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Posted 2/13/2014 10:45 AM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone,

I started 400mg of Doxy on Sunday and since then I've noticed that the worst symptom of my lyme, a swollen and painful left knee, has become much worse. I've tried RICE but none of it seems to help, and compression tends to make the pain worse no matter how lightly I have the brace/wrap. I've also developed a very sharp but infrequent headache. I was previously on 200mg of Doxy for 30 days starting in November, which helped tremendously, but noticed no such reaction.

Does this sound like a herx? I'm tempted to make an appointment with my joint specialist, but he's fairly knowledgeable about lyme (he suspected I had it with just one look at my knee!) and I'd hate for him to simply tell me to go home and detox tongue

Thanks in advance!
Posted 2/13/2014 1:01 PM (GMT 0)
Mikester86, I'm sorry to hear about your painful knee! I will say that my experience has been that there is nothing that make sense with this illness when you have it!! I can take an antibiotic and feel pretty good while on it and then months later take it again and feel horrible!! I have found that stopping the antibiotic for a couple of days and see if it goes away to be helpful. If it does, its probably a herx. After a couple of days I start back again but on a much lower dose and work my way up to the original dose again :-)  
Posted 2/13/2014 1:32 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for your response lymerunner! I will try taking a break from the Doxy if the pain and swelling continues to increase.
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