just wondering....

Yes, it could be. No other signs of sickness (flu)?

Are you upping your detox? Take a look at what you can add:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

You might want to consider stopping the Ceftin for a day or two...and see if the nausea stops.

lynbrez with the myriad of symptoms you are experiencing sure as heck sounds like die off. that's what typically happens when we stir up the bugs with things that kill them. i've had the weirdest things happen to me since directly targeting bartonella a few months ago so personally i wouldn't worry just see it through and track your symptoms and how you are feeling on a daily basis.

Nausea can also be a sign of the development of a yeast/fungal imbalance. Be sure to cover that base, as well! Sometimes, probiotics are not enough and you need to actively take care of y/f overgrowth.

-p

Is it the Nystatin pills or liquid? If so, it might not be taking care of the problem. Unfortunately they are filled with fillers and not much of the actual Nystatin. In fact, the liquids often have sugar in them. You can try PURE Nystatin powder (500,000 units) - you can fill the Rx at a compounding pharmacy.

If you think you might have a systemic issue you can try a systemic Rx but it's hard on the liver so you'd want to be sure. If you need to take a systemic, have your liver enzymes checked at least once/month. If they're high, milk thistle seed and burdock root help bring them down for most people.

HOWEVER... sorry - this is going to be confusing but if the Nystatin you're taking IS being effective, the nausea can also be a sign of y/f die off. Sometimes I can have significant die off with my binder (I take pure cholestyramine), I feel the same nausea I feel when I take the pure Nystatin powder, which is immediate die off.

-p

I was taking Ceftin and Biaxin and was nauseous. It also made me throw up a couple of times.

I switched to herbs because of my poor lil tummy.

I haven't thrown up..it just started a few days ago and I'm hoping it passes like all of my other symptoms.
PeteZa how long were you on the antibiotics before you had to stop? I was on Azith and Bactrim for 3 months and did fine. I did good the first month of Ceftin. The hardest part of all of this is not knowing if what your feeling is die off or something else. I've been in treatment since November with a month break...and I've been having better days but still not well.

Activated charcoal has done wonders for my nausea in the past!!
Also, exactly...the hardest part is not knowing and the uncertainty of everything lyme! ughhhh.

-Courtney

lynbrez said...
It's horrible Courtney! I already had health anxiety before getting sick. What was causing your nausea? I just hope it isn't causing yeast/fungas...it'll just hold up my healing😕 Thanks for the tip!

Yes, it drives my nuts trying to always figure out what is what so I can then go about treating or trying to help whatever that 'what' IS!!

For me, primarily when the nausea was real bad, it occured while being on a heavy antibiotic..therefore mine has mostly been from herxing and the die-off making my body super toxic hence causing nausea. The activated charcoal helps SO MUCH for this.

Also, to be honest though I have to mention... there have been sometimes where my nausea was from me letting myself get maxed out on stress though. Like close to a nervous break-down stressed. I normally could handle normal life stressors prior to lyme, but with being ill and all (and the infections throwing our body out of whack) I sometimes get super stressed and literally my nerves get the best of me. I just cant handle stress like I used to..this actually causes nausea for me. So in a nutshell, when this happens...I have to be "extra kind" to myself, re-group, relax, and avoid any more stressors until my body and mind chill out. Sometimes, a valium helps too if im in that mode so I can make my mind stop going! Detoxifying my body in general helps too as that is always a good thing no matter what we are dealing with.

Try the activate charcoal though. Our CVS has the Nature made brand and its really cheap-like 6-7 bucks. Its best to take it at night though. Read the bottle but it has to be taken away from food, supplements or any meds because it works by "binding" to everything. You basically want it to go in your body and bind toxins (not anything else). I even noticed a couple times that if I took it too close to eating, it wouldnt work as well. After you take it, like the next day, it will 'come out' in your bowel movement and that will be black from the charcoal. No doubt, as soon as I have that BM, I get an 'Ahhh' feeling from those toxins being OUT and my nausea ends up dissappearing! Sorry if that was a bit T.M.I.


I hope you feel better soon hun
-Courtney