Awful hot flashes ....

That is usually a symptom of Babesia. Guess you have "shaken things loose" with your treatment.

I think you will find as your treatment continues that symptoms get worse and new symptoms rotate through.

In my case, it seems like Lyme symptoms come up for a while, then Babesia symptoms take over. I've never been tested for Babesia, but the symptoms came out with my treatment so my LLMD is treating for it.

For me, the Babesia hot sweats are different than hormonal hot flashes.

did your llmd give you cryptolepsis and artemesia? They put me on this at the start of treatment for a few months, I think for babesia.

That is weird! You could call them and leave a msg asking about that? They put me on those right away and I am not sure if I had babesia or not. I am surprised they didn't give you those--- I know there is artemesia in those capsules they do give, but for the first few months I took plain artemesia capsules and cryptolepsis tincture. The llmd ut my husband on those too even though he didn't have symptoms of babesia.

Basically, if a symptom goes away, it is to do with Lyme, co-infections or a herx. If it continues for more than a month or gets worse over time, then it is a separate problem.

Well, that is the bench mark I use. Even so, I have gone to the doctor for problems that turned out to be just part of Lyme.

So - new symptoms should go away within a month or so...or they're not from lyme and co's?
Maybe I didn't understand what AchievingGrace was saying.

I started treating in the beginning of July. By the middle of August I developed a new symptom - pain, stiffness in both shoulders (top and front). (I already had shoulder blade problems, but not the top or front of my shoulders)

That has not gone away...almost 4 months later...so are you saying it's not lyme and co related?
My right shoulder has improved somewhat in the last few weeks...but still not completely better.
I just assumed that it was a lyme symptom .....or maybe bart coming out...as I have other bart symptoms.

Couldn't it be possible that my first round of meds just weren't working effectively which may have allowed the critters to continue to flourish..thus producing a new symptom...or as I said maybe it's bart?

I really hope these flashes stop soon! I may roll around buck naked in the snow!

It's gotta be the rifampin!

Girlie,
Because your symptoms of pain, stiffness in both shoulders (top and front) came on early in your treatment, it's most likely due to starting treatment and stirring up those buggars. Most symptoms rotate through, but for some of us, there are a few that just like to hang on through out our infection.

Mine this time around has been upper back tightness/stiffness, intestinal issues (cramping, bloating & so on) and bladder issues that hang on all the time. The severity of these issues changes around, but the symptoms rarely actually disappear.

My other symptoms all rotate through. The last couple of days, I've had muscle spasms coming back again. When these get severe, I do things like give myself a black eye or fat lip in my sleep. Oh, and those lovely headaches have come back again, with a migraine a few days ago. I would wonder what's next on the list, but I don't think I want to know ahead of time!! LOL!

Good for you, Girlie!! As long as we don't offend trying to bring awareness, it's always a good thing to do what we can.

I hope things went well at the lawyers.