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Posted 2/29/2016 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all, I've posted a few times here already but new here so lots of questions... Just wondering if all abx are as bad as doxy? I took it for two weeks (about two weeks off right now) and I experienced severe depression about five days in, the doctors didn't say it was a herx reaction but their vague explanation sounded like that's what was happening. I'm seeing two NDs, the first prescribed it and when I described the reaction she seemed somewhat alarmed and said to stop taking it (I was about done anyway).

If my results confirm Lyme, which if it does I've likely had for 14 years, I definitely want to treat it aggressively with abx (and herbs) but I'm scared to death of that kind of reaction... I was pretty much nonfunctional, and I'm at home with my 1 and 4 year olds by myself in the mornings and work at night... I don't think I could handle either if I had that reaction again :( my parents try to help out, but I'm not sure I could work and no idea if I'd qualify for short term disability if I can't work.

Just looking for encouragement I guess and others experiences on abx long term?
Posted 2/29/2016 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
That sounds like a herx to me, and if you are herxing that much on Doxy, then it shows that your body is not able to detox well enough to keep ahead of the amount of toxins being created as the bacteria die off.

You should concentrate on the detoxing aspect of healing. Have the testing done for MTHFR to see what gene mutations you may have that are making it hard for your body to detox well. Supplementation with the right nutrients will help you detox much better.

Go over the lists of detoxing routines so you can include just as many as you can possibly do each day. You will need to introduce them slowly and carefully, but you won't regret taking the time to do this. No one ever has said that they regret detoxing better, but we've had quite a few that say that they wish they had concentrated on detoxing better before they were in so deep.

Make sure you are supporting your body systems - anything that's not working too well needs to be supported - your ND's should be on top of that now - if they aren't insist that they do this.

There are many people that have used long term abx to heal from these infections and detoxing and candida are the number 1 thing that they have issues with from what I've seen over the years of being here. But that's not to pick on those that use abx - we all have those issues if we have issues with healing. Supporting the systems of the body will take some of the stress off of it so it can lend more energy to healing instead of just trying to function.
Posted 2/29/2016 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
Stacy - what are the plans...the doxy was stopped...but has the Dr. discussed what the next step is?
Posted 3/1/2016 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
Doxy alone creats 275%more roundbody forms. .http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132871/ have had it for about the same amount of time...some nerves have been affected since i did short course of bactrim .there are few other modalities ..homeopathy ,bvt ,rife ,oxidative medicine, uv ,herbs and hbot..herx is a herx tho..but slow and low is the tempo...turtle wins this race.. get to know your coinfections,hh6,ebv,cmv ,rmsf, babs and bart ,erlichia,cpn ,fl1953 and of course nematodes parasites genes and snps, and allergies. ..do you have mthfr? And detox ...the dead ketes are toxic...so far Andrographis, lomatium and knotweed and venom have been a few of my faves..oh and coffee habit backwards...then there is diet dairy gluten buhbye maybe keto /wahls as long as you dont have fry bug..read on this site and other have vets that have seen and done it all...
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