I lost 10 lbs since Sunday!

This is a very very bad thing. I now weigh only 98 pounds!!!

Antibiotics give me very bad stomach trouble so for that reason I never go to the doctor when I know all she will do is give me antibiotics. I have not taken any in about 4 years. I have been sick on and off for weeks now with colds and sore throats and stuff and I got REALLY sick on Sunday. I went to the doctor and she wanted me on this really strong antibiotic. I told her I cannot take it, it gives me bad stomach trouble and she basically said Oh Well suck it up you have to take this. I was sooo sick so I decided to give it a try. Well now no food stays in (and I am eating crackers!) and it is now to the point where I having to run to the bathroom from having a sip of water! I can't even drink water!!!!! I weighed myself today and am 98 lbs (10 lbs less than what I was on Sunday morning). I know you are not suppossed to start antibiotics and stop before you finish, I was a biochem major, but I can't deal with this anymore I am turning into a skeleton. I read about what is happening to me on a few medical websites and they all say if it is severe to stop taking the antibiotics immediately. I tried to call my dr. but the office is closed today, and I can guarentee that when I call her tomorrow she is going to yell at me and make me take it.

Did this ever happen to any of you before?
Help!

I hope you get the Assistance you need this does not seem normal.
I hope from the bottom of my heart you feel better

If your doctor says to continue taking the medication, I suggest you start looking for a new doctor. Seriously, it is NOT normal to lose almost 10% of your body weight in such a short period of time.
Feel better.

Yes I have to look for a new doctor.

I told her that I REALLY can't take this medicine, and she knows too because she has been my doctor for years and it is in my records that this has happened before but not so bad. She said that I may have bronchitis or the flu. How do you diagnose bronchitis? All she did was take my temp, look in my throat and listen to me breathe. Then she said I have to take the medicine. Then she said it my not work because I might not have bronchitis I might have the flu and antibiotics don't help the flu. Now I just saw this online 'Most cases of acute bronchitis will go away on their own after a few days. Because acute bronchitis is usually caused by viruses, antibiotics (medicines that kill bacteria) usually do not help. Even if you cough up mucus that is colored or thick, antibiotics probably won’t help you get better any faster' So antibiotics don't help bronchitis or the flu so why I am taking them especially since I told her I can't take them!!!!!!

I know most of us arent doctors so probably no one can help me..but am I right that this isnt a good doctor?
What should I do, should I go to a clinic or something? I can't find a new doctor by tomorrow

Also does anyone have any ideas on foods I can eat? I am starving! So far toast, english muffins, crackers, tea, chicken soup and water are no good!

The fact that you can't keep water in your system is very very alarming. If you dehydrate your entire body shuts down. Please stop the antibiotics and get some water into your system not to mention food. A good friend of ours lost his son during Christmas break because his kidneys failed while he was sick. NOthing is more important than keeping hydrated!



Good Luck finding a new doctor and FAST!!

10 lbs, you must be very dehydrated, because if you lost 10 lbs in fat and muscle in 1-week, that is not normal or good at all.

You really must force yourself to get nurishment!!!!

I am not a doctor...but losing 10 lbs in 4 days is not good. If your dr's office is closed, don't they have an answering service? Isn't someone covering for his/her patients??

I don't mean to scare you but I think you need to see a doctor asap.

Hope that you're better soon

Feel better! I hope you can keep some food down. You must be starving.

Buddle up and try to keep warm. I am thinking you must be cold because you have lost so much weight so quickly.


Take care of yourself!

I don't know what the best thing to do is, but I REALLY hope you get better soon - you shouldn't lose weight so rapidly.

julzzzzz...you should go to the ER.
or at least the hospital where your dr. is affiliated...
that's really not good...you are so slim to begind with...take care of yourself...

if i were you, i wold go to the emergency room, this just does not seem normal. i hope you feel better soon.

i have probs with some antibiotics - i am allergic to erythomyiciene (sp?)

You MUST get water into your body -

Call the pharmacist right away and explain your symptoms I think they will tell you to stop the medicine immediately

That is nonsense that there is only antibiotics that will bother you - I get stomach problems from antibiotics and there are lower dose ones that do not bother you that you can take.

My mother is a nurse so for YEARS I have heard this:

You need to get hydrated and electrolytes into your body ASAP or it will start to shut down.

1) suck on ice chips - this will give you SOME water -

2) stay on a liquid diet until you can stomach some crackers or bananas.

3) if you have PLAIN coke in the house open it now and pour it into a cup and stir out the bubbles -let it sit until it has no fiz - then very slowly sip it - even if it takes an hour to drink a small cup - the coke syrup has an anti nausea remedy

If these symptoms continue and your dr's office is not open you might want to get checked out in an er just to make sure that you have not completely dehydrated yourself.

Find a new Dr asap. The other one is NOT good if she/he is not listening to you - you should NOT have been put on antibiotics if you don't need them - FYI there IS a test that they can do to see if you have an infection - they can test your muscus - FM me if you want more info

etd to add try to get some gateraid or poweraid into your body as soon as you can keep it down since it will replace your potassium and electrolytes to keep your body going

I would get some pedialite!!! or gatorade...to get your body hydrated!!!


also...try applesauce...maybe the chunky version...that helped me once when I couldn't keep anything down and was weak b/c of it...


but I do agree...maybe the ER can help you out...

My Dr. is no help at all. I called her at 9 am and told her what was happeneing and she said because of the storm she was the only one there and was really busy and she has to call me back in the afternoon!!!!! She called at 12 and said don't stop taking the medicine, and go to the ER right now to get an IV. OK if this was so urgent then why did she take 3 hours to call me back!
Anyway I have been drinking gatorade and pedialyte. So far so good, but no food yet. I will try to eat again soon. I really don't want to go to the ER, but I will go tonight if I don't improve. Since I stopped taking my antibiotics (last one was yesterday morning) I think I will be OK once it is out of my system.
The antibiotic is Biaxin XL 500 mg.

once you start eating eat bland for two days to get your system back -

each chicken broth
rice
town house crackers
bananas
when you can handle that you can try some plain turkey or chicken

take it slowly - this are the tips mom and dr gave me when I have had problems

avoid - juices - like apple, apple sauce etc, milk products, grains (other than rice - although eventually you can stomach a little plain bread)

It sometimes takes 24-48 hours for the antibiotics to get out of your system

You can call the pharmacy and tell them what you are taking and the problems you are having they should be able to recommend a more mild antibiotic that way next time you have a problem you can request that one.

Also when you take antibiotics you should always take them on a full stomach - not something like a salad - but a full meal - take with yogurt - apparently that coats your stomach and can reduce any problems that they might cause you

OMG! Your doctor is a QUACK. Please find another one ASAP.

Stop the medication immediately. Then get some Pedia-Lyte, they even have Pedia-Lyte ice pops, which you might be able to tolerate better. Gatorade is good, too, and so is plain water. Start clear liquids, and clear plain chicken broth to get yourself hydrated, then advance yourself slowly to bland foods, and then onto your regular diet.

I hope you feel better soon!