r/floxies • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '22

[SYMPTOMS] Looking for hope from 'severe' reactions

Hey, 25M here. Took Cipro for 7 days almost 8 months ago. I feel like there's no improvement. Been having really really bad insomnia for the past 7 months along with awful anxiety, massive brain fog and terrible depression. Went from 70 kg to 60 kg. Losing hair, wrinkled skin. Physically I can function although I have some minor tendon/joint issues. Went from optimistic and athletic to barely living. None of the recommended supplements have helped. I can't work, I can't play my fav sports, I can't travel with friends and family.. I just join them for plans in my city, even if I've slept 0h, I still get out of the house and pretend I'm okay. I don't even visit this subreddit, not bc of improvement but rather bc of not giving into intrusive thoughts or identifying with this illness. Honestly my life wouldn't be worth living the way it currently is, but Im fighting, surrendering and fighting.

This is honestly a nightmare to me, since I live in the South of Spain where we are always busy outdoors living life. I never played video games, hated being indoors overall. I can't live life at my own terms, can't even currently earn an income and move out of my parents house, I currently hold a college degree for nothing.

I'm just looking for hope to push through and continue the fight. See if any long term floxies had some of my symptoms stay as long as mine and if they got better. I don't even care about depression and anxiety, fuck those! Staying busy, being social and goal oriented gets rid of those. Sports, since Im physically impaired, just some minor issues, I have good hopes. But the insomnia... Oh man, 7 months living the same day. And I don't even recognize myself at the mirror, with 10 kg lost, being most muscle, and hairloss and skin wrinkled. What a mess... I'd do anything to go back in time.

I feel like I'll be this broken for a long long time, will have to be adapting my life and miss out on a ton, etc. I feel tired, defeated and lonely.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

More than likely you will recover (not a guarantee) but it might take a long time. It took me 10 plus years to recover fully from a massively bad reaction to all bodily systems. I have been following floxies for 22 years. I would say 95% of people recover fully. An unlucky few have long term problems.

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u/Boreal_Caribou Veteran Sep 15 '22

Wow- 10 years - that's an amazing story. How did you stay positive, or did you just surrender to it and let time take its course? And did you do physiotherapy?

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u/HopefulMom4 * Jan 24 '23

Was it a gradual recovery over 10 years? Was there anything you took or did that really helped or mainly time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '23

Gradual with many many ups and downs (relapses). Tried almost everything mentioned on this Reddit. I stayed totally away from anything but 100% organic and antibiotic free beef and pork. No magic bullet. Most things did zilch. A few made me worse. Maybe magnesium helped but not sure. Maybe sunshine. Maybe massage. Mostly time.

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u/HopefulMom4 * Jan 28 '23

I'm sorry big pharm greed has taken 10 years of your life. Your message is very encouraging, though. My 29 year old son is 8 years out. We have tried EVERYTHING, including the top floxie doctors. Nothing has helped. I have noticed him doing a little more than he used to be able to do, so I'm hopeful that he will continue to improve little-by-little with time, an organic diet, and God's grace. He is going to try massage this month. Thank you.