doxy for 1 month

Chuck - did you have these symptoms the other two times you had lyme?

How long ago was your last treatment?

When you say the WB was clean - were there no positive bands at all?


I'm wondering if it's a relapse...and not a new infection.

If you do have lyme, one month of doxy won't be enough...you may see some improvement.

Can you go back to your LLMD that treated you before?

Hi Chuck

I am not saying you do or do not have Lyme. Perhaps you have another tick borne infection that you can get with a bite.

The possibly that you do have an infection, and with your symptoms, I believe you should.seek out a.doctor who will treat you clinically..

The longer you go.without treatment, if in fact you are infected, the deeper root the infection (s) will take and be harder to eradicate.

You need a longer treatment, and doxy alone is not enough. And you should have 200 mg 2x daily. Remember there are herbal options,.Too.

You can detox meantime and make some dietary changes that will help with your healing.

My first test was negative, retest a month later showed me positive in different intensities on 5 bands. Never trust a test 😐 Hang in there be keep asking questions.

It just depends on you. Some may react, some don't, depends on your immune system, the degree of infection, other infections, virus, etc.

You can certainly try and see what happens, but for a longer term of treatment, you need doxy 200 mg 2x daily, and usually a 2nd antibiotic.

You can also try some antimicrobial herbs. Many get as strong of a reaction (herx) on herbals as the antibiotics give.

Some use herbs alone for treatment. Some use antibiotic and herbal combinations.

But, at 100 mgs twice a day, it won't heal you. Even for the earliest of infections, doses of 300 - 400 mgs a day is needed for 6 weeks - and often that's not enough.

What was your treatment with your previous times?

A negative test does NOT mean you don't have the infection. Some states have gone so far as to pass laws stating that when a patient has a negative Lyme test, the doctor MUST inform them that it doesn't mean they don't have the infections.

These tests are not sensitive enough to be useful. I had a negative test until I had a full year of Lyme treatment - and I had these infections for over 40 years at the time. My story is far from the only one about a negative test and still having these infections - which is why some states have taken matters into their own hands, and have passed laws not only about Dr. being required to explain that about the tests, but to protect the doctors that are brave enough to step out of the 'norm' and actually treat us.

Hi Chuck -

Not much more to add except that in all my research I have never seen an official statement or case of a bulls-eye rash NOT indicating infection of Borrelia.

Even in the antiquated research and resulting overly-restrictive definition of what constitutes Lyme, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)'s treating guidelines, the presence of an erythema migrans (EM or bull's-eye) rash is proof enough to warrant treatment (w/out confirming tests).

Any MD worth his/her salt should treat on that basis, alone. If not, you need to find a more qualified professional - they are out there.

Also, the CDC's two-tiered testing methodology (which includes the Western Blot) was specifically developed for surveillance purposes of disease trends, not for diagnostic purposes, which is one of the many reasons it is 50% accurate, at best, for diagnosis.

For this and a few other reasons the CDC has officially stated (and their statement also shows up on the test results) that the tests, alone, are not to be used for Lyme diagnosis, which should be a clinical determination to take into consideration exposure, access, history and symptomology.

Any Lyme specialist should be able to clinically diagnose you and treat you on this basis. If not, they are not a good partner for you. Fire them and find someone better.

-p