Son herxing already?

If the bacterial load is high enough, yes. I did.

Is he detoxing? If so, can he add anything more in to help his body detox?

Has he been tested for the gene mutations that can interfere with the body's ability to detox (MTHFR)?

Hi. No, I think we better focus more on detoxing, I think I'm just shocked at how fast. To be honest, I think a part of me was thinking nothing would happen, thus proving it really wasn't lyme. sounds crazy I know. Heading out to get some lemons and a few other things. Poor kid is supposed to work tonight. He mentioned taking a break from work for awhile, he might be right. Again, just really caught off guard right now. The hand swelling is kind of the slap upside the head I think I needed. Haven't been tested for MTHFR, not yet anyway....thanks.

Girlie, I will put him on the milk thistle, I assume the liquid form is best? And he's just started the 50 billion for probiotics, his regular one was less. So should it be 1 probiotic 3 hours before the antibiotic, and then do another probiotic 3 hours prior to second dose?

A quick detox method that I've grown to love is a cold rinse at the end of my shower.

And, the site I'm linking below explains why it's effective and, most importantly, shares many detox ideas:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Hope he feels better soon!

thank you cd3764, there is some awesome tips there I will follow.

Also Candleinthewind, thats interesting what you mention about the tumeric. My son downed some lemon water and tumeric capsules. I think it helped. Even if he thinks it helped is awesome, because it enforces to him the benefits of detoxing and how effective the pay off for some relief can be. He ended up going to work and im waiting up to see how he feels when he gets home shortly.

thanks Girlie, he was doing it backwards with the probiotic and makes more sense your way. Someone at health food store said to take probiotic firs but i felt like it should be the other way around. thanks

Absolutely. I took my abx treatment and began noticing a small herx within 8 hours. The following day was way worse and then they slowly became a little less severe over the next 2 weeks. The same thing repeated the following week I began abx treatment again.