I was diagnoised yesterday with Lyme and I have been told for 3 years it was fybromyalgia

Firstly let me say I am so sick, and have been for a year
I am really scared I feel just awful, and I have sunken into a whole of depression over the last 4 months, not fro the news but from how I feel. Please give me some advice. I feel sick, so sick, tired, and totally out there. My career has suffered greatly, and I am the mother of two boys under 6. My husband tells me to not be negative. I told him I was so Sick I felt like blowing my well you know the rest. My doctors apt. isn't until March 1st. But it seems as if maybe the doctors dont know that much anyway...from some of the sites I have seen..Please help. tell me ill be OK. I was bitten 3 years ago, and I had a bulls eye, and I went to the doctors office immediately. They gave me a shot, and oral anti antibiotics and told me I would be ok. Guess what, I'm not....

Hi wanttoget better,
Consider yourself blessed because you are one of the lucky ones that found out what was wrong. Be sure you are seeing a LLMD doctor. There are people on this board that can help you locate one. I made the mistake of seeing a doctor for a year that did not know how to recognize or treat the different pathogens carried by ticks. Most people are co-infected with at least one other disease and the sooner you find out everything you are dealing with, the faster you will recover.
I was bitten in 2006 and realized what I had in Feb of 2008 when I insisted upon treatment. I was as sick as you are then.
When you first start antibiotics expect to become much sicker for at least a few weeks. This is called a herx reaction and is caused from the dying bacteria releasing toxins that overwelm your body. I began to improve tremendously after just two months of abx. I have had my ups and downs since then but they are much more up than down. I recently went to an LLMD where I found out I am co-infected with bartonella. The tests are so inaccurate, you really need an LLMD to diagnose you. I feel much better mentally since starting treatment for that. I also have more motivation and energy.

You need to alter you diet to get well. Bacteria thrive on sugar and carbs so they must be eliminated, as well as alcohol and smoking habits. When you are on abx, yeast can take over so strict diet control is necessary to prevent that also. An LLMD will give you supportive supplements and herbs (or drugs) to control yeast overgrowth. When you begin to feel better, exercise is very helpful because it oxygenates your blood and the bacteria cannot live in a high oxygen environment.

Some people try herbal rememdies to cure themselves but I relapsed when I did this. I believe it is a good way to go when you are feeling symptom free for two months. The bacteria can go dormant into a cyst state where they are hard to kill so people often feel better while on abx and then relapse after quitting. Taking too little abx and/or for not a long enough period of time is the reason for most treatment failure. Not addressing the co-infections is another. Again, trust an LLMD. Many of these doctors have suffered from lyme disease themselves so they have an invested interest in finding out what works.

Hang in there - it gets sooo much better, not just the return of physical health, but mental and emotional too!