7 - My lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis journey - Four week herx

Four week herx

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• lyme disease
• rheumatoid arthritis
• herx
• herxheimer
• aches
• chills
• fever
• cramps
• muscle pain
• twitching muscles

[ruthheasman]

Thanks for your comment! Yes, I do suffer terrible arthritis flares when I'm coming in to my period, but in this case I was still on the estrogen/progesterone days of my pill pack at the time, so it was definitely a herx I think.

I've been on the abx for about 2 months now (or 3 months if you count the month of mino at half dose that I did first).

How are you doing with rifing? Is it working? What abx were you on before and did it fail? Are you well?

[cronelesbo]

I don't know your history, but it is common for women to see an increase in symptoms around their period, e.g. every four weeks or so. How long have you been in treatment if you don't mind my asking. I live in U.S. and had lyme for 15 years before diagnosis. Been in treatment for about 3 and half years. Did oral ABs RX and natural for two and half years, last year no ABs, just rifing and adjunct therapies. If you are able to work that is awesome!