I have bart and was treated separately from the initial lyme treatment. LLMD started me on rifampin...when this occurred for several weeks some signifcant bart symptoms seemed to surface. Originally I had more vague symptoms (one time rash, some muscle aches, feet tingle and some nerve issues) but when I started rifampin the symptoms were amplified and then now, finally, I am starting to get better (after 4 months of being on rifampin). Bart is a tough one, but my LLMD wants to tease all or most of these infections out of my body.
If you start the bart treatment hopefully you can tolerate the antibios....