Need Doxy Advice

My doctor switched my azithromycin to doxycycline to go along with malarone, artemisia and cat's claw and told me to add in cryptolepis. I've been on malarone for 5 months. She wanted me to work my way up to 400mg of doxy a day and then in two weeks add tinidazole.

It's been two weeks and I am only up to 200mg of doxy a day and so sick. I've taken 400mg of doxy in the past with no problem and really no herx but I didn't know I had babesia. This doxy has exploded my neurological lyme symptoms and increased my babs symptoms tremendously. My head is such a mess.

I am detoxing and even that gives no relief.

i think I know the answer but I am assuming I should just stay put and not worry about increasing or adding in anything at this point. I am ready to throw in the towel now.

Thanks Pirouette. Sound advice and a voice of reason. I don't know why it has ramped up so much. I take two charcoal caps a day, dry brush, lots of pinella/burbur and Jernigan's CNS Antitox with detox teas. I take epsom salt baths every couple days because I can not handle them everyday.

I've got one of those portable saunas but I struggle to work up a sweat and sometimes it just makes me herx more. I sweat more in the bath.

I take milk thistle and I may add in quercetin because I heard it helps.

Definitely may have to slow down or even take a break to see if maybe another infection is coming forward.

Girlie, yes the tinidazole is only two days a week. I like the idea of seeing if I can handle the doxy by pulsing. I'll run that by my doctor. Thank you.

Pirouette, I do probably need to add more binders. Thanks -p