On Day 8 of treating Babesia - having a rough time - questions, suggestions please?

In short I knew this was going to happen, so I prepared for it with time off from work, psychologist appointments, etc. But it is still a nightmare. I'm a 27 year male who has been getting treated for chronic lyme for almost 8 months now by an LLMD.

I had tried to take this treatment for babesia in the past (Clarithromycyn, Plaquenil, Artemesia+) and it knocked me down hard. So with my winter job ended, now is the time I'm following through with it pretty much no matter what.

The last two days especially I feel like my blood is on fire and although exhausted I feel super super anxious with periods of acute depression (everything makes me sentimental and sad, and I cannot stop my mind from going into hyperdrive)(All I can do is sit up and rock back and forth for hours at a time) Other side effects have been Nausea, Night Sweats, Dizziness, Skin Tingling, and some muscle soreness in the chest and neck. I can get through those but this toxic anxiety, boiling blood feeling is the worst.

Wondering if anyone else has felt this way while treating babesia and how long it lasted for. Looking for a light at the end of this god awful tunnel.

Much Thanks

Post Edited By Moderator (Traveler) : 5/1/2017 11:08:13 AM (GMT-6)

Hi Goldengoose,
I'm so very sorry that you are going through this, but happy that you now have the time to get through this.

What are you doing for detoxing has to be the first question. Detoxing is what helps most of us make it through all of the treatments.

Did you start of full doses? If so, that may be the issue. You can lower your doses back down to a very low amount and stay there for a while to get the herxing under control.

I'm sure those that have used these meds will be along soon to help you with more ideas and thoughts!
Hang in there!!!

Thanks , Anyone with experience treating babesia?

Thanks!

Yes a lot of start stop with treating babesia. My LLMD said some people take years to treat because of it. babesia is the worst of the worst and doesn't tend to show its strength till it's being attacked. I've been attempting to treat it for 8 months now and so far 2 steps forward 2 steps back. It's very resistant for some. I didn't test positive. However when I started treatment for it, all these symptoms cropped up while Lyme treatment mainly gave me zero herx. I firstly thought it was side effects of the meds but since then I have treated it with different meds and even babs targeted herbs . Each time I still got the same exact herx so that to me confirmed the babs. Treatment with herbs though gave me a milder response. Much more tolerable.
You have to be careful with babesia treatment it has a tendency to excite the immune system so you really need to stay on top of the detox and get that stuff out of your system quick and often. There's nothing quite like babesia and an angry immune system. My nervous system has been a mess. The only advice I can give is keep at it. When abx get too much switch to herbs for a few days.
I pulse abx but even that is tough.
I depend on supportive meds be it painkillers or anti anxiety meds to get me through this treatment. Do what you need to do to keep you on the right path. Cbd oil is good for calming the immune system.

goldengoose, I have been treating babesia for almost 4 months. I started out very slow and to be honest the herxes are awful for me even with detox. I am taking malarone, azithromycin, artemisia annua and cat's claw. Still not up to the dose of malarone my LLMD wants me to take.

I have extreme anxiety, head pressure, headache, air hunger, tight chest, horrible abdominal muscle pain and thigh pain, chills, fever, sweats and I can barely move my neck. The last week I developed stomach pain, reflux and nausea. I have symptoms now that I never had before treating.

What's odd is I really never get a break. I am either in a cycling flare or herxing. I get one day a week where I feel like I can do things like going to the grocery.

I hope you turn a corner quickly. All of us respond differently. I just wanted you to know that you are not alone in fighting this horrible disease. Best of luck to you!

Thanks so much for the imput. Yesterday I was able to stay awake throughout the day and even get outside for a nice long walk. Last night I had night sweats like crazy (like had to move to the other side of the bed because my sheets and blankets were soaked....but am still feeling somewhat better. I'm hoping the night sweats mean that my body is getting rid of these toxins as I am detoxing using several different methods.

I think its straight criminal that they dont test for this and other coinfections. Like ***. If it exists in approx 1/3 of ticks with lyme????