Tremor, racing heart, skipped beats again, after taking doxy - could this be herx?

I need your thoughts since you all have so much wisdom. I am again sorry for so many posts!

I took my first dose of doxycycline 100 mg at around 9 pm last night.

I had a little bit of a racing heart a little while after I took it but it calmed down in time. Had a few skipped heart beats but nothing as intense as it had gotten with the Ceftin on my sixth day of taking it.

I did notice that it felt like my fever has gone but I haven't checked. I also noticed immediate reduction in my joint pain. I have noticed no nerve zap feelings at all. And my mental symptoms like confusion and more started to let up. I quickly started noticing that horrible exhaustion and sick feeling lifting away.

After waking up during one of my son's nightly wake ups around 3:30 am I went out to go pee. I suddenly felt wide awake.

My heart started racing and I thought ok just breathe through it, stay calm.

Then I started having an arrhythmia with several skipped beats in a row along with the racing heart.

Then my calf muscles started to feel very tight. And suddenly it's like I am having tremors in my legs and uncontrolled shakiness from my ribs through my legs.

My heart rate has calmed down a little but I am having these tremors now still.

I will call my primary care when they open.

But can this sort of thing happen in a herx reaction? I'm still getting skipped beats on and off. And my heart is still slowing down. I don't think it's an allergic reaction because I'm not itchy and not having trouble breathing.

Any thoughts or guidance will be so appreciated. Thank you so much!

So sorry to hear of these developments!

It sure sounds like a herx to me - especially since your issues occurred on two different abx.

That said, would you consider taking Hawthorne? It's a food-grade herb that's great for cardiac issues. The longer one takes it, the stronger the heart becomes.

www.drweil.com/drw/u/REM00040/Hawthorn-Dr-Weils-Herbal-Remedies.html

www.herbwisdom.com/herb-hawthorn-berry.html

I agree - it has happened with two antibiotics now....likely herxing.

You're correct about doxy...it's often the first antibiotic LL Dr.'s will prescribe because it will usually take care of Ehrlichia, and Anaplasmosis.

Along with hawthorn, you might want to also take CoQ10 (also for the cardiovascular system)

You might need to just take 100 mg a day (not twice daily) for several days...and detox...
if the herxing settles down, then go up to 100 mg twice a day....