Doxycycline Hyclate side effects

Started on Doxy 200mg every 12 hours for Lyme Disease about 7 days ago and have had painful pins and needles sensation in my hands - on and off since about day 4. The top of the hands seem most affected and any exposure to water (and the resulting evaporative cooling) causes elevated sensation for about 1-2 hours. Any exposure to sun causes a painful sunburn-like sensation. I will be staying out of the sun and hope the pins and needles will go away soon.

Depression is not the word ....if this stuff was biblical, it would be the devil.
i have never felt like life didn't matter, i have never felt like i wanted to give up, but over the last few days i have, and i know it is a direct result of doxycycline. I stopped taking yesterday (had for lyme dis).
sever headaches, nausea, chest pain, panic attacks, etc....

NO WONDER THIS IS A FREE PRESCRIPT....they get you on your second visit after your doc prescribes zoloft or something for you.

To everyone out there that has issues with doxycycline...
Now i fully understand the old saying that nothing is free in life.

I got it for lyme disease 7 days ago, and it was one of the free prescripts from my grocery store (great i thought). Little did i know how powerful this stuff can be. For the last week i have basically had severe headaches and wanted to give up on life. I didn't want to work out, didn't want to go to work, had chest pains, muscle spasms, and DEEP DEPRESSION....
now i know why this is free, because after it gets you so depressed, they figure your doctor will put you on something to get you out of depression, a money making drug. This is probably the meds talking still (i stopped yesterday after what felt like a complete and utter mental breakdown). Regardless of my silly conspiracy theory, i am glad i stopped taking it, and i hope that i start feeling like myself again.

I started taking doxycycline hyclate 100mg twice daily for 10 days for a respiratory infection. After about 7 days I started noticing tingling in my hands and feet and feeling like I was being misted with water on my arms. The tingling became worse and is now very painful in my hands but more so in my toes. It is especially worse at night when your trying to go to sleep.
It feels like the nerves in my hands and feet are raw and going crazy. Nothing relieves the pain. I took my last pill this morning and will never take this medication again.

This medication is deadly! I was prescribed 100mg twice a day for 2 weeks for a supposed pelvic infection (don't know yet if that's actually what I have - personally I don't think so). I took it for 6 and a half days (equals 13 pills) and when I found this website and read people's experiences I immediately quit. I experienced some mild nausea the first few days but didn't relate it to the Doxycycline. Then I noticed I was having more bowel movements than normal (5 in one day). I thought maybe I was eating too much fiber as I had increased my intact recently. Then on the 6th evening everything fell apart. I was panicking for no apparent reason; it was just washing over me in waves. My heart was racing and felt like it was going to pound right out of my chest. I barely slept that night because every time I drifted off I startled awake with my heart racing. My body felt weird but I don't know how to explain it; my feet were tingly. The next morning I got hit with diarrhea (I'm usually constipated). Then that whole day I was sobbing on and off throughout the day. I felt like I had hit rock bottom. I wanted to die but was trying to fight these thoughts. I thought I was going to go crazy and start screaming. That was yesterday. I did not take my evening dose then and today have not taken my morning dose and will never take it again. I managed to sleep during the night although my whole body was super tense. Today I am doing better already but am very nauseous. My stomach & back hurt a bit but I am not sure if it is because of the Doxycycline or not, because I have been having a lot of health problems lately. Looking back on the last week, I can see the other side effects I was having which included being really cold (which is totally unlike me and it's summer), occasional ringing in my ears, burning in my abdomen, mild headaches, dry lips, trembling, my face feels hot...I can't remember everything. The panic & depression was the worst. Don't take anti-anxiety meds or antidepressants to combat this. I have been on them and they make things worse -- withdrawal can take months and is hell-like. Just get off the Doxycycline.

Last December I was also prescribed Doxycycline Hyclate 100mg for mild acne. I am 17. After a few weeks of taking it my acne appeared to have been getting better and I felt quite relieved. However, after about a month and a half of taking it, I woke up one morning with what felt like extreme heartburn. My stomach felt like there was a lump in it and in the middle of my chest where the esophagus and stomach connected, there was extreme pain whenever I swallowed anything. At first I thought this was just due to excessive acid in my stomach, but as it turned out it was the medicines reaction to a virus/cold I was getting -- the symptoms were nearly like an ulcer (which is what we initially thought). After stopping the medicine for about a month, I was fine and I started taking it again. Now it's been about the same duration of me taking it, and once again I feel as though I'm developing another case of what feels like extreme heartburn/an ulcer. Has anyone else had this problem?

