It bears repeating....

Please if you haven't, get your thyroid checked. Lyme and its co-infections are notorious for affecting the thyroid. Luckily for me I was already dealing with thyroid for years, but now I have to monitor it more. Most doctors will not test it or recommend it because they don't see the relationship. Some symptoms you have such as fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, depression, anxiety (and the list goes on and on), can all be exacerbated by a sluggish or overactive thyroid. Sometimes the treatment is working but the thyroid (and don't forget the adrenals) may be another piece of the puzzle.

I'm convinced that many symptoms we see here are from thyroids taking a beating from the infections.

Example: For some reason the assumptions on lyme forums for night swears is to blame babasia. Most out of whack thyroids will create night sweats, even in men. Fluctuating hormones (any of them) can do this.

For this reason, we need to understand our thyroid labs better than the average Dr (who usually has poor thyroid knowledge). Get your thyroid optimal, then see what symptoms you have. You can only find your optimal level with a Dr who is willing to explore this area.

You would be better off with a ND or some type of holistic provider. Believe it or not there are a lot of chiropractors who are now treating thyroid patients. My endo was never much help. He just sends me referral forms when I need them and sends in scripts as I request them. I will be working with a new doc on my Lyme and co-infections and he also is in tune with thyroid, HPA axis, adrenals, etc, etc. So I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what he has to say about my thyroid numbers. Funny the doctor who actually diagnosed my EBV and a few other things (not the Lyme tho), actually said I should take less (basing it on low TSH). I have learned enough to know that he is wrong in that area. I agree with astroman the thyroid and its subsequent values take a beating when dealing with stressors in the body.

And I do agree with night sweating and overall sleep patterns (too much, too little). When the thyroid is out of whack those things can occur.

Iodine has helped ...my dad has lost 3 of 4 para thyroid to misdx...a functional duc can get you dessicated porcine