Reassurance please

Hi and welcome to our forum Szabo246,

It is good that you have caught this early just make sure your MD is giving you an high enough dose of antibiotics. It should be 200 mg 2 times daily. You will need to continue this until you have no symptoms for at least two months or more.

Its very crucial that you detox. The antibiotics will kill bacteria that cause a die off and toxins in your body.

You can detox by drinking lemon water, taking Epsom salt baths, dry brushing etc.

We do encourage all new members to read our "New to Lyme" thread at the top of the page.

It has very important and useful information on detoxing, Lyme and co infections, testing, treatment, symptoms and so much more.

It would be wise to eat gluten free or paleo.


You need to make sure and build your immune system, Vitamin c is good to start.

It is good you caught it early , that is your best chance at getting rid of it before it becomes chronic, just keep treating.

I know it can be worrisome but I have heard many good outcomes when treated early.

There are some good books to read, "Unlocking Lyme' by Dr.William Rawls and "Healing Lyme" by Stephen Buhner.

You can also find a Lyme literate MD by going to ilads.org and requesting one for your area or you can re post here seeking an LLMD for your area and members can respond if you enable your email.

Take care and I wish you the best of healing, Jo

Oh make sure you take a good probiotic about 1 hr and 1/2 after antibiotic, drink plenty of water when taking pills and some of us had better luck eating when we take the pills.


Yes many of us here were misdiagnosed for many many years and are now battling chronic lyme and co infections.

Szabo246 -

It's so great you caught it early. Most who catch it early have a good chance at recovery.

Excellent advice from Jo.

I just wanted to reiterate that it is important not to stress out. No Lyme tx can be effective without the support of your own immune functon. And since we don't really "cure" Lyme permanently, our goal is to "heal" from Lyme in a way that helps our immune functions stay dominant over the infection long-term.

So, it's essential your immune function is--and stays strong. And a healthy immune function is reliant on a healthy GI since 70% of our immune function lives in the mucosal lining of our GI.

And a healthy Gi relies on a healthy adrenal function. And THE PRIMARY trigger for adrenal fatigue is a) psychological, b) physiological and c) physical stress... therein lies a huge part of your treatment.

a) Your body is already physically stressed as it is challenged simply by living in this stressful world and being a mom requires a lot of physical activities.

b) Your body is already physiologically stressed from the illness and your body's attempts to dominate it and treatment also takes a toll on our bodies.

c) So - the only thing we can control is the psychological stress--how we REACT to all the other stresses bombarding us. One thing I know for sure is that if you add psychological stress to everything else you're already dealing with, Lyme has a better chance of overwhelming your body and your immune function and that would render any treatment less effective.

Controlling stress is all about breathing (lots of great youtube vids on breathing techniques), eating very, very healthy, detoxing as much as you can like Jo mentioned, getting as much rest and downtime/quiet time/rejuvenation/meditation... doing everything you can to allow the parasympathetic nervous system to recover and power body AND BRAIN down.

Hope that's helpful!

-p