I was on doxycycline for three months for chronic prostatitis. I had similar bad side effects start last week, nausia, pain in the stomach, weakness in the legs, exhaustion, dizziness, etc... But no depression "yet". I have been off the doxycycline for four days and still having bad symptoms. I read your posts --- Thank you! I have read that doxycyline depletes the body of B vitamins. Many of the symptoms described by many of the posts are similar to depletion of B vitamins. Have any of you been tested for B vitamin depletion?

I was on doxycycline for three months for chronic prostatitis. I had similar bad side effects start last week, nausea, pain in the stomach, weakness in the legs, exhaustion, dizziness, etc... But no depression "yet". I have been off the doxycycline for four days and still having symptoms. I read your posts --- Thank you! I have read that doxycyline depletes the body of B vitamins at ****** Many of the symptoms described by many of the posts are similar to depletion of B vitamins. Have any of you been tested for B vitamin depletion?

I was prescribed Doxycycline for chronic prostatitis. I took 100mg. twice per day for 3 months. The doctor told me that he puts men on antibiotics (Bactrim and Ciprofloxacin) for 6 months and longer. I had been on both of those drugs in the past and had depression after taking ciprofloxacin for thirty days. I have not had depression from the doxycyline "yet" but did experience insomnia and minor dizziness off and on for a month before the serious effects hit me. During the course of treatment several times I felt unusual tiredness for a day or two but it would go away and I would feel strong again. One week before I stopped taking the doxycycline the bad effects started. Lower back ache, humming in the head, loud ringing in the ears, mild mental confusion, forgetful, headache, dizziness, lack of appetite, nausea, minor tingling in the upper lip feet and hands, sore anus, minor pain in the throat, unusual tiredness, scratchy eyes (like sand in them), redness of skin, pale hands and feet, joint and muscle pain, tight muscles in legs, bloating, abdominal pain, and blurred vision. I have been off the doxycycline for four days and still have many of the symptoms. I read at ****** that doxycycline depletes the body of B vitamins. The week I stopped taking a multivitamin / mineral pill the symptoms started. I was very cautious about taking the vit. pill four hours after taking the doxycycline throughout the course. I plan to get a blood test to confirm the B vitamin content. I took a vit. pill today and it has helped reduce the insomnia and color of the feet and hands. My question to you all is how long dose it take the body to repair the damage? Thank you for all your posts they give hope of recovery.

I've been on doxy for one week now for my Lyme . I'm usually a happy person, and I'm just another normal 15 year old. I've been feeling like I'm losing my mind. I woke up @ 5 am thinking it was 7 due to the massive headache I woke up to and my blurred vision. I've been forgetting a lot of things lately, not the best time because I have final exams. I have also been crying for no reason and a little jumpy. Today I ran away from what I thought was a spider it was a piece of paper. I felt like I was dying the 2nd day I took it. Now I have a random rash spreading throughout my leg.
Well glad to know I'm not a lone on feeling like I'm going crazy.

Started Doxy 4 days ago. Supposed to have been taking 100mg twice a day, did it first couple days then forgot. Started back on it today. Almost immediately after taking the dose I noticed my face was itchy. I have tons of tiny bumps all over my right cheek up into my eye area and down the jaw area as well. Other than this I feel bloated as hell, I don't know if it's related or not. The rest of my skin feels itchy on and off but I don't notice any bumps anywhere other than the right side of my face (so weird). Any thoughts on why I might be having this reaction??

