Connect
← Return to Feeling down but hopeful
Discussion
Comment receiving replies
@gillysmom and @143salmon antibiotics deplete good gut bacteria so it is important to supplement with yogurt or probiotics.
Replies to "@gillysmom and @143salmon antibiotics deplete good gut bacteria so it is important to supplement with yogurt..."
My son had Lyme disease with a serious coinfection that was misdiagnosed as a blood disease. I looked up his pathogen and saw there were 4 other possible coinfection microbes. His was anaplasmosis, often missed, and missed by his primary doc. Fortunately, another doctor identified the pathogen through a blood test and treated it with antibiotics. A second blood test after the treatment confirmed that the infection had been successfully treated. He was really sick after the initial Lyme infection was treated, and misdiagnosed as a blood disorder. The other coinfections are: Lyme borreliosia, babesiosis Powarsan virus, and B niyamatoi infection. A blood test, especially for anaplasmosis, should tell you if you had a Lyme coinfection, what it is, and if it survived antibiotic treatment. The anaplasmosis bacterium can cause fatal disease. Because you feel better after antibiotic treatment, the possibility of this bacterial coinfection with Lyme makes sense to me. The correct diagnosis could be your healing path. All the best.
Why so much unsolicited feedback folks?
I think most people with Google or who have been to a Dr know that antibiotics destroy the gut. Also, if people read the thread, they can see others felt compelled to share this 'helpful' info.
It is pretty much why Drs. don't give it out like Advil, but when you are chronicle ill or have Lyme disease, you can be prescribed it over longer periods. Personally, I would take it every few months to get a small glimmer or brain power if I could even if my gut was destroyed.
I am hoping for input on the symptoms I shared. There could possibly be a post about someone's concern about antibiotics.
Connect
I totally agree on the probiotics. Take a high quality one that is live and refrigerated. .The highest quality that you can buy at Whole Foods or Sprouts or some very good health food store. They can only help while you take antibiotics and continue to search for a solution. Welcome and please keep us posted. I don’t think that you will find a group like us that can better identify with your walk and frustrations. God bless.