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Posted 7/24/2017 6:28 PM (GMT -5)
My doctor put me on Doxycycline mono and ceftin. The dose of the Doxy was to be 40mg a day, i felt like I was poisoning myself! I can't even tolerate 200 mg a day. Ringing in my ears, skin feels crawling, headache. Eye problems, and dizzy. Have any of you had this issue?
Thanks!
Posted 7/24/2017 6:49 PM (GMT -5)
Kathy - have you started the Ceftin already?


If not - maybe stop the doxy and do Ceftin first. Start with half-dose...for a week, then go to full dose.

After a few weeks on the Ceftin...than do Doxy - maybe do 200 mg every other day for a week..then 200 mg daily...and once you're tolerating that...increase to 400 mg daily.


Also - are you doing enough for detox?
Posted 7/24/2017 7:50 PM (GMT -5)
Hi Kathy -

Sorry you're herxing like that!

I don't have much to suggest other than exactly what Girlie suggested and to increase detoxing. You're probably going to herx a little and it usually subsides over time. But you also might be doing too much too fast so I'd try reducing dosage for a short time and increase detox, recover a bit and resume.

-p
Posted 7/24/2017 9:45 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks! I think that is what I will do. I probably am not doing enough for detox. I seems like I have the perfect storm going, I have so many issues going at the same time. I think I am trying too much at the same time, so afraid to fail at my attempt to recover. All of this is not for sissies, this is rough, haha. Thanks for help
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