Hi Catchscooter,
Welcome to our community!
I'm going to delete your other thread too. There are no responses - other than Opugirl's post explaining to enable your email option - and we don't like to have more than one post asking the same thing from the same person.
Many LLMD's will prescribe an antiviral for high EBV or other viral infections that are often discovered when a person goes in for Lyme disease. So even though you may still want to switch doctors (although be sure that you have given them a fair amount of time to respond to your concerns, LLMD's are often very busy) due to them not returning your calls - please do stay on the antiviral until you find out that you don't need it for sure.
For information on finding a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area, you can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the blue envelop under my screen name. Please be sure to include the area that you wish to find a LLMD in.
You can email Stephanie at:
[email protected] You can also go to:
www.turnthecorner.org/ if you want to learn a little bit more about
Lyme Disease.
You can also go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:
www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74 You can also now email TBDA (Tick Borne Disease Alliance) at
[email protected]
and ask for LLMD referrals also.
You will want to find an ILADS (International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society) trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your Lyme journey.
www.ilads.org/lyme/ILADS_Guidelines.pdf