Acute Lyme, feeling horrible after 3 days of antibiotics

Hi Christian -

Welcome to the forum! I'm so sorry you are here... but if you have to be someplace to understand lyme, this is a very good place to be.

And I'm sorry you are really not feeling well. Others might have more specific feedback about amox treatment but in general, unless your body is responding to the amox with an allergic response or an unlikely immediate reaction of yeast/fungal overgrowth... your body likely wouldn't produce many symptoms in reaction to the amox unless it is impacting the infection and causing herxing. So, that's my bet and I agree with your assessment.

Lemon water is great but that is not a sufficient method of detoxing with this type of bacterial infection or treatment. Particularly since you seem to be making an impact with the amox and you are producing significant herxing, your detoxing needs to be increased to match the rate at which you are killing the microbe. There is a lot of great info here on detoxing but there are several categories you need to cover.

Treatment itself is tough on the body and can also cause significant exhaustion that your body just needs to work through--especially if you're just starting out.

Yes - please ask your MD to look for coinfections and other bacterias as well as high viral loads. Those crazy viruses can lie dormant in our bodies until the time is just right when our immune systems get overwhelmed and then they also reactivate and cause confusion with other symptoms and also need to be treated.

I also wanted to mention that the lyme microbe produces rashes that aren't always exactly like the bulls eye rash so while that specific-looking rash can indicate lyme, the absence of it does not indicate the absence of lyme.

When you get a moment you should review the "New to Lyme?" thread at the top of the page - it has critical information for anyone starting out w/ lyme & co treatment. But you can still post your specific questions since everyone's case is unique.

Glad you're here... hope you find some relief!

-p

Hi Christian!

Sorry for the reason you are here...but glad you found us.

You asked about which antibiotics could be added to address the cyst form of lyme.
There are two choices that I know of Tinidazole and Flagyl. They are often prescribed as a pulsing protocol (not daily) - so maybe 3 days a week you would take them.

Also, when Amoxicillin is prescribed, because it has such a short half-life, another medication is given - Probenecid.
It will help keep the amoxy blood levels higher for a longer period.

You should be treating until you are symptom free PLUS 4-8 weeks after.

You might want to consider adding in an herbal protocol (especially if you can't get antibiotics prescribed for more than a few weeks)

There are several protocols that members on this forum are following - here are names of three:

- Buhner's

- Cowden (Nutramedix)

- Byron White


Websites:



buhnerhealinglyme.com This website is not updated anymore by S. Buhner himself...but still has his older protocols. He has revised his protocols - and has published new editions of his books. The books can be bought online - as well as the herbs.



www.nutramedix.ec/ns/cowden-support-program


www.byronwhiteformulas.com These formulas can only be purchased by licensed/certified practitioners.

Byron White and Cowden - have proprietary products - are ordered from their websites only.

To order Cowden: /www.nutramedix.com/products/cowden-support-program