Herxing

[Santi]

My son has been on treatment for Lyme and Bartonella for about 4 weeks (Rifampin 450mg & Azith. 250mg). Initially there was a bit of flare up of OCD followed by a good 1-2 weeks. However, he did seem really tired from the abx so it may have been that keeping him calm. Now, there is a huge flare up of OCD-ITS REALLY BAD, plus some additional strange behaviors we haven't seen before.

 

I assume the herxing varies for everyone. But has anyone seen any sort of pattern with the herx? How can we tell for sure its a herx and not just a bad reaction to the abx? He has not changed dosages.

 

Andrea

Edited September 13, 2011 by Santi

[KaraM]

I wasn't very good at tracking how many days between the herxes, but I definitely noticed a pattern over the first 4 - 6 weeks. It seems like we had 4 intense herxing periods and they were 1 - 2 weeks apart and each seemed to manifest in a huge increase of one symptom. So the first was an increase in OCD, then the intensification stopped and slowly began to improve. A week or two later, huge hyperactivity...running around house like crazy, couldn't lie still at night, etc...then that calmed. A week or two later, major rages, then calming. A week or two later, major depression. Since then, it has still been one step back (herx), one and a half foward. Each herx seemed to be followed by a small (but bigger) leap. But the herxes got less and less "intense." Now, if you can even call them herxes, they are just a little annoying (sometimes worryisome... l;ike we are heading back down that path to h###...but so far, those have been false alarms). We are now in the middle of our sixth month of Bartonella treatment with Zith and Bactrim (after a year of treatment for PANDAS with just Zith...that worked well for about 6 months, then stopped until we added the Bactrim in).

 

 

My son has been on treatment for Lyme and Bartonella for about 4 weeks (Rifampin 450mg & Azith. 250mg). Initially there was a bit of flare up of OCD followed by a good 1-2 weeks. However, he did seem really tired from the abx so it may have been that keeping him calm. Now, there is a huge flare up of OCD-ITS REALLY BAD, plus some additional strange behaviors we haven't seen before.

 

I assume the herxing varies for everyone. But has anyone seen any sort of pattern with the herx? How can we tell for sure its a herx and not just a bad reaction to the abx? He has not changed dosages.

 

Andrea