Finally Diagnosed, Starting Antibiotics

Hello All,

While I'm waiting for a LLMD, I decided to go ahead and meet with the Infectious Disease doctor for now. She said I definitely have Lyme Disease. She's starting me on 200 Doxy for 21 days, then will either continue with the Doxy or will start me on IV Rocephin.

Does anyone have any tips or advice on Herxing while working? I work full time, a lot of it on my feet. I cannot take time off. Any help would be appreciated!

yea!!! You've got 200 mgs of Doxy to start on!

At 200 mgs you may not herx. That's not a high enough dose to kill the bacteria off in larger numbers, only to stop them from replicating. Do be sure to eat something just before taking the Doxy though - you only have one stomach and you need to protect it so that you don't have to use IV or PICC lines for your treatments!

Have you read the detoxing suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread? If you haven't or don't remember them, please read through them. Detoxing will go a long way towards controlling your symptoms.

Be sure that you have a good diet - very few processed foods, no sugar, little to no caffeine, and drink at least 64 ounces of lemon water each day. You will need to be on a really good probiotic to avoid Candida (yeast) infections, the really good ones are refrigerated.

If you feel okay about sharing what you do for work, maybe we could have more suggestions?

But, either way, congratulations on getting started on treatment!!

I hope it all goes well for you, but be prepared for some bump in the road. learn about detoxing if you haven't yet. Good luck!

You can also begin taking ginger in capsules or drinking fresh ginger tea daily if nausea becomes a problem for you. It's always been an issue for me, as well as digestive issues, so I drink at least one, if not two cups of fresh ginger tea each and every day. It's worked better than any of the prescription anti-nausea medications that I've tried.