Bugs biting me. Die off?

[trintiybella]

I started on bactrim for lyme and I feel like there are invisible bugs biting me. They end up being itchy and are driving me crazy. I remember having similar reaction to doxy. Do you think this is die off?

[rowingmom]

DD had a similar response to Bactrim. It was making her very uncomfortable. Several days later she developed an allergic urticaria (hives) and had to be switched to biaxin. Keep an eye out for allergic reaction.

[PowPow]

are you (the adult) being treated to? or is this your daughter?

I would be alert for allergy, too- it can start kind of insidious.

[sf_mom]

I had this particular symptom. It was awful and for me it was a herx. I also developed what looked like little pinpoint sores that intensely itched.

I did resort typical steroid cream to abate itchiness. It took about six weeks to resolve to a tolerable level. It still comes and goes but only about 1% of what it used to be. For some reason, I always think of it as parasitic in nature 'as bugs' as well.

 

We have also had allergic response to sulphur. We had mild itchiness (comparatively) with rash that spread from stomach/chest area to full body within 10 days of starting new antibiotic.

[trintiybella]

Pow Pow, it is me (adult) being treated. It happened on doxy too. I am hoping it's not an allergic reaction. I think it lasted a month on the doxy too, if I remember correctly. I will keep you posted. Thank you everyone for your help.