Hi @covidstinks2023
Sorry to hear about your terrible nerve pain and your fibromyalgia. You have my vote that levaquin caused the new pains. Like you said, you know your body and know things changed.

7 years ago, I took both levaquin and flagyl together for diverticulitis for just 7 days and lost my ability to taste and smell forever. I also did research on those meds after taking them and discovered they can both cause nerve damage of various kinds so it was either one or both of those meds that did it. I sure regret taking them. You don't realize how much joy food and drink add to life until you can't taste them. It's also hard to choke down tasteless food. Smell is not only for pleasure, but it's a safety system to detect smoke, gas leaks, spoiled food, etc. That's gone and I live alone so I can't count on anyone else to smell something dangerous. My neurologist told me my nerve damage is permanent and my taste and smell won't return. Hopefully, your nerve damage is just temporary and the nerves will regenerate. Nerve regeneration can take a few months.

I have a rare hereditary neuropathy and my nerves are missing some of the myelin sheath making them vulnerable to damage so I'm sure that made me predisposed to this. My face stayed numb for 9 months after dental work one time. I think the injection hit a nerve, but it regenerated so there is hope for you!!!

I also am missing some key liver enzymes needed to properly metabolize most meds so they tend to stay in my system, become toxic, have terrible side effects and not even be effective. That made a bad result more likely for me. Like you said, only a low percentage of people experience nerve damage. I'm betting those people have liver enzyme issues or pre-x neuropathy. Hopefully, you can take a milder antibiotic for future infections. Prayers for you.