WILL THESE SIDE EFFECTS EVER GO AWAY, I BEEN ON THE COUCH FOR 3 DAYS CANT EAT? ANXIETY IS HORRIBLE AND FEEL LIKE IM DYING...HAS ANYONE EVER FELT THIS WAY AND IF YOU DID PLEASE RESPOND AND LET ME KNOW IF MY MENTAL CLARITY WILL COME BACK JUST FEEL OUTTA IT AND READ WHAT OTHERS WERE SAYING BUT WOULD JUST LIKE SOME FEEDBACK..... THIS DRUG IS RIDICULOUS I SLEPT 9 HOURS AND I AM STILL TIRED..

i have been prescribed doxycycl hyc for uti infection and been taking this for 3 days now and on the 3rd day felt sick to stomach,headache ,severe anxiety and confusion also hot and cold and frequent urination this pill is horrible. just wanted to know if this goes away after you stop taking the pill cause i still feel pale and not myself and haven't take it for 12 hours..i will never ever take this crap again...

My 12 yr old daughter has been taking Doxy for 1 1/2 months to clear her mild acne. I thought it was the wonder drug because after 3 weeks her skin looked so much better, BUT then her skin started declining again, I can see the acne coming back. She's been complaining of pretty bad stomach pain, nausea and dizziness. I have also noticed major mood swings. She is usually a very happy girl, but now she gets moody and anxious more often than not. She is highly allergic to Benzoyl Peroxide, so she can't use Proactive or any other product with the same ingredients. After reading this site I will stop giving her Doxy immediately! Has anybody found anything that works for acne?

Update: With 5 days left on the med, I stopped taking it and continued with my workout and lost 3 lbs. I guess it does make you gain weight. I also noticed that my jaw was hurting for no apparent reason, but that went away after like 3-4 days.

Hi my name is M. and i have mild acne. I have been taking doxycycline for almost 1 week now. I started taking this med on June 1st until now. Well my concerns is that i wonder how long would i see the results from using doxycycline and if there would be any chances for me to be allergic to this med even after a week?

I will be honest with you I was having these symptoms before I was put on Doxycycline for Lymes Disease. The pins and needles in the hands, lightheadedness, major fatigue, shortness of breath. That was the reason I went to the doctor. I knew something was wrong and I also had been bitten by a tick. The blood test came back positive and I started on Doxycycline immediately. I actually get up about 6 and take the 1st dose and then go back to bed and the morning nausea stopped. The only new side effect is the very foggy feeling. What ever the side effect is can not be as bad as the symptoms of Lyme's Disease, before you stop taking the meds please read the symptoms, they are definitely are worst than the cure.

I was prescribed doxycycline hyclate by mt dentist for gum disease. I have been taking it since 3/23/2009. I stopped taking it two days ago. I have found increasing joint pain, especially in the thumbs. It has been getting worse. Also muscle aches from routine yard work, nothing strenuous. Itching all over the hands, arms, legs and back. I had been advised by the pharmacy to watch out for sun while taking it. Since it is summer time, there isn't too much one can do to completely stay out of the sun.

I intend to continue to suspend taking the medication and purge it from my body. This is the second time in the last several years that I was not properly advised of the various side effects.

I was prescribed this medication for dental disease and to take it for a minimum of 90 days. Since 3/23/2009 the gums have stopped bleeding. I just hope my system can purge itself of this RX.

I am so glad I found this posting! Hi everyone my names Vanessa..I am 20 years old and was prescribed doxycycline for mild adult acne in Jan..5 months ago...and never knew how much the side effects change someones lives. Experienced: insomnia, nightmares, hot/cold spells, difficulty breathing, paranoid, swollen face and tongue, crying spells, severe mood swings, inability to concentrate, weakness, fatigue, suicidal, shakiness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, irritability, feeling outside of my body.....it wasn't until I started to stop drinking coffee and drinking loads of water and exercising..that I realized it was the doxycycline side effects. I would wake up have a good breakfast....and water....than take the pill and start to get blurred vision...shaky..feel depressed. and confused...than I would start drinking more water and trying to sweat (knowing that water flushes toxins out of your body and sweating) and by 2 ish? the side effects subsided...and I could see clear. Today my first day not taken the pill...and from what I read it takes a few weeks to get it completely out of your system. But I get a kick out of doctors who prescribe all of these medications to people thinking it cures things..not realizing that it really can disrupts someones lives who's sensitive to medication.

