looking for a LLMD in southern Minnesota - advice welcome

Hi Amy26, welcome to our community!

I'm so sorry that your treatment was stopped before you were better.

How long were you taking the doxy?
It sounds to me like you were herxing (you continued to get worse) - herxing is when the lyme bacteria gets killed off - it produces toxins in your body, resulting in a worsening of symptoms (and sometimes new symptoms appear).
That is why you felt better for a few days after stopping treatment...your body was able to get rid of those toxins.

Since you are new here, it would be helpful for you to read through the thread at the top of the page titled;"New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's full of good information - including a section on detoxing. Effective detoxing can help alleviate/lessen the symptoms of a herx.

I started getting sick in August of 2015. It started with all over body pain, fever, chills and severe lower back pain. These symptoms got a little better but then the pain moved to my left knee. Two weeks after that I developed severe pain and weakness from my hips on down to my feet. I could barely walk. Shortly after that I started having mental confusion, dizzyness, and memory loss. I had an mri of my head that showed white lesions but not ms, an mri of my neck, upper back, lower back, and middle back that showed arthritis and bulging disks. My knee xray was ok. Blood tests were ok. I met with a neurologist and a cardiologist but those tests were ok. My heart rate and blood pressure are much lower than normal. I went to an alternative medicine doctor who diagnosed my with lyme disease using an igenex test. I was on antibiotics for a little more than 5 weeks. While on the medicine I could not walk without help or work in my office because my brain wouldn't work. Sorry for the long story.