Side effects of Flagyl antibiotic. Another Flagyl victim. Message of love & strong family support.

February 21, 2008 my son, 18 at the time had a bad bout of diahrea that had caused him some grief for about a week and a half. So I made an appointment for him at the Family Doctors. The doctor recommened Mentronidazole (FLAGYL) 500mg. 3xa day 10 day. On the 5th day my sons life changed…..a high school senior football, wrestler, shot and disc thrower, top 10% in his graduating class just accepted at University of Michigan. My son suffered hallucinations, severe panic attacks, cranial pressure, vertigo, vision distrubances, depression, insomina, he has stretch marks that appeared 3 months into the posioning, brain fog, incredible pain thoughout his body.

We took our son back to the family doctor and they said now get this “He needs to eat more vegtables.” Well then our son had a severe panic attack so we took him to the hospital his heart was racing so they gave him some xanex and said we need to take him to the psychiatrist, from that we went to a neurologist. Well you can imagine nothing wrong…..he must have generalized anxiety because he is going off to college. We were so angry …..I would (and will)have done anything for him….I prayed to god that he give me my sons pain. Mike had many sleepless nights , lots of crying asking why me? I could not answer him ….I just kept saying I love you and we will get through this together.

Mikes first year at college was quite a struggle for him he almost dropped out being on xanex was not a good thing for him the toxic effect of the FLAGYL and xanex did not mix well together. Just starting the second year of college has been a little better he still has brain fog and terrible anxiety he said no more meds for him (xanex) he eats alot of organic food, hardly any meat unless it is antibiotic free.

I know that Mike is getting better each day….and I hang on to that thought everyday and I pray for everyone that has gone through this terrible ordeal themselves….And for the families that go through this with their loved one ……tell them and show them….that you love them with all of your heart , that you believe them and they are not alone. I cannot express this enough

One Response to “Side effects of Flagyl antibiotic. Another Flagyl victim. Message of love & strong family support.”

  1. MARNA MORAN Says:

    Thank you for posting all of this. I want to espescially thank you for the Flagyl posts. I was hurt by Cipro back in the 90’s…torn tendon, etc….mild Diabetes Insipidus ( if you consider being hospitalized mild ).

    But when I took Flagyl for a mild case of what was thought to be Giardia, it killed my body. Now it has been two years and I have full blown Central Diabetes Insipidus. Hypothyroid. Short term memory loss. Fatigue. Anxiety, caffeine intolerance….etc etc…..but I am doing much better than most and have recovered greatly from the days it caused me to stutter and fall down !

    I am a BSN, RN….gave these drugs out all the time to pregnant women and sooo never would have believed it had it not happened to me !

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