supplements.

I'm not particularly keen on being on antibiotics for a very long period of time, but I want to make sure I get rid of these suckers and live my normal healthy active life again.

You could easily have a co-infection, mold exposure or other condition that is stopping the last of your healing. Have you checked into that possibility thoroughly? Testing doesn't always reveal all of these things.

Your immune system may need to be built up further to complete your healing as well.