antiobotics and vitamins

I am totally new to all this. Not been confirmed with test b/c of no funds but my Neurologist is 90% sure I do have it. I keep my migraines and have a sphenoid sinus blockage that will not get better. I had the pneumonia bug in my immune system 3 yrs ago and was treated with. Zithromycin. My dr this week is pretty sure it has come back and has put me on the same antibiotic. Before it did not make me sick but this time it has made me nausea, speeach slurred, passing out feeling, more drained then usual, mind is getting stuck more than usuial, diaherra, stomach hurting. The question is do yall think this is part of the herxing. And what other, when it comes to Lyme, does it treat?

Well, mine is complicated b/c of it showing up as an ENT problem. In 2004 I got bit and it did get infected. Next following year I had major sinus problems my dr would not treat. It drained into my chest and gave me pneumonia. Stayed sick like fatigue, migraines, could not breath at all through my nose. Ent said sinus blockage cannot cause migraines well that is a lie. It can cause death if it gets to ur brain. I do know that. They sent me to a neurologist for migraines. But recently found out through a friend that I have a real good possibility of Lyme. My Neor is a very good and unique like u will never meet. He believes and has an open mind on it all. He treats know 50 patients with Lyme that is showing MS. He is very intrigued over mine b/c it has mainly effected my respiratory and head. I showed 67 symptoms which is actually just a little compared I have read it can be over 500. He agrees 90% that I do have it. It probably depends where ur sinus blockage is. And how long have u had it? I have had mine for 8 yrs. The first 3 I didn't get bad migraines. But they keep getting worse. I have a sphenoid sinus blockage that sits right up under my brain. So when it gets inflamed it pushes the nerves to my brain that triggers migraines. I would check to see how many symptoms is on the Lyme list. And if there is more than any usual person should have. I would get the test. But ENT will not acknowledge any of this that exists. Hope it helps in some way.

Hi, BuggedOut41,

Welcome to the forum!

I'm sorry to hear about your situation, but it is wonderful that your doctor is considering Lyme - it's so rare for a non LLMD to treat or even notice it!

Is your neurologist treating you for Lyme, or for something else?

What you're feeling sounds like it could be a herx. Detoxing will help with that. Take a look at the "New To Lyme?.......Start here!" thread - it has tons of tips on detoxing and information about Lyme.

And I second what Apple-a-day said - probiotics, probiotics, probiotics! I normally have the most sensitive stomach, but with good probiotics I hardly notice the thousands of milligrams of antibiotics I take daily!

I don't know if you are aware of prof. Sam Donta's research.
Sam Donta says that borrelia resistance to antibiotics is due to borrelia going intracelular - going inside the human cells where most of the antibiotics as well as immune system cannot reach them.

He says that microlide antibiotics (azithromycin belongs to this group of Abx) can attack borrelia intracelular, but only under alkaline conditions. So along with microlide Abx he prescribes hydroxychloroquine (= Plaquenil) medication that is supposed to have alkalinizing effect on human body. As an alternative I suppose you can try a strict alkalinizing diet (no red meat, sweets, fried foods, no alkohol or coffee or vitamins C and B). You can research the diet on the web, but some of the foods that are helpful are lemons (surprise surprise!), almonds, carrots...