Hi Guys,
would like to hear your opinion on the follwoing issue.
I am on azi 4 times a week, and since I have stepped down from 600 to 300/dose, the bubbling and tingling in belly, knees, legs and eyelids has been significantly reduced. My biggest problem, the flu-like feelings and fatigue are still returning every 3-5 days. I reduced the Azi dose because my LLMD suspected that the BB may already be dead, but toxins and leftover are causing problems (he blames repeated resorbation through liver and kidneys). Thus, he suggested I may stop ABX and try natural stuff in order to block the resorbation. I convinced him to continue with ABX because I am afraid to stop, however I am parallely taking the naturals (guafenisin and artichoke).

Question: Is above mentioned bubbling and tingling an indicator that there are still bacteria and I should rather take higher doses?
Thanks a lot for your answers

Unfortuntately nobody can really give you a definite answer - my advice would be to follow your intuition about whether to stay on abx or not. Some people stay on abx for a few months after their symptoms subside, but that's up to you (well, and your doctor) whether you think it's worth staying on them. It is always possible to do both - abx and trying to prevent reabsorption - at the same time. Personally I've always attributed the tingling sensations with toxins - that's just what's always made sense to me based on my own experiences, though who knows if I'm right or not!

What is your doctor suggesting to help with the toxins?

Hi there borderlyme and raz,
thanks for your answers. He has done testing on many coinfections but they were all negative, with the exception of some viruses that many people seem to have elevated values with (EBV, others).
I had tested positive for Chlamydia Pneumoniae before, so that could be a possible co-infection. But I rather blame the treatment, since the flu-feelings showed the typical 4 weeks cycle before I started ABX. I would give it a try and stop the abx, but I am afraid of resistences and bad herx in the first weeks on ABX when I start again.

Regards,
Kern

thanks