Been on Doxycycline 100mg twice daily for 1 month for ocular rosacea. Developed extremely itchy, bumpy, pink rash to my upper back, neck, now extending to sides of my cheeks. I thought it might be acne (never ever had in my 42 years) but after reading comments here might be more related to the doxycycline.

I want to know if anyone has experienced severe joint pain while on Doxy. I was prescribed this med on a Monday. I (like an idiot) doubled up on my first dose Monday evening because I know you can do that with other antibiotics to jump start the process. What can I say? I don't like being sick. Well....Tuesday morning, I took my 2nd dose and went to work. Very soon after taking the second dose, I broke out into a very itchy rash all over my back that soon spread to other parts of my body. I called my doctor and was immediately taken off the Doxy and prescribed Augmentin. Later that night, I began aching all over. I woke up in severe pain throughout all of my joints, and was in a terrible mood.....obviously. As the day progressed, the pain continued, but seemed to be moving randomly about my joints. My ankles would hurt for a while, then my arms, the my shoulders, etc. That night, I took a Benadryl (still itching from the rash a little), some ibuprofen, and went to bed. I woke up feeling a lot better. A lot less pain in most of my joints. It was a good day. However, today, Friday, I am still in some pretty bad pain in my hands. Anyone else have a similar experience??????

I was taking doxycycline for a lesion on my face. I started to have tingling of my feet and fingers but did not associate it with the medication. I only used the doxycycline for two weeks. The tingling in my feet lasted for almost 5 weeks.

Several months later I went on Doxycycline because I thought I had lyme disease. After being on the Doxy for one week I started up with burning sensations of my hands and feet. Puffy, red hands...burning on different parts of my body. My Md said it was anxiety! An immunologist said it was peripheral nueropothy from drinking too much!!! I knew both diagnosis were bogis....then I started to research doxy and came upon this site...thank God. I finished the month of the Doxy. I have been off the med now for two months and the symptoms are finally starting to subside.
I can remember waking up one night and my entire chest felt like it was on fire. Wearing shoes was so painful that I wore slippers to work...I was a burning tingling mess and I am convinced it was the doxycyline.

I have been taking Doxycycline Hyclate 20 MG for the past 2 weeks and have only had diarrhea. They prescribed it to me for infection in my gums and I seem to be getting better....my sinuses have cleared up and my blood sugar is more under control.
Maybe these doctors are prescribing this drug to people for the wrong symptoms because I feel a whole lot better today 2 weeks into the drug than the past 4 months. I'm supposed to be on it for 3 months and if all I get is diarrhea, I'm sticking to taking it.

Hi there everyone. I started taking Doxy 8 days ago, and my side effects with it are......dizziness, headaches, anxiety, panic attacks, stomach upset really bad, I have to eat something before I take it. Really bad and scary feelings flash over me, eyes get blurry at times. Filling really tired, and exhausted. Prickly feelings in my hands, and sometimes in my arms. I don't want to take this anymore, I have called my doctor but no respond yet from them. She gave me 10 more days worth to take, I got a tick bite 15 days ago and this is why they gave it to me, they wanted to cover me for lyme disease or any other disease that I might get with tick bites. Thanks for reading. Take care

I just started taking Doxycycline for Lyme disease and feel worse than I did before I had it. After taking a couple of pills, I vomited. Now I feel nausea, still have a high temperature, and have no taste for food. I am going to my doctor to see if there is another antibiotic out there to take. This one is horrible!

I was recently prescribed Doxycycline Hyclate for periodical dermatitis (contact dermatitis around the mouth) It started to get rid of this red, ugly rash right away, however, 2 weeks into the medicine, my head is killing me! I have HORRIBLE non-stop head aches. My head and face hurt like I have one monstrous head ache, and, aspirin does not help! I have also been so angry (hard not to be when your head is pounding!) I also had terrific nausea. Could not sleep at night, and, I had some weird nightmares! I stopped taking it and will be calling my Doctor today to tell him to give me something else.

So I've been working my ass off for the last two weeks trying to get in shape and have not lost a single pound. The only thing I'm doing different is taking this for a sinus infection. What's up with that? I can't lose weight while taking it?

okay so Im taking this cap, because im trying to get rid of an infection. The side affects are killing me slowly. um, this is the fifth day and the headaches, dizziness, being tired all the time. my eyes are loosing vision. I think i will stop... from reading all the other things i have read about this stupid drug.

