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Movie quote: “Star Trek The Journey Home.”McCOY: “My God, man, drilling holes in his head’s not the answer. The artery must be repaired. Now put away your butcher knives and let me save this patient before it’s too late!”
I like this quote from this movie and although it is Fiction the idea behind this quote is very true. I spent all night reading articles on DNA adducts, and FQ toxicity is mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress and an article on Cats Claw (Uncaria tomentosa) as well as the entire Standard Process guide.
I have lost some faith in the medical industry and especial the drug companies. They are not going to drill holes in my head metaphorically speaking anymore.
There is a lot of information available on FQ poisoning and theories on how the damage we experience as floxies works.
The human body is amazing in the way it is designed and that it can repair itself given enough time and the right environment. The more I read the more amazed I am.
For those who do not like that statement I’m sorry get over it and evolve and get better!
Our bodies can repair the damage whether it is from DNA adducts or GMO foods what ever.
I believe there is an antidote out there that can help us. Now many of us seek help.
Whether it is going to an MD, a specialist, and ND etc. I know I do and that is good.
I just don’t want anyone to lose hope and get depressed. It is counterproductive to the healing process. I have met many Floxies in the Michigan area and some of them are former floxies. They are walking again! No symptoms left! So there is hope.
Our bodies can overcome what big Pharma has done to us.
I am going to get better. In the mean time this has been a learning experience.
I have learned to be more empathetic to people and I have learned to be more patient and humble so I am going to take this negative and turn it into a positive.
I will continue to share what is helpful and pray and hope my friends here get a speedy recovery. In the mean time continue to help each other.
You are all amazing.
Angie
10 years ago
Sheryl – thanks for the update. It’s good to know that you are getting answers. If only I can get rid of this joint pain!
Angie
10 years ago
Melanie please hang in there. I know for me some days are better than others. I pray that relief comes quickly!
Angie
10 years ago
Michael thanks for your positive response. It’s very appreciated!!
Angie
10 years ago
Thanks Sheryl. I haven’t tried the glucasomine but will. Thanks for all the info! Have you had relief with your joints?
Angie
10 years ago
Melanie are you experiencing joint pain? I took cipro this patsy October and have been having joint pain every since. What frustrates me is that a doctor said it’s RA. I really in my heart believe that I don’t have RA. The doc seems to think that my symptoms are not cipro related and that cipro is so good? That’s why I would like to know if you are experiencing joint pain as well. Thx.
Therese
10 years ago
Hello! Im from Sweden and my life is ruined by Cipro. I lost the feelings inside my body. I didn’t felt my urinbladder, my belly went numb and quite. I dont feel hunger or thirst. I cant feel pain not in my head or when I have my period. I get horribly terribly musclecramps and takycardi. I am deeply depressed and I lost the ability to sleep. When I falling into sleep I wake up because a leg or an arm is flying up. I dont funktion as a person anymore I cant take care of my kids I cant work. I feel so bad. In the morning I cant go out of bed. I am tierd and shaking in my body but in the Afternoon its getting better. Inside my body in my back and feets its vibrations all day and all night. My heart beats realy fast all time 100-110 betas/minutes. But many times my heart beats 120-160. I have disgnos takykardi. Sorry my english isnt so god.
Josie
10 years ago
Hey you guys! –Just wanted to check in and say I think, THINK i’m on the road to recovery.. what I have left is just some slight very slight pain here and there, but nothing to drastic.. and my visual things.. I don’t think it will take too much longer for them to leave me though I’m hoping it’s soon. the floaters are most annoying, along with the sparks I see, and the visual static, (not sure if it’s visual snow because it’s not colorful or anything like that).. I believe I’m going through a benzo withdrawl with some of my visual disturbances along with some combined with the cipro. I have just been taking magnesium and soaking in eposm salt when it gets bad or I get a small flare up here and there. I take magnesium every night. Other than that… I think I’m OK. I hope everyone is doing well..
Josie
10 years ago
oh and I also have the slight dizziness feeling, also.. kinda like an out of body feeling? Though some days are worse than others. I have also been taking NSAIDS (not too often, but Midol sometimes..) which dont affect me. I haven’t noticed any food intolerances either.. though I think if I cleaned up my diet I think things would recover a lot faster, so I’m starting to do that..
Angie
10 years ago
Good for you Josie. Every post that I read seem to mention magnesium being good to take. How many milligrams do you take? Again so glad that you are on the road to recovery! I hope to get there and I hope that the magnesium will work for me as well.
Jordan
10 years ago
Hello, about 5 years ago I took 3 doses of Levaquin. One the next year, I experienced the neuropathy, tendon pain, anxiety that seems to commonly accompany this drug. I ended up having to take a year off of college, end my baseball career, and stay at home with my parents during this time ( at the time I was 21 and am now 26). For the past 4 years I have been great, running, lifting weights, caring for my new daughter, but last week all of the symptoms I used to have slapped me in the face once again. Has anyone here experienced a relapse after this long? I want to blame myself for not taking better care of my body after my first bout with these symptoms, but can’t figure out what could have triggered a relapse so long down the load in my recovery. Just looking for some advice or someone that has experienced such a setback. Btw, I recently took Zpack to fight off a bacterial infection. Does anyone think its possible that this caused my body to flare up again?
