Nattush:
Like much AS kickers, I tried lots of things before NSD and some after. When I started NSD (summer 2001) it wasn't so easy for me as today is for newcomers: no so much kickers on it, no informations neither in spanish, french or basque about it, my english level was (and it's still now) very bad, etc. Tried Cipro in these conditions, also Roadback Foundation's protocol, improved sometimes, and worsened after. Thereby, I'm not one good reference about antibiotic protocols. Furthermore, my AS is very stubborn.
Some fellows quote here the connection between Candida and AS, and -although that connection was in my own case only hipothetic, without any analysis- having one friend who knows about Apitherapy, I tried bee propolis. And that worked well for me. Maybe because it is both antibiotic and fungicide, but it has much others properties you can read about.
If you decided to try propolis, you must take some probiotics, as bifidus, lactobacilus, etc. , for restoring gut flora.
Pello.