Is this herxing

i am still not great at determining a herx but I think I’m getting there. So today I took my antibiotics & I took minocycline first then tindazolw about a hour after that & I think I’m herxing. about a hour after I took the tindazolw I had the worst anxiety!! Like sitting in the living room with my mother in law caused so much anxiety and I’ve known her for 5 years.

Also I feel so much more foggy!! And I believe the anxiety causes the foggy problem to be even worse! Is this a herx?

I believe it’s the tindazole causing it.

I have an incredibly fast herx response after I take medicines. To me it does sound like a herx, I also get horrible anxiety, head pressure, and fogginess when I'm herxing. I second Goshawk's response, try to detox as much as possible! try different methods and see what works for you.

If the herxing continues at an unbearable level indefinitely you might want to consider slowing down the pace of killing pathogens.

LLLLX said...
YA see even today I woke up kinda early & kinda tired, I took my rifampin & about a hour afterwards I started feeling tired & having such bad anxiety.

Would these herx’s be the same because I know bartonella causes phyc problems but I thought when taking the minocycline & tinidazole Id experience a different kinda herx. It’s litrally about the same exact feeling.

Somebody help me with this please it’s driving me nuts trying to figure this out.

I say Herx. Stick it out. Back down a bit if you need to but dont stop..

Antihistamines help a lot

Try Meclizine or Benadryl (Drowsy version)

If real bad get your LLMD to write a script for Hydoxyzine (Min 25 GM 3 days daily). I'm getting ready to treat parasites and Im ready with the 50 MG tabs if needed.


Also I agree with Klinghardt that parasites., Lyme and co infections can influence your behavior in that you feel your better off not treating. Especially parasites and Bab.

It's a real head game.

It's never easy to know, but I would also say it sounds like a herx. Things start happening with me soon after taking meds/herbs.

sebreg said...
It's always hard to say which pathogen is causing the herx-effect. Given the amplification in anxiety my pure speculation would lean towards bartonella, but can't say for sure. At least it seems that the meds you're on are effective, so that's a good sign!

Ditto

Unfortunately I'm not well-versed enough in the bio-chem and pharmacokinetic dynamics of the meds to say. Maybe other forum members will be able to give you their input or shed light via their own experiences. It's not outside the realm of possibility that those two meds (classically used for lyme) also have a mode of action against bartonella. It could be worth asking your doctor to see what they think. From a brief search it seems like some patients with bartonella herx to those meds, but I don't know. You are also on rifampin correct? it could also be the rifampin drawing out that herx as well, or the combo of those meds?

I used to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what pathogen was causing my herxes. In the end I just figured, welp, at least the meds are working on whatever pathogens that are causing my health issues (as I eventually found out, I have all 3, babesia, bartonella, borrelia).

I can think of one good person to try to ask. Dr Phillips is a bartonella expert (imo) and he has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lymebook/ He's hard to get ahold of but it could be worth trying to contact him to get his view on those meds possibly hitting bart and causing a herx.