My son took it a while ago and has since this day major problems with his stomach and blood in his stool. While in college, he did not think about it being the medication. 2 months ago I told him to stop taking
Doxycycline, but his symptoms are still there. I guess, he already
destroyed some organ in his body with this dangerous pill. How can a company bring a pill on the market, with so many people having
problems with it and even getting depressed.
Unbelievable ! I am so glad I found this forum, this has to stop!
Does anybody has any experience how long the pain will stay after not taking Doxycycline????? We checked his blood and some of the results are not ok - a result of taking this dangerous pill. And the company makes a fortune out of it! Do not care about the health of young adults!

Hello, my son was on Doxycycline to treat his acne. What a horrible
medication. It damages everything in a teenager. I do not understand,
that a doctor is allowed to just give it away and do not even make further
test later again, at least some bloodwork!
My son has major problems with his stomach, blood in his stool and
headaches . He was checked for plenty of other things, until I found this
website. Thank you !!! Somebody needs to stop this company by making a profit from these horrible pills. This cannot continue this way!
Does anybody know, when the pain stops? He is not on this pill anymore since 2 months and his symptoms are still there. I will contact the company as well in this matter, but they may not even know.

Damn! What don't they prescribe this for?!?!
I was just discharged from the hospital today and was given doxy thru an iv for 7 days, and was given a prescription for another 10. After a few days on doxy i became depressed. I started crying earlier and im not even sure why. Ive also been experiencing weird feelings in my chest, slightly warm with a little pressure sometimes. I feel weak and tired all the time. hot then cold within minutes without a change in tempt in the room. upset stomach and the list goes on. Ive lost my appetite completely, eating feels like such a chore. Doxy is such a pain in the ass!!! Im glad i found this website though..I thought I was going crazy!

I have been treated with Doxycycline 100 MG twice for Lyme disease. Lyme presents with many of the same side effects as described here in this post so who knows which is causing what? Something like Abbot and Costello, who's on 1st. Anyway, the Lyme is frightening and if this is what it takes to get rid of the infection, so be it-I will deal with the side effects if I am convinced it is working. The problem is that I have no way of knowing. Has anyone else had Lyme and experienced the same.

DOXY SUX BIGTIME. If you want to feel like you have an ax in your forehead and knives in your torso, chow it down. Not just the stomach either, SHARP PAINS in the whole organ area. Also, extreme LETHARGY, if I took on an empty stomach I'd THROW UP, numbness in extremities. Took it so I wouldn't get malaria. The drug company must have an overstock of this & they prescribe it for everything! In other countries you get other drugs for malaria. WTH? Intracranial hypertension?! How scary is that? Of course I read about that after I got the head splitting HEADACHES FROM HELL. I hope it isn't permanent because I still get the headaches & have stopped the devil's drug for 14 days now. You take it 28 days after exposure to mosquitoes has stopped - and every single day you of your trip. Someone is making a ton of ca$h off this poison & they will pay in the next life with the worst karma ever. I thought I was having an aneurysm. (seriously). It was obviously pulled off some countries shelves, renamed, & sold here. DO NOT USE. Going to research intra cranial hypertension now & see if it is permanent.

My daughter was prescribed Doryx for mild acne- 150mg a day. At Track Meets she is complaining that she is dizzy (seeing black spots) after races. Now she says she has tingling in her hands and lips. They feel like they are on fire also. I had her stop the meds immediately and am waiting for the dermatologist to call back. If anyone had these symptoms how long does it take for them to go away?? email me: ******

Thank goodness I found this site! I have been on Doxy for about a week and yesterday my hands started getting cold prickles. Not like they were asleep, but stabbing cold prickles. Then today my hands are really sensitive to heat and cold. Still cold prickles and also burning in hands. Went for a bikeride and felt the same thing on my forehead. I also feel my neck tightening up, my lips are burning, my nose got sunburned and it feels on FIRE!
I had myself dying of some neuro disorder...only to find this site and it put me at ease! No more Doxy for me!
The funny thing is I switched to Doxy from some other antibiotic for acne because the other was making me crazy dizzy! Maybe I just live with my zits!

