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Posted 8/2/2012 2:16 PM (GMT -5)
I have been from doctor to doctor since 2010...initial diagnosis was Lyme but a infectious disease dr disputed that....long story short...went to a awesome Lyme specialist...I do in fact have Lyme...never fully went away...He put me on omnicef,trindamax and biaxin...I have to take those everyday for 2 months plus 2 probiotics...I am very nervous about all that medication at once...i am afraid of side effects. the dr. said I may feel a little worse at the beginning....anyone have experience with this cocktail of drugs....I have alot of anxiety so I am fearful of starting this...thank you in advance
Posted 8/2/2012 3:17 PM (GMT -5)
Getting treatment will help you feel so much better. And it will help resolve a lot of your anxiety. Happy healing!
Posted 8/2/2012 4:10 PM (GMT -5)
Hi Dh,
I would heavily suggest that you start detoxing right away to help combat the large amount of toxins that are being released into your system with those abx. We have a great post all about detoxing when a person has tick-borne infections in our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread at the top of the forum. You should do all the detoxing that you can - the soaks, the dry skin brushing, and drinking at least 2 quarts of pure water each day. If you aren't experiencing muscle spasms/cramps/twitches then add lemon to the water as it helps to bring the body back to an alkaline state - one the bacteria don't do so well in!

That thread also has a lot of really great info and links that will come in handy as you go through treatment.

Please be sure that you are taking your probiotics at least 2 hours away from the abx - preferably 2 hours afterwards - as that way the probiotics will have a chance to repopulate your intestines with the good bacteria that it's carrying.

And of course, keep asking questions!!! smilewinkgrin
Posted 8/2/2012 7:01 PM (GMT -5)
I have not been on omnicef, but I have been on tindamax and biaxin. They were not too bad for me. I actually had dramatically increased energy on Biaxin but I started having an allergic reaction to another med in my biaxin combo and I had to have all the meds pulled after only a week.

With tindamax, if you start to get a lot of numbness in your hands or legs (neuropathy) give your LLMD a call so that he/she can make sure that it's due to Lyme or a herx rather than a potential side effect of the med. Otherwise, that seems like a good combo. Tindamax is supposedly easier to tolerate than the other cyst-buster (Flagyl).

Detoxing will help to minimize the negative effects of the antibiotics.
Posted 8/2/2012 7:33 PM (GMT -5)
Something I forgot to mention - if you haven't already started on all of your abx yet, please start off slowly! Start with one abx and stick with just that one for 3 or 4 days. If you have no problems with it, then add in the next one, staying on those two only for the next 3 - 4 days or so. If you have no issues with those two, then add in the last one.

If you will do it this way, it'll do two things -
1)It will ease your body into the attack on the bacteria, making it easier to keep up with the detoxing that is required when on high dose abx - especially when a person has a tick-borne infection.

2) Should you have some kind of reaction, it'll be a whole lot easier to know which abx did it!
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