Massive anxiety flare up

Massive anxiety flare up like I have never experienced. I guess that means I do have bartonella.

I started the rifampin yesterday- only one dose so far. I am supposed to take my second dose now.

I had been feeling SO much better mentally- things in my head are starting to clear and my anxiety was going way down.

I had read that rifampin can cause bartonella massive herxes and I know anxiety is a bartonella symptom.

So just an hour ago, and still now, I got such a crazy massive full body and brain anxiety attack- long term- I thankfully have a few valium so just took one and it is helping but I still feel it for sure.

I was in a store with my kid ordering a sandwhich and I had to leave before I picked it up. It is so scary.

I put a call into my doctors office to ask them what to do. Do I just have to get through this to get rid of the bartonella? Can I have him prescribe me valium so I just take it every day that I am herxing on this?

I feel that I should be in a spa somewhere just being cared for whileI am going through this but instead I have take care of my kid, drop him off and pick him up from school, deal with people, live my life.

I understand that this is a temporary thing that will in the long run hopefully clear me of this thing that is happening. So onthat level I have ot do it. But it got me So scared this is an awful feeling.

Would the alka seltzer gold help with this kind of herxing?

ANy other advice? Can I take valium while I am treatin gthis?

How long does this rifampin herx usually last? I knew I was scared to start this-- this is why. But also I guess the truth is that me having this reaction shows I do have bartonella and so need to do it.

Advice? SHoould I take another rifampin? I am so scared if just one single dose can do this to me, how bad will it get with more?

I also feel like maybe my tongue is swelling a bit but not sure.

I took one rifampin 24 hours ago- and the anxiety only kicked in about 2 hours ago. I was fine until then. then I felt it low level when I went to pick up my kid from school, then I got him and took him to a store to get a sabwhich and bam it massively kicked in I had to leave before I got my sandwhich- drive home , luckily I had a valium. So now I am sedated from the valium thank God but still feel the anxiety in my body but not as bad.

If I cannot tolerate the rifampin what else can I treat bartonella with?

I am definitely having some tongue swelling feelings. My valium has taken over and the anxiety has subsided thank god- now just the tongue swelling. now I just have anxiety about it and anxiety about the tongue swelling but not the active massive anxiety I had before.

 I am annoyed that I am still waiting for my doctor or nurse to get back to me but I undersand they have a lot of patients and appointments. I am not taking another one of those scary things-! At least till after I talk to the doctor but really I need to see if he can put me on a more tolerable treatment for bartonella.

Hi Kate, I wish I could tell you it doesnt happen much but it does. I use the vitamin D, Protandim (milk thistle, green tea and tumeric) and a few other supplements. Sometimes I use otc Alleve which seems to help. Have heard of treating with Bactirm but check with your doc.

The medicine can cause an immune response. Ive had the anxiety attacks for a long time and still do occasionally. Just beware because it is a long road and symptoms youve never had before come out of nowhere. One will disappear and a new one will come to take its place. Its a rollercoaster.

Hi Kate,

Bartonella treatment can certainly trigger anxiety or anger or mental instability. I have experienced it many times, and still do. I can luckely make that cause-consequence link, but it took me some serious practice. The mental impact of Bartonella still surprises me sometimes. I can suddenly get caught by it so bad...

I was just thinking about your tongue... I was at a Lyme round table last month, and my dr was speaking, he was mentionning that problems moving the tongue were for him one of the most frequent symtpoms of Bartonella. Since Bart symptoms can get pretty intense while herxing, that could have been the problem with your tongue.

It was wise though to go to the ER and get yourself checked out for an allergic reaction. Luckely none of that...

I would suggest you speak to your dr about the Ricampicine, cause it is really causing you a lot of anxiety only thinking about taking it. The anxiety after taking it is normal though.

Keep us posted, when are you seeing your doctor?

Thanks- so I am totally regressed in my healing and really freaked out :(

My anxiety is back with a vengeance and it Sucks.

I had been feeling SO much better before I took the rifampin. I had had a lot of anxiety efore I started treating it but 4 weeks in to my treatment I was feeling happy, like I could socialize, calm, and so little anxiety.

I am not worried about the tongue thing but I am worried about the anxiety. Now two days after the rifampin I still feel the anxiety coursing through my body, and I am back to not being able to function mentally or go into a store or do anything again.

I loathe this.

I am not sure what to do. I am continuing to take my other protocol and not taking more rifampin but does the anxiety mean the bartonellla has flared up?

What exactly is happening?

And to treat the bartonella ( is this full body anxiety the bartonella?) do I have ot go through massve flare ups? I cannot function and live and parent in this anxiety---

What should I do?

I want this anxiety to go away,I was feeling SO much calmer before that one rifampin--

I have a phone consult with the nurse at my llmds this afternoon and I see my llmd in two weeks.