trintiybella Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 My DD was anorexic for months. Dropped weight very quickly and would only eat spinach and peaches. It started when i introduced bactrim. We are almost done weaning her off and little by little she is less anorexic and looking much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeRae22 Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 So, you attribute her anorexia to Bactrim? Please elaborate in detail?! My dd had/has severely restricted food intake due to ocd/fear of choking and swallowing,.... She didn't start taking Bactrim until months after onset of this, and is still on it. She started eating again after the addition of minocycline. (Now on Zith, Bactrim and Mino). I am interested in your experience with this. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowingmom Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Do you think the anorexia was a herx or an adverse reaction to Bactrim? DD13 developed an allergy to Bactrim 1 week into treatment with it, and we had to switch to Biaxin. DD never had problems with anorexia. I'm glad you found the cause for that specific problem. Hang in there, you are doing a good job, Mom! Edited September 13, 2014 by rowingmom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trintiybella Posted September 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 My daughter always had distorted body image and saw herself as fat - but never stopped eating! When we started the bactrim, the obsession with her body and thinking she is ugly got worse and worse as we upped bactrim. I kept on it thinking it was die-off at first, Then we started adding in valtrex for viruses and things looked a bit better so I thought she needed a combo of abx and antiviral. Still she would not eat. Got so bad that she was started to look sickly skinny and was feeling dizzy. I weaned her from bactrim and the anorexia is almost gone and the distorted thinking (about being fat and ugly) is much better too. I think the valtrex was the ticket for us. We were getting nowhere with most everything we tried for this girl. Hope this helps. Bactrim was bad news here. Tried it several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowingmom Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Good for you Trinity ( ). Sometimes the answers can't be found through testing. Results gleaned from trial and error can be just as significant. Keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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