Looking for llmd in Knoxville tn area.....and can someone explain these results

This is the site I used to understand my results lymetwistontherocks.blogspot.com/2011/01/western-blots-what-do-all-of-those-darn.html

Your IGM test is CDC positive with those two bands (23 and 41) being positive. So yes you do have Lyme.

Yup - what jrspf said - CDC positive for Lyme.

They are also telling me it's acute lyme disease?....but these symptom have been going on for almost 2 yrs.....just the last few mos have got intense

Joeschopshop said...
They are also telling me it's acute lyme disease?....but these symptom have been going on for almost 2 yrs.....just the last few mos have got intense

Acute means early and not disseminated.

Yours is not acute...(2 years - nope)

What you describe is Neurolyme...and possibly bartonella (co-infection) as well.

If you test positive for lyme disease...and you have neurological symptoms...then you most likely have neurolyme.

Bartonella can cause some of the 'head' issues as well...anxiety being one of them.

There isn't really a test for neurolyme.
Some people have mri's showing plaque on the brain...but I wouldn't pay for an mri just to look for that.

You can test for bartonella - but the tests for the co-infections are even more inaccurate than the lyme tests.

Igenex has tests for bartonella.

There's another lab: Galaxy that specializes in bart testing.

...and another one you can do without needing a Dr. is DNA Connexions. It is a urine sample that they test.

Doxy is a good start...but it should be increased to 200 mg twice daily...and a second antibiotic added after a few weeks of doxy.

21 days isn't even close to enough.

We are talking months of treatment ...many...and even a couple years.

This is why you really should seek out a LLMD - if they're truly lyme literate...they won't give you just one antibiotic to treat you.

Nashville and Franklin aren't too far away from Knoxville, right?

I have at least one name listed for both those places.

okay, did you already send me one?

What are these herbals....last night was probably the worst I have ever felt....chest pains....dizzyness...absolutly no energy what so ever.....i felt like I was rocking on a boat but I was laying still in my bed....im am desperate to try and get some kind of relief....i have had the same job since 1995 and it's getting to the point where I can't work....the feeling in the back of my head is a very strange buzzing feeling.....kinda feels like when u first fall into a sleep and get startled and wake up....only last a couple of seconds buy some scary stuff

The feeling in the back of my head is different. It never stopped, felt like someone was massaging my brain, but not in a good massage way. I know this is hard, but try your best to relax and not stress out over these weird feelings, that will only make the chest pains worse.

I bought the book "Healing Lyme, Second edition" by Stephen Buhner from Amazon. He has a website that shows the basics. http://buhnerhealinglyme.com/ (look in Core Protocol tab) You can also learn a lot about his protocol by reading his questions and answer tab, and also on this forum. There are a lot of people here that have used his protocol.

I just felt like I needed to do something, since from what I have read, the dose of Doxy we have been put on, is not what we need.

Before I started the Doxy/herbals, I really felt like I was dying, that everything was just shutting down. I had even wrote my goodbye letter's to my family. I've been on both for almost a month, and I am feeling better, in no way close to normal, but better. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the meds or if it's just the symptoms coming and going like it does with Lyme.

The chest pains and palpitations have almost quit, my brain feels a some clearer. In fact, I was just thinking last night driving home from work, for the first time in about a year, I actually felt like it was me looking out of my eyes. That may or may not make any sense. I have low BP, and feel like I'm going to pass out when I stand up. I have noticed that has improved also. I've still not got any relief from the constant headache (24/7) since last June, and the stiff neck (always, but sometimes worse than others), but I can tell a difference from a month ago.

I don't know enough about all of this to give any advise, but I will tell you what I'm taking. You just need to do your research, and ask a lot of questions on here before you do anything. I know you have to start low and slow, and start with one herb at a time to see if you will have any side effects from them. (So far, I've not had any ill side effects)

I'm taking: Japanese Knotweed, Cat's Claw, Andrographis, Ashwagandha, Cordyceps, Gou Teng, Kudzu, Vervain, plus other vitamin/supplements.

Again, I'm doing this on my own, and am new to it. I have seen dozens of doctors in the past year, but none that knows anything about Lyme, so I know I'm kinda gambling by self medicating. I've just not found a dr I trust yet, but I do trust some of the advice I have received on this forum.

Thanks Traveler, couldn't have done it without you!!

Lmlynn....can you possibly email me with the dosages and stuff...im ready to try anything at this point...i just took another dose of that doxy stuff....makes me feel like utter garbage....sweats...shakey...jusy plain crappy....i got some stuff called liquid zeolite...any of u guys heard of It? Before I take it