Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome or recurring infection?

Fourteen days on abx is not long enough to find out anything. I am so sorry....... I hate telling sad news.

This lyme thing takes time. It is not a quick easy fix. I hated my first month. I had never been a sick person and so for me to be sick for a whole month was frustrating beyond control. I know there had to be a pill I could take that would cure me!!! Imagine how I felt at 6 months. A little more used to it because people here prepared me for it.

It is a process. And the process is a journey. The journey is like peeling an onion, layer by layer until one day you feel good.

One thing lyme taught me is patience. I stunk at being a patient or having patience. I could not rush this getting well. It was a thought out road map of what I was going to take. One baby step at a time. I had to make friends with this whole process. I hated it, but rather than be filled with anger, I embraced the journey. I laughed at each symptom and called them names. And actually that name calling helped.

Hang in there and let us know how that appointment goes!

And remember, the tiniest of improvement is MAJOR!

I would suggest you go with your gut as far as thinking you are cured or not.
The human body has more biofeedback mechanisms than any machine or test the doc can do.

Remember there is big downside to stopping early with this fight-If it was me I would error on doing to much instead of not enough.
Best of luck

I can't remember the exact number, but it is usually recommended to continue treatments 2-3 months after your symptoms have fully resolved. I'm pretty sure this what was recommended by Burrascano and ILADS. And I'm pretty sure these parameters are in regards to a chronic lyme infection that is well established in the body, not a recent acute infection.

What's the definition of acute? Because lyme can become systemic in a matter of days.

To more answer your question the minimum treatment time is what ever that length of time is to become symptom free. That is different for everyone whether it's 3 months or 3 years. Treatment is over when you are symptom free.

This is what Dr. Burrascano has in the Lyme Treatment Guidelines:

"EARLY LOCALIZED - Single erythema migrans with no constitutional symptoms:
1) Adults: oral therapy- must continue until symptom and sign free for at least one month,
with a 6 week minimum."

For early disseminated disease (symptoms less than one year)
"treat until no active disease for 4 to 8 weeks (4-6 months typical) "


So in your case - you treat until symptom free PLUS 4-8 weeks longer.

PTLDS - Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome - doesn't exist. If you have active symptoms, you still need treatment.

You have fatigue, knee pain - so continue to treat...you don't want this to last for years....get it done now.