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Posted 7/22/2016 5:39 AM (GMT -5)
Hello, I increased my dose of doxy to two tablets. In the morning I was fine and after my evening dose I awoke with my brain burning and feeling extreme rage. The rage has passed for now but it was frightening. I am usually a very calm person who rarely gets angry. This was highly unusual for someone like me. Was this a herx, and should I cut back on the antibiotic to one doxy again? Thanks.
Posted 7/22/2016 6:46 AM (GMT -5)
I'm pretty sure it's a herx.

Before starting my treatment I would get bouts of 'Lyme Rage', when I began my treatment the frequency increased as did mood swings where I would just start crying out of no where, and then be back to normal two minutes later. I think it only lasted for a couple of weeks. At that point I was on 3 doxy a day.

I've been on doxy for a few months now and my mood swings/anxiety have almost completely seized. Prior to lyme I was a very laid back person and I finally feel myself getting back to that slowly but surely
Posted 7/22/2016 12:06 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, the rage can most definitely be from a herx, or a "normal" symptom. I've experienced rage as both.

I would encourage you to break one of those Doxy in half, so that you are only raising a half of a dose and increase your detoxing. See how that goes before dropping back to only one Doxy. If it's not enough, or you can't seem to get enough detoxing going that fast, then drop back to only one Doxy, but keep increasing the amount of detoxing you are doing so you can raise your dose soon.
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