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@donnamac

You are so right. There is something to it! The side effects no longer bother me if I eat something when taking 100 mg of doxy. I was so worried it would not work if not on an empty stomach. Here's where I found out that perhaps when I first got Lyme Disease, an empty stomach was required to help with "chronic lyme". Over the course of X number of years, when people just could not tolerate it, a small meal was introduced. NOW, my wonderful physician not only gives me 100 mg to take once a day, but he stresses to take with food. I researched why doxy was given to COVID patients and it was solely for inflammation because COVID can and will inflame one or more organs. It chose to mess with my heart.

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I have a history of Ehrlichiosis, which took months to diagnose and left me with unresolved issues. I get these attacks that resemble seizures, with an elevated heart rate but were confirmed by EEG as not seizure activity—though one neurologist mentioned they can be difficult to capture.

In 2022 is when I got these long COVID symptoms and it worsened my "seizures" to a daily occurrence. I felt like I was on the brink of paralysis, waking up each morning with temporary muscle paralysis .

I started Doxy and it was a decision I made without knowing why, but it brought me relief. It took weeks and months for it to revive me, with intermittent flare-ups. Whenever I stopped taking it, my symptoms return. Doxy is known to modulate the immune system and act as an antiviral for COVID. I take it with food and find it effective, noticing issues only when I eat poorly, like consuming too much sugar or fried foods.

The anxiety of falling ill without adequate medical support, especially in hospitals, has made me somewhat bitter. The lack of help despite intense pain has left me feeling lost. I recognize that some physicians genuinely want to assist, but are limited by healthcare structures heavily influenced by insurance companies and financial ties with hospitals, creating an unfair system.

Thanks for letting me rant!