Posted by bleauberry on September 11, 2012, at 14:08:02
In reply to minocycline...the other side of the coin, posted by rovers95 on September 8, 2012, at 16:51:32
Well, just 2 nights is a bit early for a herx to kick in. Usually takes 3-4 days, sometimes a week or more. But....what you described is actually a pretty good description of herx's I have had in my lyme wars. Especially the anxiety low mood part. Bingo. I know from my own experiences over the last 3 years dealing with various antibiotics, not just mino, that when the antibiotic is doing what it is supposed to do, my herx's are exactly as you described.
Everyone responds differently and everyone herx's differently, so indeed it can be hard to discern whether it is a herx or side effects.
In your case, and mine, it appears to be a brain herx more than a body herx. Which would indicate a deep seated stealth infection that has penetrated the brain.
Let's assume that to be true just to make a point, whether it is actually true or not. If true, 50mg is WAY TOO HIGH! Not to mention 100mg. OMG! But how could you know? You couldn't. I do. Been there done that. This is stuff I know.
If you want to continue, here's how to do it. Reduce the dose to 25mg. Take it once every 3 days. After a week or two, start taking it every other day. If the bizarre effects return, back off, slow down, stop temporarily if needed. That's how I had to get started, and that's how my Lyme specialist does it with most of his patients. Here's the flip side.....3 months later I can take 400mg a day with no ill effects! Yeah, 400mg. Such is the world of chronic lyme. I started at 12.5mg and it felt like a nuclear bomb with every symptom you listed.
So while it seems just a day or two early for a herx to begin, what you described looks like a brain herx to me. And for sure, the dosing is way too aggressive.
All this is telling you something. There is more going on than just your psych symptoms, and whatever it is that is going on, is probably causing the psych symptoms.
Fortunately we don't need to know exactly what we're dealing with, and many times never do. Is it borrellia? Bartonella? Babesia? One of a half dozen other possibilites? Candida? Virus? We don't know. But we do know, whatever it is, mino hits it. Your reaction proves it. That is highly diagnostic.
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