lyme imitating other diseases and length of treatment lots of questions...?!

I'm pretty sure that symptoms of Lyme have been misdiagnosed as Lupus, and I know that they have with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cuz it happened to me.

The spirochete can take a long time to kill off for a number of reasons, especially if you've had Lyme for many years.

One of them is that they are infecting so many systems of the body, that once you've killed off the easy to get to ones, they come out from hiding in other areas of the body.

From my understanding the LLMD is looking to work toward a good remission, where he's confident that most the infection is killed off or in dormancy, and the co-infections are addressed.

The reason you're feeling worse is most likely a sign that the antibiotics are doing they're job, and maybe that the spirochete is still reproducing, which is why you're supposed to still take two more months of antibiotics once you're symptom free.

This is supposed to be a good remission, if not a cure, and with a healthy diet and possibly some preventative measures like herbals or supplements,

can last for years if not a lifetime without having to take ABX again.

There are like billions or trillions of microbes in the body. You aren't going to kill every single one, it's just not possible and it doesn't matter. You just have to reduce enough to get into a remission.

I had a bunch of bogus diagnoses, fibro and possible lupus. I went to a top immunologist who ruled out all autoimmune even though my ANA was off the chart. My fibro doc told me there is nothing you can do for fibro so you should move on if you want to feel better. You will get well.