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Posted 8/8/2014 4:43 PM (GMT -5)
Is it true that long term abx can cause weight gain?? I am gaining a lot of weight and am not sure why? I was on 3 weeks of prednisone. Could that be it or the fact that the couch instead of the trail is my friend now??!!
Posted 8/8/2014 5:46 PM (GMT -5)
Prednisone can cause significant weight gain. Also, I thought I had read that people with Lyme disease should avoid steroids. Hopefully someone on here can clarify.

Post Edited (Chester57) : 8/8/2014 4:49:02 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/8/2014 5:48 PM (GMT -5)
Definitely check out the prednisone. My LLMD hates steroids since they suppress your immune system and give the lyme buggies a chance to thrive.
Posted 8/8/2014 10:05 PM (GMT -5)
Unfortunatly, I had to take prednisone due to a sever case of posion ivy sad   I really felt awful while I was on them!!
Posted 8/8/2014 10:16 PM (GMT -5)
I haven't gained any weight at all. I would think generally if anything maybe I lost weight!? I have like no body fat but that is mainly because I cut out all carbohydrates from my diet.
Posted 8/8/2014 11:36 PM (GMT -5)
OK so this thread makes me want to cry.

I suddenly gained about 30 lbs over about 3 mos. a couple yrs ago (I'm short so that was about 25% of my weight) and that's when all my GI problems started. And now, despite eating about 800 calories/day (not by choice) and exercising every day… and despite eliminating carbs and sugar… I have not lost any weight. It's exasperating. And unhealthy. And adds to my depression and battle with my body.

The lyme & Bartonella wrecked my GI and my blood sugar and metabolism are all a mess. I really worry that I'm never going to get my body back.

Agree about the prednisone—hopefully you're not on it anymore. Nasty stuff. I was taking it for extreme sinusitis and bronchitis last year and got SOOOOOOO sick.

-p
Posted 8/9/2014 1:13 AM (GMT -5)
Pirouette, I'm sorry your having these issues as well! I have been a fit person since my early twenties until I got sick with Lyme. I would love to be able to do all the things I used to do, but its not worth feeling Like I'm coming down with the flu after sad   I don't know how to exercise gently!! That's wonderful that you are able to exercise!! Don't worry, we will get our bodies back after this is all over smilewinkgrin
Posted 8/9/2014 1:26 AM (GMT -5)
Yes I agree this weight gain is awful. I'd like to hear from someone who's body went back to normal weight as they healed.
Posted 8/9/2014 5:27 AM (GMT -5)
I don't know if my post is relevant or not.

I lost too much weight when I was really ill,I went down to about 94 lbs.It was completely independant of my calorie intake and very suprising as I was incapable of moving even a few yards.

As my body began to heal,my weight very slowly returned to normal,I'm still very slim but I've always been on the skinny side.

My point is that my body gradually found its optimum weight naturally,I didn't eat more or less,it just figured it out itself and I've been back to this weight for the last 12 months.

So,I guess that when the healing process starts to really kick in,you will find that you will gradually return to your "normal" weight.

Until then there is very little that you can do.
Posted 8/9/2014 6:47 AM (GMT -5)
Sorry to hear about the weight gain. Before my treatment I packed on 40 pounds quickly. To my shock and horror, I was dieting and gaining weight. Since I started treatment a couple of months ago I've lost 23 pounds. Things are moving through my system much faster than before.

Hopefully, once you stop the Prednisone the weight will start to come off.

Best of luck:)
Posted 8/9/2014 6:53 AM (GMT -5)
I did the same...I had gained A LOT of weight over the past few years and we didn't know why. Now that I'm being treated, I've lost 20 lbs in about 6 weeks. LLMD said I had systemic inflammation and on a scale of 1-10 I was an 8 for swelling as also demonstrated in my blood work. I started following the diet described by Dr. Singleton and in the book "Recipes for Repair". My swelling has really gone down! I used to not even be able to use a keyboard because my hands were so swollen! Lyme does funky things to our bodies for sure!
Posted 8/9/2014 8:16 PM (GMT -5)
I gained soo much weight, i still have my smaller size clothes in storage

it is not the food, havent lost one pound, and my thryoid checks out ok

I know it is not the food, as barts, being ill related


It is tough on so many levels


there has to be a way out of this, stay strong everyone, we will get through this and get back to our healthy weight, somehow....

i have so much inflamation too, god, i hope my body bounces back , still has the ability too...
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