Re: Flagyl & Effects

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I was on Flagyl 500 mg. three times a day for 3 months and 250 mg.

per day for a few weeks. I did find potato chips helped with the

taste. My doctor also knew that it was most important to use the

brand name - I remember that taste was an issue, I don't know if

there

was any other reason.

Certain other meds I have found in the past do not work as well if I

use the generic. One generic anxiety medication dissolved very

slowly

and took a long time to be effective. I generally get the name brand

if I can afford it.

Flagyl and Tinidazole can both produce dark moods, so I found it

helpful just to automatically go on a lite dose of anti-depressant

a.m. and p.m. Since I react adversely to the newer antidepressants

(those years of having lyme and not being tested, told its " all in my

head " ) - and don't even ask me about Prozac (know it works for some,

also can well believe the recent story that it is responsible for

over

50,000 suicides plus who knows what else people do and stay alive) -

I

use the antidepressant Pamelor, an older one.

Throughout Flagyl and even now on Tinidazole and antibiotics

(Doxy/Biaxin) an anti-anxiety drug i.e. Ativan, Xanax is very

important for me. I am able to stay married and avoid the " Mommie

Dearest " act with an anti-anxiety medication, also light but just

enough.

The point of my message here, though, and I hope my doc is not

reading, even though it happened before this doc, is that *when my

body started to really object to the Flagyl I backed off.*

I didn't take one dose here and there. Sometimes I skipped a whole

day. I then felt better and more able to tolerate it. I also heard

to

watch the liver enzymes and I was religious with milk thistle. One

time I was not and I did get pain and leg swelling.

So I just listened to what my body was saying. Its hard, sometimes

it is saying " Get me out of here, take me to PUerto Rico " or

something

but I don't mean that type of message.