Do bad habits and poor diet prevent lyme from getting worse or mask symptoms?

Lyme tap is for testing, although if you would like, I'd be happy to share some links for financial assistance, or you can move forward with treating with herbals like you said.

Well, I healed from a 40+ yr Lyme, Bart, RMSF, Babesia and other tick-borne infections with just herbs only. That was after I was an abx failure.

Not every treatment will work for each of us as these infections create layers of dysfunction in the body - each system, each organ and bone all get infected if the infections go on long enough. Undoing that damage can take time, like untangling delicate necklaces.

And it takes much, much more than just treatments - there's detoxing and rebuilding the body too - and that takes time as well.

If you are interested in using herbs to treat these infections, I suggest that you stick to the more well known protocols that have many success stories behind them and then start using one. Just like with abx, no one way will treat each person successfully, so you may have to try out a couple different ones to find one that works for you.