Posted 10/25/2016 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
I know I have an acute infection of Lyme and can pinpoint tick exposure to early August. I was diagnosed and treated within days of symptoms. So far, I've had 3 weeks of doxy, 1 week of amoxicillin, 2 months of cefitin (250mg x 2) and zithromax (twice daily) - last one is ongoing and I'm about a month into it, but rx is for 2 months total.
I am feeling slightly better than the beginning, but I still have some lingering symptoms. Mostly arthritis and achy hands and fingers. I do get some headaches and feel tired, but I have a bunch of small children and they do wake me up a lot.
In the past, I had some Bart-like symptoms that resolved pretty quicky such as burning soles for 24 hours, swollen lymph nodes twice which resolved in days, feeling like heat emanating from arms two nights. I also had cold feet pretty regularly.
I'm wondering if the lingering symptoms are Lyme related or the sign of an untreated Bart. Thinking of starting herbals but don't know if to start with Lyme or Bart or both.
So if you were me, would you see the antibiotic route through? Possibly ask dr to prescribe an antibiotic for Bart?
Or would you just jump to herbal route? Would you treat Lyme first or Bart?