Angie
10 years ago
Thanks Josie and I wish you continuous healing!
Angie
10 years ago
Josie I understand and I’m the same way. At this moment in achy and my joints hurt. I just rubbed manedium oil so I hope it kicks in.
Ugh. Been an icky couple of days. Very sore. Muscles and joints. And extremely exhausted. Told my husband how much my chest muscle hurt. He said, “Bummer”. Talked to my mom about my frustration and I just want to get better. She said, “Well I guess you just have to ignore it.”
No one takes this seriously. Not really. This isn’t a little cough or a stubbed toe!! Its bad enough the Drs act like I am faking. Makes me so angry.
Chiro said this only happens to 1 in 10,000 (with macrobid which is what did this to me). But that stat is so dumb because how many people never get a real diagnosis. How many are taking Lyrica right now just because their Drs. put it all off on fibromyalgia. I bet this is happens far, far more often.
Therese Sweden
10 years ago
I must be the only one in the world who lost all feelings inside the body. I cant feel pain my urinbladder is num. I dont sneeze or hickup. Its like Cns is sleeping. Is there anyone heard about this. And the horrible cramps I get. I thought I should die. It felt like I couldnt breath and the pain In my muscles was horrible. The docktors just stod ta my bed starring at me. They gave me a lot of stesolid but nothing helped. I wondered why do I never die. I realy couldnt breath but my pox was 98%. Suddenly the cramps stopped and the doctors thougt it was panic attac. I nerver har such problems and I know it was the cipro. I had small cramps a mounth after I stoped with cipro. Anyone lost the feeling inside body or get terribly cramps?
Catherine
10 years ago
Dry eye problem is getting worse, so I’ve bought some Thera Tears (preservative free) but am now too scared to use them! Does anyone know if they are safe for floxies?
Angie
10 years ago
Hello Josie. Have you been to an optomologist?
Carrie
10 years ago
I am off to have a CRP test this morning.. not sure if it will show anything, but my NP wants me to have it done. She put on the diagnosis code – Fibromyalgia.. so as I have learned, this is what category I might have been put it. It will be interesting to see what my CRP test may show.
Angie
10 years ago
Carrie that’s interesting. When you get your results could you please share if you don’t mind. My CRP is 0.7. The lab range on my report has 0.8 has being high range. Mine is pretty close. Again if you don’t mind would love to here what your doc says. Thx.
Josie
10 years ago
Hey, yes I have and apparently my eyes are very healthy. I am nearsighted in my eyes and astigmatism in one!
Movie quote: “Star Trek The Journey Home.”McCOY: “My God, man, drilling holes in his head’s not the answer. The artery must be repaired. Now put away your butcher knives and let me save this patient before it’s too late!”
I like this quote from this movie and although it is Fiction the idea behind this quote is very true. I spent all night reading articles on DNA adducts, and FQ toxicity is mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress and an article on Cats Claw (Uncaria tomentosa) as well as the entire Standard Process guide.
I have lost some faith in the medical industry and especial the drug companies. They are not going to drill holes in my head metaphorically speaking anymore.
There is a lot of information available on FQ poisoning and theories on how the damage we experience as floxies works.
The human body is amazing in the way it is designed and that it can repair itself given enough time and the right environment. The more I read the more amazed I am.
For those who do not like that statement I’m sorry get over it and evolve and get better!
Our bodies can repair the damage whether it is from DNA adducts or GMO foods what ever.
I believe there is an antidote out there that can help us. Now many of us seek help.
Whether it is going to an MD, a specialist, and ND etc. I know I do and that is good.
I just don’t want anyone to lose hope and get depressed. It is counterproductive to the healing process. I have met many Floxies in the Michigan area and some of them are former floxies. They are walking again! No symptoms left! So there is hope.
Our bodies can overcome what big Pharma has done to us.
I am going to get better. In the mean time this has been a learning experience.
I have learned to be more empathetic to people and I have learned to be more patient and humble so I am going to take this negative and turn it into a positive.
I will continue to share what is helpful and pray and hope my friends here get a speedy recovery. In the mean time continue to help each other.
You are all amazing.
Sheryl – thanks for the update. It’s good to know that you are getting answers. If only I can get rid of this joint pain!
Melanie please hang in there. I know for me some days are better than others. I pray that relief comes quickly!
Michael thanks for your positive response. It’s very appreciated!!
Thanks Sheryl. I haven’t tried the glucasomine but will. Thanks for all the info! Have you had relief with your joints?
Melanie are you experiencing joint pain? I took cipro this patsy October and have been having joint pain every since. What frustrates me is that a doctor said it’s RA. I really in my heart believe that I don’t have RA. The doc seems to think that my symptoms are not cipro related and that cipro is so good? That’s why I would like to know if you are experiencing joint pain as well. Thx.
