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Posted 5/21/2017 12:30 PM (GMT -5)
Hi, I'm new to this forum but I knew I definitely was in need of some support. I've been in treatment for Lyme/Babesiosis since Dec 2016 and am presently taking Azithromycin 500mg daily, Malarone 125 mg daily and was just started on Amoxicillin 500 mg twice daily. I've developed this terrible taste in my mouth and it's preventing me from eating and drinking like I should be. I don't have any thrush in my mouth, I did call my Lyme Dr. and he told me to cut the Amoxicillin back to once daily. That hasn't helped at all. I just didn't know if anyone else had this issue and if so, is there any reason or remedies? I've been sucking on mints, using Biotene mouth spray, etc, but nothing helps. I think I have some nausea too, but odd enough, it's hard to tell with this weird taste, whether I'm nauseated or just queezy from this taste. Food taste the same, but I've lost interest. I'm becoming dehydrated a bit because drinking water seems to make it worse. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Thank you!

FYI: if this is ok to add, I just started a blog about my journey if anyone is interested:
http://nurselisablog.blogspot.com
Posted 5/21/2017 12:38 PM (GMT -5)
Hi NurseLisaOR!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us.

If you haven't yet, please do read through our "New to Lyme?" thread, as it's packed with important and helpful information - even if you aren't really "new" to Lyme.

Are you detoxing? We have found that detoxing helps with a lot of things, maybe it would help with this as well?

Also, are you taking any supplements or herbs? Is it possible that one of your supplements/herbs are doing this?

If you will go into your profile, you can post your blog site in your signature line, and it will appear in every post you make at the bottom, like my sig line at the bottom of my posts with my timeline. You can also list it as your 'home page' I think it's called. Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the submit button to save your preferences.
Posted 5/21/2017 12:41 PM (GMT -5)
Lisa, I love your blog. I have only read the first one, but you certainly have a gift with words and I encourage you to continue. Do you mind if I share with my friends on FB? Just my friends, not public. You say it so well how our lyme symptoms start.

As for the taste in your mouth, I had to quit the antibiotics my first month because of the nausea and throwing up. I had the sour-going-to-hurl taste and I generally went with the hurling. So I moved onto herbs.

I hated that taste and could not get over it. However, there are many here that probably can help you.
Posted 5/21/2017 1:25 PM (GMT -5)
Hi Lisa, welcome!


A couple of things come to mind regarding the bad taste:

- Antibiotics you're taking can sometimes cause a lingering taste in the mouth
- Acid Reflux - which can be caused by the disease itself...or from taking antibiotics.

Mine comes and goes...seems to be related to the antibiotics I take. But, not sure yet if it's because those particular antibiotics are producing that lingering taste...OR if they are producing the GERD.

If it is GERD - there is a natural supplement you can try - D-Limonene.
One of our members used it to treat his GERD that he was diagnosed with.
It wouldn't hurt to try it. I did buy some..but haven't taken it religiously to know if it will help me.
Posted 5/21/2017 2:36 PM (GMT -5)
PeteZa - Thank you so much for reading my blog. I only have one post as I just created it. I am anxious to get it going. Thank you for your compliments and I would love for you to share it with as many people as you see fit. I feel we really need to get education out there so maybe people can get treatment sooner.

My husband & I have been thinking about going the herbal route, but considering I'm so new to my diagnosis, the meds, etc, we found a Lyme Dr who cures with antibiotics. But this taste is horrible. I didn't have it with the lower dose meds but since I increased the doses, I seem to have it chronically. I was just reading the above post from "Traveler" and I immediately went and got my Burbur detox drops that I got in my welcome package from the Midcoast Lyme Conference that we attended recently. I'm also going to do a Epson Salt bath to see if that will help. Thank you for the article you attached, it was very interesting and informative.


Traveler - Thank you for the welcome. I will definitely check out all of the "New to Lyme" thread as I'm sure it has a lot of helpful information that I can use.

I haven't been detoxing since I'm so new to this, but I'm just starting to today. I have some Burbur drops that I put in water and I'm hoping that will help. Thank you for suggesting this. I hadn't even thought this could be connected to the bad taste; maybe it is. Hmmm...

Thank you again.. Lisa
Posted 5/21/2017 2:40 PM (GMT -5)
Lisa, be careful when detoxing not to do too many too fast. You want the toxins out of your body, but at a manageable rate. So go slow in adding in the detox methods.

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods
Posted 5/21/2017 2:46 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie - Thank you for the welcome. I think you're right about the bad taste being attributed to the antibiotics. I'm just so discouraged because my appetite was doing so much better, I was staying hydrated, and my weight was stable. As far as GERD goes, I think I'm pretty well covered with Nexium and Zantac, but that was something I thought of also. I may try to switch over to the D-Limonene and see if that works better. I have to say this is going to be a challenge if the bad taste continues, because I can't afford to lose any more weight and boy is it a miserable taste. I'm doing the one day at a time thing right now. My Dr did tell me to let him know if cutting back on the Amoxicillin didn't help to let him know. It didn't change anything, so I'll be calling him back. Thank you again for your information and for your time..
Posted 5/21/2017 2:49 PM (GMT -5)
Lisa, try bone broth. It really helped my stomach issue with lyme. That and ginger anything was really helpful.
Posted 5/21/2017 2:50 PM (GMT -5)
PeteZa - Thank you! I tend to go a bit overboard when I think I have a solution so that was a good reminder..
Posted 5/21/2017 2:53 PM (GMT -5)
Lisa - The bad taste is affecting your appetite?

For me, I wanted to eat things to get rid of the bad taste...but I didn't have any nausea.


Here's a thread on the D-Limonene - in case you decide to try it:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3678014
Posted 5/21/2017 3:04 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie - The way if affects my appetite is, when I'm not eating, the taste turns me off to food so I may wait too long to get interested in food, but when I'm eating, I feel the same exact way you do: it gets rid of the taste while I'm eating. It's just all the time in between, it makes me feel queezy from the strong taste. I can't really tell if it's true nausea. I hope this makes sense because sometimes it doesn't makes any sense to me!
Thanks for the thread on D-Limonene
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