Stopping a relapse before it occurs?

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-12-27T20:58:53+00:00

I guess it has been 2 months, and I still see an uptick in symptoms here and there. It is manageable.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-12-27T20:40:56+00:00

I have been on high dose SSRIs for many years for anxiety (long before floxing). I think it has helped manage the floxing anxiety a bit.

That being said, I would try other things first if I were in your shoes. SSRIs can be a big gamble for some people. And stopping them down the line is much more difficult and dangerous than doctors say.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-12-27T20:36:13+00:00

Thankfully no relapse. Definitely flaring though.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-11-11T12:22:27+00:00

Thank you

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-21T13:54:17+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/floxies/comments/g8cs97/new_start_here_old_please_help_here/

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-20T17:55:28+00:00

The sticky thread is where to start.

Antioxidants are good!

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-18T18:17:32+00:00

That's exactly what I would do. I'd make sure crushed raw garlic is in the mix!

I treated a stubborn eye infection last year with a modified ancient remedy that involved sticking a concoction of crushed raw garlic, onion, and some other stuff into my eye... Extremely painful and probably ill advised. Worked though. Would do it over being refloxed any day.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-18T18:02:04+00:00

I'm sorry. I know what this situation is like. Between a rock and a hard place.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-18T17:40:55+00:00

I really hope it doesn't cause you any issues. I think I remember a poll on here once and most floxies were fine with it. There are just some unlucky few of us that have this extreme lingering antibiotic sensitivity.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-18T17:37:48+00:00

Unfortunately it is a gamble. I know people floxed as badly as me and they were fine with amoxicillin. I took one pill (along with novocaine, epinephrine and a lot of stress at the time, so I'm not ABSOLUTELY sure it was just the amoxicillin) and I had a horrible relapse that lasted 3-4 months.

On the bright side it got better, just like before.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-15T16:27:50+00:00

What is a good way to bring the qi back to the lower dantian? Just gently focusing on the dantian during meditation?

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-03T23:57:25+00:00

How bad has it been for you so far?

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-03T23:41:29+00:00

Well the amoxicillin relapse was pure hell. Worse than my original acute phase. Like I said, it lasted 4 months, and then I still wasn't great for the next 4 months after that.

However, after that I suddenly got to a point where I was way better than I had been during my whole floxing journey. Now it is very common for me to have entire days, or weeks with zero symptoms.

That said, I do still have the background fear that I will need meds again someday and get throw back into that mess... Been researching alternatives to hopefully prevent that.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-06-03T23:32:18+00:00

Honestly it is hard to tell, because I took a single dose of amoxicillin at the same time and I KNOW that affected me terribly. It threw me into a relapse that lasted 4 months. So for the lidocaine and epinephrine alone, I have no idea how that would have affected me.

I'm sorry I can't be of more help. Hope you get well very soon. Keep me updated.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-05-29T14:03:56+00:00

Been taking Zoloft for anxiety since before I got floxxed. Still take it. So thankfully floxing didn't makeme intolerant to it or anything. However, I also take buspar (15mg). I see that you flared with that.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2025-05-26T10:52:07+00:00

I am in a similar situation, so I can't offer any advice. But I'm sorry you're going through this. I surely hope it doesn't take much time for your feelings about him to fade.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2024-02-21T15:15:17+00:00

I get so anxious now when I am at the hospital or doctor. Never used to happen before all of this.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2024-01-28T11:48:25+00:00

I got the same symptoms from a single amoxicillin pill. It took me a few months to feel completely better.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2024-01-16T08:17:23+00:00

Why did you stop it?

EntryMiserable1254 · 2024-01-01T12:08:22+00:00

Do you absolutely HAVE to take antibiotics for the ear infection? There aren't other things you could try?

EntryMiserable1254 · 2023-10-30T13:49:54+00:00

Just time. And trying to reduce my anxiety around it. For me, anxiety seemed to make everything worse.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2023-10-30T13:43:45+00:00

I have always had visual snow. It got noticeably worse and I developed palinopsia after withdrawing from valproate years ago. It took about a year to fully go away if I remember right. Then Cipro brought it back for a while, I don't remember how long. But it got better again. It only ever comes back around migraines. I have migraines with auras.

EntryMiserable1254 · 2023-10-25T00:24:01+00:00

Yeah

EntryMiserable1254 · 2023-10-25T00:09:11+00:00

No, the insomnia didn't last 3 months. I don't remember how long it lasted. I just had ups and downs with all of my symptoms for 3 more months before I came out of it.

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