My healing story - about 70% better

I’d like to thank everyone in this site. I’ve been in treatment for 8 months and I used to visit this site daily when things were bad. I have neuro lyme, and many times I thought I was losing my mind and was very depressed. Reading the posts helped me a lot. Although I never posted anything before, I felt I wasn’t alone in my struggle.

I suffered with migraines for many years until I saw a doctor on youtube saying that lyme can be misdiagnosed as migraines. My symptoms were a perfect match with neuro lyme, and there were a number of testimonies of people getting better in his channel. My GP didn’t want to treat me saying that there is no lyme in Texas. I made some phone calls, and the only doctor in my area that treats lyme doesn’t believe in long term antibiotics.

So, in a leap of faith, and in a bit of an impulse, I flew to Mexico to see the youtube doctor. My family and friends thought I was crazy, but I had to try.

The doctor took me to a lab to see my blood in a dark field examination. I could see the infected red blood cells. It was babesia. I also had giargia and other intestine parasites. Then, my blood was sent to a lab in Mexico City for testing. Three weeks later, it came back positive for borrelia, babesia and ehrlichia.

I’ve been rotating antibiotics and only started feeling better on the seventh month. The 70% is based on a list of symptoms and intensity compared to when I started treatment. I was in really bad shape. The fatigue, cognitive issues, speech problems, shortness of breath and pain were just horrible. People can’t understand how bad it is unless they’ve been through it.

I still get brain fog and fatigue when my hormones are fluctuating. But it’s less intense and I am not in pain anymore. I am back to my normal life, working, buying groceries, going on walks. I can sense a flare up coming hours in advance, so I go home and rest. Napping really helps. The flare ups last three to four days, but I now am able to function.

I’ve tried most of the detox methods (dry brushing, pinella, burbur, alka seltzer, Epson salt, even glutathione which is very expensive). Unfortunately, they made zero difference on my symptoms.

I hope my story helps someone keep hope alive. Treatment is long and it is really hard when you don’t see any improvement day after day, month after month. I don’t know if I will ever get to 100%, but I am grateful I’ve come this far.

Here is a list of the medicine I’ve taken in different times and combinations: clindamycin, chloroquine, doxycycline, metronidazole, nucleo cmp forte, clarithromycin, fluconazol, tinidazole, furazolidone.

Wishing you all a speedy recovery and happy new year.

I love hearing good news and this is good news!

Here's to a new year of good health for you.

Traveler,

I am down to 100 mg of doxycycline and 400 mg of metronidazole 3 x day.

Sometimes I go 10+ days without any symptoms. I feel like it's gone for good, no sign of the infection at all. So I get very frustrated when it flares up again. Every flare up I think it will be the last. One day it will.

Longjourney,

What a wonderful way for you to end 2016! So happy for you.

Thanks for taking the time to post and give us all some hope.

I don't think seven months is long at all. I'm envious. Well done.

May the remission continue.

Welcome lj ...did you go to puerta vallarta clinic? If so how long?

please share your full protocoal. my sympotams is mostly neurolyme. share all medicine including probiotics,antiparasitic,herbs. i really need help.

Thanks for sharing. I hope the recovery continues.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I wish you best of luck with your future treatment.

Hi BadAssB - welcome to our community!

Since you are new here, it would be helpful for you to read through the thread at the top of the page titled: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's full of useful information.


Hopefully LongJourney will be back to this thread to answer your question.

You should enable your email option, so that LongJourney will be able to send you information on the clinic he is going to.

3 best ATBs combo is missing.. amoxicilin+azitromycine+rifampicin :O

Hi, sorry it took me so long to reply.

Physically, I've been doing great. No symptoms for two months. Taking no medication at all. Still hard to believe it's over.

Emotionally, I am still feeling lost. I took a vacation and had lots of fun. But I now I am back and I don't feel like leaving the house at all. I am bored but I don't have the will to do anything but watch tv. I go to the gym, but I am not really enjoying it like I used to.

I am taking a probiotic formulated to elevate the mood. Who knows...

about my medication, I took two months of flagyl and doxy together at the end of the treatment. My treatment took 11 months, rotating combinations, no pulsing, no herbs, no detoxing.

B12 was on the low side, so I started taking a supplement this week. Also D3.

My body has been through so much, I don't want to take anything for depression.

I will just keep going until it gets better.

Yes, july...I do believe that animals show moods.

We experienced this when our little Rusty kitty died....and our older cat perked up and is so happy now.
She was never with us before and was always in a bad mood....now she's wanting to be in the same room as us...sitting on our laps ..purring...