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Posted 10/16/2017 10:12 AM (GMT 0)
Hi all I really need some advice please.

Bit 7th Aug 2017 got em rash week later

Started doxy 300mg on 19th Aug
Increased at 400 22nd Aug 2017

Been taking 400mg since then. M
I’m feeling fine, sometimes bit tired but could be due to my son waking 3 Times a night.

Where do I go from here? I did see a doc and he told me to take 6 weeks of doxy and come in for blood test but I have been taking for 8 weeks now.

Do I just stop and keep an eye on symptoms or replace with some herbs?

Is there any point in getting the ELISA as people say it’s not accurate

Post Edited (Szabo246) : 10/16/2017 4:15:30 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/16/2017 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
Can't hurt to take Astragalus Root 3000 mg per day. I'ld get to an LLMD just to be safe. Doxy, even when caught early, may not be enough. You need a cyst buster too. Some studies show that Doxy alone just puts Bb dormant in cyst mode. And then there are co-infections too.

This sounds too similar to me. I was bit, removed tick and a week later got EM rash. Saw GP and he put me on doxy (only 200 mg) for a month. I had no sx, but 3 years later all sorts of neuro issues cropped up. I said Lyme, but GP said I was cured and sent me to a neurologist, wasted a year. Then went to a Lyme Center at a major NE hosp and they sent me to a rheumatologist. Wasted another year before getting to an LLMD in March 2010. Been treating the 3 B's since.
Posted 10/16/2017 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with tickbite. In most cases I have read, doxy alone is not enough even if for 6-8 weeks.

However, a neighbor got bit and got doxy for 4 weeks and nothing happened. So maybe her tick did not have lyme? She did get the bull's eye so I think her immune system and the doxy saved her. I think she got lucky.
Posted 10/16/2017 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks both I will just go ahead with the test and order some astralagus then.
Posted 10/16/2017 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
IS there a natural cyst buster that I can take?
Posted 10/16/2017 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
Make sure you "test" the astragalus. Take just a little, even if you have to break open a capsule or cut a pill. Test it to make sure you are not allergic. And to also make sure there are no interactions with other meds you are taking.

It is in the daisy family like echinacea is so if you are allergic to ragweed, this is why you want to check.
Posted 10/16/2017 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you PeteZa I will go slowly with it. I have ordered Buhner a book which should be arriving today so will hve a read through that too
Posted 10/16/2017 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
GSE is suppose to be a mild cyst buster, and some are leaning to Stevia extract.
Posted 10/16/2017 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you
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