Hello! Im from Sweden and my life is ruined by Cipro. I lost the feelings inside my body. I didn’t felt my urinbladder, my belly went numb and quite. I dont feel hunger or thirst. I cant feel pain not in my head or when I have my period. I get horribly terribly musclecramps and takycardi. I am deeply depressed and I lost the ability to sleep. When I falling into sleep I wake up because a leg or an arm is flying up. I dont funktion as a person anymore I cant take care of my kids I cant work. I feel so bad. In the morning I cant go out of bed. I am tierd and shaking in my body but in the Afternoon its getting better. Inside my body in my back and feets its vibrations all day and all night. My heart beats realy fast all time 100-110 betas/minutes. But many times my heart beats 120-160. I have disgnos takykardi. Sorry my english isnt so god.
Hey you guys! –Just wanted to check in and say I think, THINK i’m on the road to recovery.. what I have left is just some slight very slight pain here and there, but nothing to drastic.. and my visual things.. I don’t think it will take too much longer for them to leave me though I’m hoping it’s soon. the floaters are most annoying, along with the sparks I see, and the visual static, (not sure if it’s visual snow because it’s not colorful or anything like that).. I believe I’m going through a benzo withdrawl with some of my visual disturbances along with some combined with the cipro. I have just been taking magnesium and soaking in eposm salt when it gets bad or I get a small flare up here and there. I take magnesium every night. Other than that… I think I’m OK. I hope everyone is doing well..
oh and I also have the slight dizziness feeling, also.. kinda like an out of body feeling? Though some days are worse than others. I have also been taking NSAIDS (not too often, but Midol sometimes..) which dont affect me. I haven’t noticed any food intolerances either.. though I think if I cleaned up my diet I think things would recover a lot faster, so I’m starting to do that..
Good for you Josie. Every post that I read seem to mention magnesium being good to take. How many milligrams do you take? Again so glad that you are on the road to recovery! I hope to get there and I hope that the magnesium will work for me as well.
Hello, about 5 years ago I took 3 doses of Levaquin. One the next year, I experienced the neuropathy, tendon pain, anxiety that seems to commonly accompany this drug. I ended up having to take a year off of college, end my baseball career, and stay at home with my parents during this time ( at the time I was 21 and am now 26). For the past 4 years I have been great, running, lifting weights, caring for my new daughter, but last week all of the symptoms I used to have slapped me in the face once again. Has anyone here experienced a relapse after this long? I want to blame myself for not taking better care of my body after my first bout with these symptoms, but can’t figure out what could have triggered a relapse so long down the load in my recovery. Just looking for some advice or someone that has experienced such a setback. Btw, I recently took Zpack to fight off a bacterial infection. Does anyone think its possible that this caused my body to flare up again?
Thanks Josie and I wish you continuous healing!
Josie I understand and I’m the same way. At this moment in achy and my joints hurt. I just rubbed manedium oil so I hope it kicks in.
Ugh. Been an icky couple of days. Very sore. Muscles and joints. And extremely exhausted. Told my husband how much my chest muscle hurt. He said, “Bummer”. Talked to my mom about my frustration and I just want to get better. She said, “Well I guess you just have to ignore it.”
No one takes this seriously. Not really. This isn’t a little cough or a stubbed toe!! Its bad enough the Drs act like I am faking. Makes me so angry.
Chiro said this only happens to 1 in 10,000 (with macrobid which is what did this to me). But that stat is so dumb because how many people never get a real diagnosis. How many are taking Lyrica right now just because their Drs. put it all off on fibromyalgia. I bet this is happens far, far more often.
I must be the only one in the world who lost all feelings inside the body. I cant feel pain my urinbladder is num. I dont sneeze or hickup. Its like Cns is sleeping. Is there anyone heard about this. And the horrible cramps I get. I thought I should die. It felt like I couldnt breath and the pain In my muscles was horrible. The docktors just stod ta my bed starring at me. They gave me a lot of stesolid but nothing helped. I wondered why do I never die. I realy couldnt breath but my pox was 98%. Suddenly the cramps stopped and the doctors thougt it was panic attac. I nerver har such problems and I know it was the cipro. I had small cramps a mounth after I stoped with cipro. Anyone lost the feeling inside body or get terribly cramps?
Dry eye problem is getting worse, so I’ve bought some Thera Tears (preservative free) but am now too scared to use them! Does anyone know if they are safe for floxies?
Hello Josie. Have you been to an optomologist?
I am off to have a CRP test this morning.. not sure if it will show anything, but my NP wants me to have it done. She put on the diagnosis code – Fibromyalgia.. so as I have learned, this is what category I might have been put it. It will be interesting to see what my CRP test may show.
Carrie that’s interesting. When you get your results could you please share if you don’t mind. My CRP is 0.7. The lab range on my report has 0.8 has being high range. Mine is pretty close. Again if you don’t mind would love to here what your doc says. Thx.
Hey, yes I have and apparently my eyes are very healthy. I am nearsighted in my eyes and astigmatism in one!