Perioral dermatitis symptoms and conditions

Started taking doxy for perioral dermatitis but 6 months earlier had to take it for Rocky mountain spotted fever. Since i first started taking I have had sever rashes joint pain, fatigue, weakness all his time I have blamed rocky mtn spotted fever side effects. Now I have been prescribed the doxy for my face and I got a burning rash that resulted in severe blisters I continue to itch all over arms hands and face. I finally stopped taking the meds 2 days ago. I have major vision changes it is hard for me to read anything my tongue is swollen my skin has little blisters all over my forarms and hands sometimes I have tremors and feel as though I am going to pass out.

Does anyone know how long the itching continues? and if any doctor is reading this is this steven johnson syndrome?

I was prescribed Doxycycline 100mg tablets twice a day, for 3 to 4 months, for a skin condition (perioral dermatitis) which causes small sores to form around my mouth. After my experience with this antibiotic, I'd rather have the sores!

I took the Doxycycline twice a day for the first week with no side effects. Antibiotics always cause yeast infection, so I took Diflucan before I started treatment and didn't have that problem. On the tenth day of the Doxycycline, (two days ago) I took a tablet with a little water and went right to bed. As I have read in previous posts on here, BIG MISTAKE! It felt like a giant gas bubble just below my breastbone, in my stomach area. Not too painful, but annoying. Every time I woke up during the night, that feeling was still there. The next day, the pressure was still in that area of my stomach, and it began to feel like heartburn. This feeling persisted all day, no matter what I ate or drank, which is very unusual for me as I don't usually have stomach problems. That's when I searched the web for side effects of Doxycycline, and found this website.

After reading many posts on this site, I decided it was indeed the Doxycycline, so didn't take them yesterday. However, the bloated, burning feeling was still present last night, a full 24 hours after the last capsule had been taken.

I had read someone's post about drinking apple juice, and thought it couldn't hurt...and I'll be darned if within 15 minutes that bloated, burning feeling went away, and hasn't returned. I don't understand WHY that works - unless maybe there is residual medicine sitting in the stomach which can't be digested, and the acid in the apple juice neutralizes it, but it WORKS!

I will NOT take any more Doxycycline, and will just keep the perioral dermatitis! I didn't have the depression or fatigue I see others have had, but since I was only on the meds 10 days, maybe those symptoms didn't have time to develop.

Esophageal spasms (at least it feels like it), constricted throat, cotton mouth, and dry eyes. And it only seems to be getting worse. I'm taking 100 mg of this per day for perioral dermatitis. Maybe I'd be better off with the dermatitis than this stuff. I'm supposed to take this medication for 1-3 months, and I'm about a week and a half into it. Is there anything I can switch to that will reduce or eliminate these side effects?