Just read posts. Will think how to make experience better.

I have taken my three doses within two days, as prescribed so far.
(100mg twice a day).
I may just take one dose today to give my system a reprieve and then think I will stock up on things to help, and go again and try to do the week prescribed.
I AM NOT A DR. so don't take what I Say, as Your authority...but remember that doctors are "practicing" experts at their work" and drug companies like money. Some prescriptions save lives, and others, well...one needs to research and work with or change the method or part of the method. I go herbal whenever possible and hardly take any medications.

My adverse symptoms during this prescription are: Feeling a bit depressed anxious, and withdrawn, almost toward paranoid, Almost. But still ok,"riding the rim" so to speak.
1. "I have heard"... alpha lipoic acid crosses blood brain barrier so that ought to help with brain talking to itself re:
low heavy mood.
Also amino acids, thanks for that too!
2. WATER.
3. Exercise.
4. I think nettle tea as general tonic:
(must boil first for 25 minutes for fresh nettles)
5. I'll get some dandelion root if I don't have milk thistle on hand, or maybe even if I do!
6. I know Omega 3's help with mood
and more so I hope that won't interfere
(does it have minerals???),
I will likely take it anyway between pills.
7. Stay out of sun for now.
8. Vitamin D3.
9. Eat good size meal first.
10. Some Vit. C seems good and also B Vit for stress.
11. Rescue Remedy is a Bach flower remedy for stress. Take as directed, but AGAIN, go slowly if you are listening here, as EVERYONE is different.I take no responsibility for how these things
may effect YOU...but i hope it helps.
One needs to think and trust...
"How do I really feel?" and do the research and look for YOUR options. What works for one doesn't always work for another. I am going to think: what is an immune booster and what is a mood stabilizer, with foods and vitamins, and see if I can keep the prescription going for the week. Coffee~caffeine causes me anxiety. But Turkey has tryptophan in it, that calms.
This is how I NEED,
to THINK...very carefully.
Will call Dr. NOW and let him know what's up for me, and meanwhile, I will try to manage it from info I can muster.
Will see...I don't know outcomes yet, but I do feel, depressed right now.
Stay alert, be gentle and pampering where possible, with my day, calming music, meditate on PEACE...call a friend for temporary support, and do my best.
Here I go....water, big meal, pay attn. to what I need.
CHANGE prescription if too hard!
But...try this way first.
Some people generally absorb meds well and some don't.

I was prescribed Doxy 100mg twice daily for 14d for a Mycoplasma pneumonia. Day 6 I started to get a bit dizzy and some changes in my vision, sort of having a hard time to focus but I just though it was symptoms of fatigue or just being hypochonric. From day 8 I started to get really depressed and felt that I was going to die and that everyone was leaving me. On day 10 I also started to get anxiety attacks and had extreme difficulties to concentrate on anything. By this time I also got tremor, weakness and tingling in my arms and severe neck pain. Throughout this time I was aware of the risk for benign intracranial hypertension, but I didn't get any headache or nausea until d 16, i.e. 2 days after I stopped the medication. I never had fever. I then dropped 6 pounds in a week and had a hard time eating. It is now 6 weeks since I stopped taking the medication. My pneumonia is totally gone. The depression/anxiety is almost gone although some social withdrawal and lack of initiative still remains. It's still a bit up and down but much better. My neck pain is still there but is also getting better and I only have minor tremor in my arms. The visual changes still persist but every now and then I feel like my old self again for a few hours/day. The whole episode have been, and still are, the worst experience of my life. I keep my fingers crossed that it will all go away over the next few weeks.

I was recently prescribed Doxy for Lyme disease. From the time I took my first dose until now, 3 days later, I have had horrible cramping. Similar to menstrual cramps, but worse. I also have a constant headache, though I'm not sure if the headache is caused my the meds or the Lyme disease itself. I have found I absolutely can NOT take this medication on an empty stomach. I drink the recommended amount of water and eat a few crackers when I take it. Seems to take the edge off a bit. I currently take a prescription medication for GERD, but I have been having the worst heartburn ever. Not so sure if I will be able to deal with 18 more days on this medication. I will probably call my doctor first thing Monday morning to see what my options are.

