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Posted 10/10/2014 11:02 PM (GMT -5)
My daughter has ran out of doxy after being on it for 2 months. Her LLMD appointment is in mid November. I have taken her to every hospital in a 50 mile radius, plus her doctor, and I never receive help so I have been trying to keep her as comfortable as possible until her LLMD appointment. Her main problems now are constant stomach ache and mood swings. She is always dizzy with noise in her head, pain, weird smells and taste and throat pain. Just wondering if I need to try another doctor before then?
Posted 10/11/2014 10:59 AM (GMT -5)
Bone broth is helpful for the digestive system, so it might be worth a try. The chicken broth in the stores aren't the same as what you make yourself, so you will need to make it for the best results. Like happyjo mentioned, have her on a good probiotic. Is she doing any detoxing?
Posted 10/11/2014 11:28 AM (GMT -5)
Hi Lymecrazed,
Can you find out if it's your daughter's actual stomach that hurts, or is it her intestinal tract? When did the pain start? Is it possible that it's tied to her having taken the Doxy?

Can she take a Benedryl? It sometimes helps with the tinnitus - the noises in her ears- and may help some with the dizziness.

You need to get her to start detoxing, or step up what she is doing for detoxing.
Posted 10/11/2014 11:43 AM (GMT -5)
If you received the initial prescription for Doxycycline from the LLMD you are planning to visit in November, just call and ask them to call a refill into the pharmacy. If the prescription was not from the LLMD you are planning to visit there are online pharmacies that will write out a prescription for you and fill that prescription of Doxycycline and mail them to you - although that may take a couple of weeks although I think you can rush ship.
Posted 10/11/2014 11:49 AM (GMT -5)
If you received the initial prescription for Doxycycline from the LLMD you are planning to visit in November, just call and ask them to call a refill into the pharmacy. If the prescription was not from the LLMD you are planning to visit there are online pharmacies that will write out a prescription for you and fill that prescription of Doxycycline and mail them to you - although that may take a couple of weeks although I think you can rush ship.

Lastly, I am assuming you have done this, but if not, you can call the office of whoever gave the initial prescription and ask for a refill because your daughter is still having symptoms and needs medication to hold her over until she sees a specialist (LLMD) and see if they will be willing to give her a refill that tides her over to that appointment.
Posted 10/11/2014 12:40 PM (GMT -5)
I love this forum and you all are so much help! She hasn't been to the LLMD yet. She accidentally because of the pharmacy got a refill on her doxy but now the state guidelines or whatever won't allow another refill. I thought it may have been from the doxy, but she's been off of it over 2 weeks and her stomach pain is still constant pain. If I give her something to eat it helps somehow but food seems to trigger her mood swings. Maybe because her jaw being out of line the chewing triggers something in her head. I'm definitely going to try the Benadryl, better detoxing, and maybe the broth. She's been taking probiotics. But these things seem hopeful in helping her feel a little better. Btw, she has not had an MRI or test on her stomach although her bloodwork on her kidneys were abnormal. It seems she has so many symptoms when I take her to the doctor, they look at the most serious and overlook the rest.
Posted 10/11/2014 1:39 PM (GMT -5)
Be sure to tell the LLMD - whatever one you end up seeing - about her stomach pain, even if she is no longer having it. He/she will need to know that the dose she was on created long lasting stomach pain.

If food helps, her stomach lining is likely very irritated - pepto will likely help with that.

I was reading your signature line, and saw that she has some bad cramping - am I understanding right that it's in her legs? If so, start her on some magnesium. There is a debate over what type is the best, but my doc has me taking Magnesium arginate. I still have to use Magnesium oxide to help keep my bowels moving though - sorry if that's TMI! LOL!

If you can get her to do enough things to detox, many of her symptoms should become more manageable. Many of us must use many different ways of detoxing daily to keep up with the toxins or to get ahead of them.
Posted 10/11/2014 3:19 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks happyjo! I'll definitely try those things. Traveler, she had cramping so bad the look on her face was of horror. She couldn't hardly walk. But like everything else the lumps in her leg went away. She has symptoms that bounce back and forth from week to week. Just never know what tomorrow will bring. Oh and I've been keeping her on magnesium for her jaw muscle so that might have settled the leg cramps. ;)
Posted 10/13/2014 1:56 PM (GMT -5)
I can't say that I know that look, but I know my hubby has seen that look on my face! The look on his face tells me that he can see it when I would go through that as well.

To me it's a good thing that these symptoms keep changing around. I just wouldn't make it long if I knew that every day would be the same as the last - some days it's all I could do to get through each hour, thinking about making it all day long with whatever symptoms were the worst was just too overwhelming and I wanted to give up.

Just keep trying different things to help her, each of us needs something different, but if we keep searching and trying different things, we can usually find the combo that works.
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