Can antibiotics make things worse?

Yes, that’s the one! 

This was the antibiotic that made me feel horrendous. I felt like my whole nervous system was destroyed after taking this it was horrible so i really feel for you!

Wow, that explains a lot. My nerves all over my body are screaming at me even more than normal. I guess I had no option but to take them, as I tried for 5 days to trest myself with cranberry tablets to no avail. Hopefully things will pick up now I am off them. 

Hi again pet,

Potassium citrate helped my urine infection. Its in liquid form

Beverley

Thanks for the tip Beverley. I will certainly bare that in mind in future. I don’t want to take them tablets again! 

Thanks again, Pet. 

After my awful experience with the antibiotic i did quite a bit of research on natural remedies for water infection and i came across something called D-mannose. I take this whenever i have a water infection. It's a simple sugar so it has no side effects and is very safe to use. It is also safe to use if you have diabetes. D-mannose works on water infections caused by salmonella bacteria so their is a risk it may not work if it's caused by another bacteria but it's worth the try.

What symptoms have you had since taking the antibiotics?

 

Thank you for the tip. It might be wise to get these in so I’m never caught out. Sometimes if I catch it  early enough the triple strength cranberry concentrate tablets will do the trick but not this time. As I was in a relapse when it came on  I want sure if it was the relapse, the water infection, the extra trips to the bathroom (which I found very hard )  or the tablets that were making me feel so awful.  My body felt so heavy & legs couldn’t hold me up (I only weigh 8 stone) felt so weak like my body was dying inside. The pain was a lot worse everywhere, especially in my legs. I always feel pins & needles & prickly but it was a lot more intense.  I felt very hot, headachey & generally all m.e symptoms were a lot worse... I hardly had the energy to speak & felt not with it. I still can’t think straight so probably  not covered it all  & don’t really want to think about it. Today I feel a little stronger to stand but not for many seconds. It should be out my system now so hopefully get stronger every day. Thanks again  for the tip 

It took me a good few days to feel less ill from the antibiotics and i felt kind of toxic?

The urine infection i had was unbearably painful. It was making me sweat it was so bad and i couldn't walk. I was trying to drink lots of drinks but going to the bathroom was awful too. I've never had anything as bad as that and i wondered if it was something in the water as i went to a different county and after two days and the potassium citrate it cleared up. We had had wide spread flooding in the area immediately before mine and a friend also with cfs/me who lives near me got the same infection. Hence i wondered about the water being either contaminated or they'd used an extra chemical to clean it due to contamination. Her condition lasted longer than mine and believe she ended up with two lots of antibiotics which made her feel poorly too.

So hard to trace back to causes sometimes and although they seem to have such a negative effect on some of us with this condition, they are sometimes a necessary evil.

Beverley

Yes I can relate to that feeling. The mind boggles as to the cause. I only ever drink Evian bottled water as I have an allergy to tap water. (It gives me tonsillitis.)  the floods you had sounded awful. Like you say the water was maybe contaminated, I guess you’ll never know. I will definately get the potassium citrate in. Does it tell you how much to take & how often? 

It does yes. You drink it by diluting in water

Thank you 😁

Hi Beverly, you’re right with the weather, it’s really draining so mabye contributing to it.  So did you begin to pick up after antibiotics were finished when you had them before? 

And yes, felt better afterwards. Was hot and flu like on them-awful. Much worse cfs/me than before. Had them for urine infection and mouth infection after wisdom tooth was removed.

Beverley