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Posted 5/2/2014 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
On Good Friday, a couple weeks back I took Bactrim (prescription from an urgent care doc for another infection) and I had a CRAZY reaction... Stabbing face pains, fever, etc. an I'm quite certain I don't have an allergy to it as I've taken it in the past (some of you might have seen my hysterical posts bc I was pretty scared).

Anyway, since that ordeal I've seen an LLMD, I was clinically diagnosed, and began antibiotics while we wait on igenex results. The doc was really confident that I have lyme. I'm pretty confident too, but its still hard to feel 100% w/o the proof (yet and hopefully I get proof...).

Anyway, I'm on Azithromycin 600mg x2 a day. The first full day on the abx I felt pretty horrible... Like I had the flu, but no fever. The next day felt much better, followed by an even worse day... And it continued with this up and down pattern for almost a week. But now, the last two days I've felt really, I mean really good. So much better than I have since February. Not near 100% but I'd say maybe 70% of my normal self. And that's huge compared to where I've been. Walking across the room the last couple months usually involved a ton of pain, weakness, and a devasting realization that my body is failing me.

Has anyone else been diagnosed and experienced some really good days early on?
I'm confused now bc I just expected to feel really crappy, possibly even worse than I felt before. Especially with my reaction to the Bactrim and what I've read about other's experiences...

Thoughts?
Posted 5/2/2014 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Delmar,

That does sound like a typical herx reaction. I had the same exact thing happen on Bactrim (which I also had been on prior to lyme and not had rxns too). Naturally, I thought it was killing me so I resolved my UTI using cranberry extract. Then about 5 months later I became ill with lyme. I have since taken bactrim at the end of my treatment only for 1 week or so. I had no reaction to it at all.

Make sure you are detoxing a lot. I think it does make sense to have 'waves' of feeling good and then bad. Bacteria cycle so it is not uncommon to have good/bad days. Just pay attention to your body and if you need to slow down or up the detoxing, listen!

I think that is a really good sign that you are having some good days already.

~beth turn
Posted 5/2/2014 9:48 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for the response. I certainly can't complain about feeling good. I'm going to take it and run with it :)
Posted 5/2/2014 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Delmar,

After the initial herx period, which required me to rest a lot, even nap during the day, it went on to months of symptoms that would come and go. No sooner would you think you "got over" a crazy symptom and a new completely unexpected one would arrive. Took me about 6 months to stabilize. Each individual can be very different though.
Posted 5/4/2014 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
I spoke too soon. Today is awful. Weak, vomiting, nausea, low grade fever, and body aches. Somebody shoot me
Posted 5/4/2014 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
My reaction to Azithro was so horrible it forced me into a long term leave of absence. I only took it for 2 days and it took me 2 weeks to recover. I will never take it again! My dr. gave me something else but I never took it because I decided I was coming to Sponaugle. I did silver instead and that made me feel better. Good luck!
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