Help with Igenix lab results

Hi serino01 - welcome to our community!

So your results show you are IGG positive for lyme and also positive for bartonella.

...and yes all those symptoms can be lyme and bart.

I had the muscle twitching (all over), weakness (not just my right hand though), and muscle pain.

The fact that you had a tick on you for a day, coupled with symptoms is enough for a clinical diagnosis. The tests obviously back it up.

One pill of doxy? Un f--cking believable. That's ridiculous.

My advice to you is you find a LLMD or LLND for treatment.

We can help you find one: Just start a new thread: "Looking for LLMD/LLND in /near______" and fill in the blank. Then enable your email (through My Profile) so we can send you names privately.
We don't post the names of the LLMD's on here for their privacy and protection.

You can also email me - click on the envelope under my screen name on the left. I may have some options for you.

We encourage all new members read through the information in the thread: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.

Keep reading, posting, asking questions. We're here to help you with this.

Bartonella can cause anxiety...and the Rifampin may be creating a die-off that is resulting in a herx.
A herx can be an uptick in usual symptoms and/or new ones appearing.

Are you detoxing? That is something you should be doing.


Drink plenty of water
Squeeze some fresh lemon juice into some of the water you drink
Take a binder (2 hours away from your meds, supplements, food)
Take warm epsom salt baths
Dry brush your skin prior to bathing or showering
Take Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur


A few ideas. Start with a couple and every few days add in a new detox method...until you are doing multiple daily.

Here are more suggestions:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html


Are you taking magnesium? That is a supplement many Lyme Dr.'s suggest.
And probiotics are a must when on long term antibiotics.

How are your vitamin d and b12 levels?

No, magnesium is not bad if you have lyme.

It helps with so many body functions - helps with nerve and muscle, as well as heart health, diabetes... Good for the bones.