Not sure if i have lyme. help please!!

In the middle of june i was bitten my something that i wasnt sure what is was.. i had one red expanding rash but it was not of the typical bulls eye appearance. I was prescribed five days of low dosage amoxyciline by a local practitioner and in the end of if i started to have low grade fever around 37 for 5-6 days during some times per day. I did western blot that came negative and other blood test and everything came normal. I didnt jad any other symptoms except the low grade fever I started doxy for 30 days of 300 mg per day. The first five days of doxy treatment i had some joint pain that i thought it could be haex but then it went away. Now i have 2 weeks that i stopped doxy and i experience random small joint pains for no more than 30 seconds many times per day. It could be left hand fingers, sometimes right or left elbow or right ( more often) or left knee. What should i do now? Should i wait to see if i will have other symptoms? Like fatigue and tirednes?? Was the 300 of doxy enough for 30 day or i should have combined with other antibiotic? I think i catched the disease early so please let me know what i should do from now on.

Ramaya21, welcome to our forum. Sorry you suspect lyme.

We ask new members to read the first thread - New To Lyme? .... Start Here! Is is full of very useful information.

Lyme testing can not be very reliable, especially when you are first bit.

Artermix's suggestion of finding a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor is a great suggestion. And the recommendation of doing some herbs until you can get in would be awesome.

I am curious as to what your doctor said when your symptoms are not resolved? Have you told your doctor you are not well yet? I think I would give my doctor a chance to heal you. See if that works.

Actually i dont have a doctor. I know many things about lyme and i visited your forum in the past because my girlfriend had lyme in the past and i really know how cruel it is. The doxy of 300 mg was my idea because i read that over 200 m is also bactericidal and not only bacteriostatic. All doctors i visited they told me 21 days of doxy and they doubted the existance of chronic lyme so i stopped conuslting them. Thank god i can provide my self with antibiotics so if you cam help me through this forum i will be really gratefull.

And also which herbal treatment are you doing??

Sounds VERY lymie. What bite you, gave you an infection, we know that for sure. So now the question is, what did it give you? Lyme? Many other co-infections?

Please get Igenex tested.

And to the poster that said you don't have enough antibodies yet is probably correct. At first I tested negative for EVERYTHING.

Then 3 months later (using Igenex) I was positive for lyme and Ehrlichia.

Without being combined with Probenecid, Amoxicillin isn't going to stay in the bloodstream long enough to be effective against these infections.

Considering your situation, I would encourage you to find an herbal protocol for treating these infections. Mixing different dosages and different antibiotics on your own can be very dangerous. The herbal protocols are already explained and in dosages.

It's best to buy his books, but here is a site where Buhner's protocol is listed with dosages and more:
buhnerhealinglyme.com/

ramaya21 said...
In the middle of june i was bitten my something that i wasnt sure what is was.. i had one red expanding rash but it was not of the typical bulls eye appearance. I was prescribed five days of low dosage amoxyciline by a local practitioner and in the end of if i started to have low grade fever around 37 for 5-6 days during some times per day. I did western blot that came negative and other blood test and everything came normal. I didnt jad any other symptoms except the low grade fever I started doxy for 30 days of 300 mg per day. The first five days of doxy treatment i had some joint pain that i thought it could be haex but then it went away. Now i have 2 weeks that i stopped doxy and i experience random small joint pains for no more than 30 seconds many times per day. It could be left hand fingers, sometimes right or left elbow or right ( more often) or left knee. What should i do now? Should i wait to see if i will have other symptoms? Like fatigue and tirednes?? Was the 300 of doxy enough for 30 day or i should have combined with other antibiotic? I think i catched the disease early so please let me know what i should do from now on.

The 300 mg for 30 days was not enough...you need to continue treating until you are symptom free PLUS an additional 4-8 weeks.
Don't wait until you have other symptoms...you are just allowing it to disseminate further.

Regarding testing: Germany has a lab - Armin Labs that does an Elispot test.

www.arminlabs.com/en

Have you read through the packet of information in the thread at the top of the page titled: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's got a lot of useful information in it.

Also, if you're wanting to know antibiotic combinations and dosages - you can subscribe to a LLMD's online book - I have found it helpful. I think it's $4.99 per month. There is a lot of information on supporting the body while treating these infections.

www.treatlyme.net

I believe Armin labs is good in Europe for Lyme testing.

Hello for the last days my joint pain is not here anymore. I was thinking maybe it was psyhological and i caused it to my self because of anxiousness. I just feel a bit of pressure in my face like headache but it could be also from some homepathetics it took. What you think? Also which website would you recommend to order the herbal protocol. Uherb is good? I live in europe

The Lyme bacteria replicates in the body every 4 - 6 weeks, so 10 days won't make much of a difference, but I would encourage you to detox (either start or continue) during that time.

As Artemix said, whether to do abx, herbs or some other alternative healing methods - or a combination of them - is a highly personal choice. Some are quite limited by the cost of each method, others just trust one. Many have healed using only one protocol though, and many heal with the combined protocol as well.

Detoxing is anything that helps your body rid itself of the toxins.

Exercise is one detox.

Here is a link to a list of detox methods:



www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Start with a couple methods and every few days add in one more - you should be working up to multiple methods daily.

A belated welcome ramaya!

You've been given some great information already.

While you wait for your herbs to arrive, I suggest that you slowly implement a detoxing protocol by adding another method every few days.

Most of us are exposed to a large number of chemicals daily. Think personal care products, car exhaust, carpet fumes, cleaning products, general pollution.

Over time, the body accumulates toxins and much is written about detoxing even for healthy people. Here's one example:

tinyurl.com/all-things-detox


All the while you've been infected, the pathogens have been going through their life cycles which includes death.

Well, the dead pathogens release toxins when they die and that is what causes our symptoms:

www.benbrew.com/lb/lyme5.pdf

An effective detoxing protocol will help clear those toxins from the body. Girlie provided a link to some really good information about detoxing. I hope you'll consider getting started with it.

Hope you feel better soon!