New to Lyme

Hi, I'm new to Lyme and I'm new at participating in a forum and reaching out to people. Has anyone else experienced vomiting violently while on their antibiotics?

I was told by my LLMD that I've had it for a long time. He diagnosed me with Lyme and Babesosis. Before I was diagnosed with Lyme and Babesosis I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, cervical dystonia along with the normal arthritis and just a long list of problems, I even had my gallbladder removed.


I have been taking my 3 antibiotics and 4 supplements for 8 days now along with eating NO sugar. During the first couple of days I felt my normal brain fog and nothing seemed to be any worse, then my mood started changing quite a bit, angering a little quicker and just feeling down and even more into myself, felt a little crazy, not finding my words more than usual and not able to communicate very well. The pains in my head, ears, eyes and sinus area have been a little worse but I can handle it, the overall pains are a little worse and I can handle that too. The fatigue gets overwhelming sometimes but I am lucky that I can lay in bed and my family is supportive. Oh and my smell hypersensitivity has been going crazy, I hate that. Well, I could go on and on about my ailments I'm sure just like everyone on this site. Lyme is a horrific disease and so misunderstood by so many people.

Well, on this 8th day I vomited violently awhile after I ate and took my antibiotics. I was told by my doctor to take the meds after breakfast and dinner. Tonight, I started getting a bad pain under my right rib which I used to get before I had my gallbladder out except this pain was even worse, it then spread right across to my left side and then about a half hour later I vomited really bad. I do not have a vomiting problem with my Lyme, I have nausea and pains in my stomach and all around but not vomiting. Those pains have been worse the last few days but nothing like this.

The doctor gave me his cell because he thought I might have a problem with the herxing but I don't want to call him for something that may not even be herxing and something that I'm hoping will just go away. Has anyone of you had this problem? Could this be herxing since I have a lot of digestion problems already?

Sorry in advance if this post doesn't make as much sense as it should.

I'm on Doxycyline, Azithromycin and the generic of Mepron.

I was afraid to eat any crackers, I figured they had sugar in them. Did you have that problem long while you've been on the antibiotics?

Thank you for the welcome.

I switched to Late July Organic crackers and they do not have sugar in them either.

Thank you, I will try that. The antibiotics haven't given me any problem until possibly tonight. I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning when I take them again.

Now that you've switched to herbs can you eat sugar? Or do you have to stay away from sugar forever?

That's a lot of information, I will definitely go through everything.

For detoxing I just drink loads of water, 5 to 6 bottles of the 16.9 Poland Spring water and for probiotics I am taking one that says it has 20 billion live probiotic cultures with 10 probiotic strains and I keep it in the refrigerator. I don't see anything on it that says units. What do units represent?

CFU is an acronym commonly seen on products containing probiotics. It stands for "colony forming unit" and is a measurement of the good bacteria and yeasts inside.

Hey dlev,

I almost always feel nausea after doxy. I have also thrown up a couple of times. Honestly, stacking your food really does help, at least for me. I take one or two bites, then some pills, then the rest of the meal. Sometimes I separate some pills by a few bites as well.

My LLMD says for nausea and doxy, you can try these (ask your LLMD first):
- Zantac 75mg take one tablet twice a day
- deglycyrrizinated licorice 20 min before you take doxy and eat

There is also a form of doxy that I've heard of called "doryx" that doesnt cause as much nausea. But I don't know a whole lot else about it. Maybe ask your LLMD about it?

Many feel a real sense of relief when they finally know the name of the monster that has been messing up their lives! I know I did too. I actually cried with all the relief I felt!

I would encourage you to find alternatives to the basic white sugar, there are a handful of "healthy" alternatives that you could try.

Symptoms cycling like that is actually quite common for Lyme to be honest.

Raw honey is an excellent choice! Did you know that if you will take a tablespoon of local (it must be local), raw honey daily for several months to a year, it will either help or even alleviate local pollen allergies.

I like stevia, it's from a plant leaf.

There's also xylitol, which is all natural and safe for us to use.

Agave nectar is okay occasionally, although regular use can be problematic.

There are a few others I think, but I'm not sure about their details.

So happy I can have something to sweeten things up, I was miserable without anything.

Thanks for all your helpful info and I'm sure I'll need help down the road.

A belated welcome to you, dlev31!

You've been given great information already and I will just add the following link to a recent thread wherein members shared what they are doing for detoxing:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3602759

It's really important to establish an effective daily detoxing protocol to help you manage treatments. It's our only hope of feeling a little better from the toxins generated when the bugs die.

Low and slow is the motto on here for EVERYthing. In the case of your detoxing protocol, add one method per day and wait a few days before adding something else.

Best wishes to you moving forward!!