Not doing well.

Just started back on doxy today. Was taking augmentin and not doing well on it . Been in an awful lot of pain for past three days . Could barely get out of bed. Hoping being back on doxy will help the pain. I'm running out of all my supplements and don't know when I'll be able to get more. I think I went just about completely backwards .I feel as bad as I did before I started antibiotics almost four months ago. Don't Know what to do. Not making any progress at all and really scared.

I hope the doxy helps you. We just have to keep trying to find the right thing. I am in the same boat as you. Hang in there.

Xoxoxo

As others have asked, are you sure you aren't herxing? Herxing is an increase in symptoms due to die off of the bacteria. What all are you able to do for detoxing?

Dr. Joseph Burrascano, in his paper "Advanced Topics in Lyme Disease", states that "an extended release formulation of Augmentin (Augmentin XR) may also be considered..."
Do you know if you had the Augmentin XR?

Also, was there a good response for what you and I talked about privately? You can give a one word answer or email me.

Not sure about which augmentin it was,but it gave me terrible stomach aches, abdominal pain and loose stool and nothing seemed to make it better. I could barely eat.

I do foot baths usually 2x a day , lemon water, detox tea, activated charcoal 2 pills 1 x a day. (would do more but need to keep it away from all my other meds and there isn't enough time )

Traveler , emailed friend, than got sick and couldn't get back to her .Still don't know if I can do this because husband won't buy supplements. I really want to start herbs ,not doing well on antibiotics but he doesn't want to pay for all the supplements because it is more expensive than my prescriptions (0nly 10 dollars each)

Cutting this short not feeling well.

Hi, finally out of bed. Stomach is a little better. Doctor put me on Metronidazole 500 mg 3x a day. and I'm still on doxy 100mg 2x a day. feeling a little better, but think I'm having a yeast problem even with nystatin tablets 2 pills twice a day, can't get powder to much money. found it for 60 dollars a prescription and way too much for me. The tablets were hard to get here, only one place even carried them. Finally got milk thistle and Cats claw I ordered over a week ago in the mail yesterday and am taking them again. I'm hoping to order some supplements tomorrow. I have a little money left after bills were paid. Thinking of adding Japanese Knotweed and maybe one other supplement .What do you think would be the best supplements to add. Not really sure where to go with this. This all really overwhelms me .Half the time I think I'm going to die and the other half I wish I would. Really not handling this well at all. I really think bart is causing my worst symptoms(burning pain in feet ,pain in shins, Anxiety ,depression, pain in spine, digestive problems). I also think I have a hard time detoxing, and doing enough detoxing, .I have a hard time spacing all the meds apart. Can't take antibiotics, Nyatatin, probiotics and activated Charcoal near each other. It's all so complicated and more than I can handle.alot of times I can't get out of bed half or most of the day.

I would encourage you to take that little bit of extra and put it towards more things that will help you detox right now. You are killing off the bacteria, but not doing too much to detox yet.

Keep on trying - use your phone and set the alarms to help you remember when to take what, write out lists of what to take when and then do everything you can to stick to the schedule. I have a tight schedule too, so I understand. Some days it's sooo hard to fit it all in if you get off by just a little bit!!!

You can take 2 binders at a time, so maybe something like zeolite? Ask others to see what they would recommend too.

You may have been asked this and already answered, but are you eating as you take your abx?

And have you emailed our friend back yet? See if she will still be able to work with you?

Okay, thanks for letting me know - be sure to try again on Monday!!

I would say get a hold of your doc that is treating you for these infections and strongly express your concerns about having developed C-diff. If you have developed that, it will make things sooo much worse if you just try to push through!

These treatments would be hard on a healthy body, and our bodies are pretty beat up - so it's no wonder we have such issues. Most often, it feels like it's one step forward and two or three steps backwards - but we still do make progress if we can keep at it. You have to find what's going on with your body, and find ways to combat or overcome it in order to heal the infections that are allowing all of this chaos in your body.