I have been on doxy for seven days- I have gained five pounds in those seven days- I have a constant headache and am tired. after reading the other postings I am convinced that this drug causes or ENHANCES depression..has anyone else experienced the weight gain or am I going insane????

Hello, fellow suffering souls, I was given Doxy for a sinus infection. I had heartburn and felt depressed the whole time. I took 100 mg twice a day for seven days. It's been two weeks and I'm super sensitive to light. I can't see! Everything is blinding. It's really bad. Ughhhh..... MahaYoga 108

Ive been taking Doxy for 6 days now, after about 4 days I began to have a very itchy burning scrotum. Also have a very "warm" feeling in my chest. Can anyone else confirm the symptoms with the itchy genital region? It is quite red and painful. Lanacane seems to provide some temporary relief. Thanks for your input.

I am so glad I read about Doxycycline Hyclate first before taking it. My first visit with a Dermatologist and this is the medication she prescribed for my acne problem. After reading into it, it doesn't sound worth taking at all. It sounds like a killer pill! I am going to stick to my Benzoyl Peroxide.

I have NEVER EVER had a history of anxiety attacks. Never even been to the ER. I've been on doxycycline for a week and yesterday, I thought I was having a heart attack and going to die. It was AWFUL! Scariest experience of my life.

I have been taking doxy for about 10 days and am about to take my last pill. I haven't started my period yet and was wondering if the doxy has an effect on that. And if it is ok to be taking birth control and the doxy. Will my period come once I am done taking the doxy and it's out of my system? I was just being curious.

I am so glad I found this site...have been on doxycycline for about a week and spent about 30 minutes in the sun...oops! my toes and knuckles on my hands feel like they are on fire constantly. They are red and swollen. They burn just sitting here! Is there anything that can be done to help? I quit taking the medication. I was on it for acne treatment, but decided I will live with it rather than deal with the pain of sunburned feet and hands!

Hello All,

I started taking the antibiotic and also had a "lump in the throat feeling" about 5 days after taking it. Like some other posters, the feeling started in the middle of the night and has persisted since. I think it may be GERD. Tomatoes and citrus certainly make it worse! I am going to try a diet of mild foods until the coarse is over.

I was on Doxy for a few days. Then decided to look up if this drug could cause depression.....well. I see it has caused emotional and psychological trouble for others. This is my answer for sure. I woke up with fast heart beats in middle of night. then morning was calling hubby upset thinking what I would do if something happen to him. That is so not like me.

I have stopped the med for few days now and feel my good old self. It that tick got me well it is what it is. thanks for all who shared it has been a great help to me. I hope others think to look for this site if they are not feeling their self while taking this med.

Hello, I have never done this before, but after taking Doxy for a long time for lymes disease I have been off of it for a while and some of the lymes symptoms were coming back so I started again on Doxy. I have started having chest pains and a constant headache. I just thought I would look it up and found this site. I am glad to know the chest pains are from the doxy and also the heartburn. I think I will take my chances with the Lymes.

I'm 41 and approximately 115 lbs. I've been taking Doxycycline Hyclate (100mg) for only 3 days now and so far I'm still feeling my normal self. I have 4 more days to take the medicine before completing my dosage and I hope to continue to feel the same way. I must say that when I take it, in the morning and early evening, I drink lots of water with it and I eat a complete meal, which is what I do with any prescribed medication that I may have to take unless otherwise specified. I don't know if this is why I'm not feeling any side effects, but so far it seems to be working for me.

I have been taking Doxycycline Hyclate 100 mg for about a year. Two pr day. I have had on occasions pain that is similar to heart pain. I now know that it is NOT heart. My Question: Do any of you take this tablet with food? With milk? On a Full stomach? On an empty stomach? The manufacturer gives NO directions on these questions! How do Pharmacists and Doctors arrive at their directions?? I take WITH food at breakfast and dinner. I stay away from dairy, calcium, iron etc for two hours before and after taking the Doxycycline Hyclate. The medicine is accomplishing what it is intended to do.