I would say get a hold of your doc right away as well. It could be that your body has just had enough of those meds and it's time for a switch.

Whatever it is, the doc needs to know about it ASAP. And don't take any more of the meds you believe are causing this.

I am allergic to numerous different pharmaceuticals, or maybe the binders / fillers in the tablets, there's no way to find out for certain. But, the last antibiotic (ceftin for a sinus infection) that I took was in April 2011... I ended up with hives for six weeks, was told to take benadryl, claritan, allegra, blah blah blah. After six weeks of this crap, I woke up at 2am to find my face / throat / tongue severely swollen. Spent 24 hours in the local ER getting IV steroids and two epinephrine doses in my IV line. Then had to do a two week prednisone taper at home. That was back before I knew that prednisone would cause severe anxiety / hallucinations. So, I suffered through that two weeks. But, now if I have to do a prednisone taper, I take it with ativan. I have to dope myself up to get through it.

Any rash, hives, welts, etc is your body's way of saying I've had enough of this crap, I can't metabolize it out.

I would be very, very concerned restarting those abx in just 3 days, no matter how well my body recovered. And here's why - let's say you do recover well in the 3 days - then restart the abx again. If you have a more severe reaction than you just did, then you could easily need to use steroids to recover - and steroid use while you have an infection of any type is a no no!! The steroids have warnings all over them that they are not to be used if an infection is suspected.

There are many other abx that can be used to treat these infections, why risk it?

It's bad today. I will see my dr tomorrow but he really won't know much. The specialist who put me on the protocol in April has retired. I won't take prednisone. I have come to far in the past 7 weeks.

Traveler you are very on top off all of this. I am doing the above but also furiously reading. If benadryl and a topical excema lotion haven't touched it and I am getting worse, would you think it might be a Herx? I am going to go to my Dr but he is my new primary and won't be able to say what's wrong. Also I just read of a condition called ACA.

Thanks for the input!

Thanks, I agree after reading more. I have been taking Zertec in the day & 2-3 Benadryl at night since Friday. I don't even want to admit out loud that I started to feel a less Lyme sick in the past 10 days. That's why I was hoping it was Herx and not an allergic reaction.......

Going to do some dry brushing and then an epsom salt bath!!!

I went to my pcp and he is sure it's an allergic reaction to one of the abx. Today I am still swollen & look like I have a blotchy sunburn. It hurts more than it itches. I can't believe I am still reacting after 6 days of being abx free. I don't know where to go from here. I'm tired of it and I can't just keep shelling out $$ I don't have. I WAS hopeful a few months ago but not so much anymore.......

Me too. My mother had a TIA and was hospitalized but ok now. Hope your situation worked out ok...

I am a little less swollen but broken out still. My pcp told me it could take 6-8 weeeks before it goes away.
I have an appointment with a new LLMD next weekend. Still on the fence as what to do.......

Thank you Traveler! I'll probably go.....I don't want to lose the ground I seemed to have gained.

Was this an ILADS trained LLMD? It seems several people lately on this board have been having issues with their so-called LLMDs.

Yes he is a very well known ILADS Dr. & thus the price tag. I want more from someone I pay that kind of money to. The drugs are common drugs. I paid for the prescription as I can't get it from my primary and the combo. I can figure out a combo myself at this point.

But what choice do I have if I want long term scripts?