Help I'm freaking out, I'm afraid I might have gotten floxed.

I hate to talk about this, and I know I talked about a bit in another thread, but I'm really freaking out and don't know what to do. Basically back in march I took about 12 ciproflaxcin 750 three times a week. This past two weeks I have taken levaquin 500 three times a week for only two weeks. I'm having symptoms that are incredibly scary and match floxing. The back of achillies tendons are tight and slightly hurting, as are my ankles. I'm getting pop noise all over my joints.. I was just walking through my house around ten minutes ago, and I felt a pop sound on my left foot, and it kind of hurt.. but it subsided and I'm still walking fine. I'm also getting random floater flashes like a yellow spot/line that comes on quick and goes away with pressure and tingling in my forehead. Of course all of this is creating anxiety, and right I'm so upset I took this stuff.. If I would have known I would have never touched this stuff and treated bartonella differently, now I'm afraid I might be dealing with another problem.. I hate to spam.. but I don't want this creating more issues than I already have had to put up with.. Also before I started treating I use to have tics, and I noticed the last 3 months they have been one of my main symptoms along with this feeling of fullness in my head, and I always seem to have a brain fog that comes and goes constantly... I'm really worried I got poisoned.. I stopped the medication, but from the stories I'm reading it looks like by that point it's too late..

Why did I get prescribed this... nobody warned me about anything...

Now I'm going to wondering for the next 6 months if this is causing me problems or if it's lyme/bart/babs..

anyone have any advice?

People don't take this medicine if you don't have to.

I think we can all relate to well-meaning doctors (or uneducated doctors) prescribing stuff for us that seems to cause more harm than good.

So sorry you are suffering!!

Our bodies have the amazing ability to repair themselves - please try to remember that.

Perhaps you might consider supplements that help with mitochondrial repair or at least mitochondrial health....ALA (Alpha Lipoic Acid)....NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)....acetyl-l-carnitine.

You might want to take a peek at this:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/managing-your-mitochondria-nutrients-and-supplements/#axzz3HuebQv00

We can't undo the past but, we can take one step at a time.

Hope you feel better soon!

To me it sounds like you are herxing from bartonella. The joints are popping due to air being trapped in there. I've had this happen when I treat Bartonella (with Rifampin). With bartonella, I have had the same symptoms as you are going through when I herx from it. The symptoms have gone away in a few days and then weeks later it happens again.

Lets hope it is a herx and not something more serious.

Hang in there brother. I'm taking herbals for Bart right now, since I'm treating the Lyme and Babs with ABX.

Today is the one week mark after starting Houttuynia Leaf Extract and Lakato Bark Extract, and I'm going through a lot of those things you're talking about and figure its Herxing, but probably not to that extreme.

The soles of my feet and my shins have been sore all day, my ankles and knees are popping and sore, and even the Achilles tendon seems tender, and I've had some weird headaches come and go.

My hips are sore, I had some major fatigue come over me this afternoon and couldn't go on til I took a nap,

and when I was about to fall asleep for that nap my leg kicked out violently, and I've had bouts of brain fog throughout the day.

Maybe herbals like A-Bart or what I'm taking won't be as violent with the Herxing, and you can clear Bart that way. Don't worry too much, it'll make it worse. I think you're gonna be alright

(I'm not an old man with osteo arthritis either. I'm 34 and have stayed in incredibly great shape during the years prior to the most recent infection with the bull's eye rash.

I figure the hard workouts were killing off spirochetes to keep the Lyme from taking over, but I'm being careful with the exercise for now.)

Post Edited (RobNOrl) : 11/3/2014 2:44:45 PM (GMT-7)

Sigh.. you too? Doctors need to inform us on this stuff.. I would have never taken it.

So, is Cipro NOT a drug that L/co's should be taking?

Ok, honestly everyone, Cipro was what gave me c. diff., or it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

It's strong stuff.

Margaret

Yes, I feel your pain, Breaking Free. I can't believe how many times I have second guessed a treatment...and changed my mind...etc.
It's bad enough that we have to go through the lengthy treatment, trying to sort out what's a herx...or a drug reaction...or symptoms increasing....but...we also have to worry about the drugs causing damage.

I did read that the tendon rupture is rare.

Hoping that everything will be okay for you.

Update, I feel very anxious, can't hear well out my left ear, depressed, feel doomed... Eye problems... I really feel like this medicine did do something to me bad.. I really hope this is a bad herx but it's been three days now.. I'm still having that popping in my legs, but I can walk fine... Which I find odd.... :(.. I am so stressed, I just wish I never took those antibiotics, and tried something safer. Now I might be dealing with more problems than I can handle, and if that's the case, I feel my outcome won't be good.

Hey Johnred,

Have you taken magnesium and curcumin (good one is meriva-500), and Alpha Lipoic Acid? It will protect against damage from the fluoroquinolones on both your nerves and your tendons. BUT make sure to take the magnesium AWAY from the dose of your quinolone dose as it will make the drug impotent.

Right Chapelle? Do you recommend your patients take magnesium, curcumin and ALA a few hours before dosing?

How often is this permanent? I ask because my tendons still hurt and I have non stop vibrating in my legs, and a crawling feeling, and weird vision issues... These medications have done something to me, and I'm very upset right now, because now I have so many problems it's unbearable.. I'm 22.