We do have some UK members here, so if you would start a new post with a title something like "Looking for a LLMD in ________." you may be able to get a personal referral.
Otherwise, if you would send me an email, and let me know what country you are in, I will be happy to send you some names of LLMD's that you can check into.
And it's most likely that you were experiencing a herx (die off of bacteria that release toxins as they die). If you experience any more herxing, most of us find that detoxing is very helpful.
For more information on detoxing, you can read through our "New to Lyme" thread, and here is another good site:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods You will want to use many of the detoxing routines, to get as many of the detox pathways in the body working as well as possible, but only add in a new routine ever few days, as there is such a thing as over detoxing. This happens when we move more toxins than our body is capable of processing out effectively. Many toxins are stored in our tissues, and by detoxing, we move them to the bloodstream where we can process them out of our bodies through the lymph system, then on to the liver and kidneys as so on. We have to be sure to add in more detoxing routines slowly and carefully, or we will end up herxing just like we had never been detoxing. This article helps to explain that some:
www.tiredoflyme.com/4-reasons-why-you-still-feel-bad-despite-detoxing.html