Hello.
I’ve recently changed my LLMD - I was curently treating mostly Bartonella with Rifampicin 300 - 600 mg and Doxycyline 200 - 400 mg.
On the appointment new LLMD reccomended getting off antibiotics for 3 weeks to see what symptoms I’ll get without meds and start new treatment.
At that time I was feeling bit better, about
5/10 overally.
I stopped taking all antibiotics in Tuesday, and didn’t noticed any changes in my mood by few days.
After waking up in Friday I got characteristic mild throbbing headache, which was one of my main Bartonella symptoms in the beggining.
Next day headache was 2 x bigger, and other Bartonella symptoms started to return.
On Sunday I started to feel awful (2/10) and that headache started to be heavy.
I called my LLMD on Monday, and he said in that case we need to start new protocol earlier.
He recommended to start taking Rifampicin in first week, add 2nd antibiotic on 2 week and 3rd antibiotic on 3nd week.
I’m on day 3 Rifampicin and most of my symptoms persist - I’m feeling very awful.
I’m wondering if I can add other Antibiotics to Rifampicin earlier, f.ex every 3 days insteas of every week like:
Rifampicin only - 3 days
Rifampicin + 2 nd antibiotic - 3-6 days
Rifampicin + 2 nd antibiotic + 3nd antibiotic - 6 days till the end of the protocol
What do you think? Can I speed up adding those antibiotics? LLMD probably wanted to wait to avoid Herxheimer / rapid reactions but I didn’t have them in the past with Bartonella. It’ll defenitely make me feel better again faster.
Post Edited (Meymey) : 1/17/2023 8:54:42 AM (GMT-8)