I had the typical bulls eye rash which i got treated for that day i found it (have no idea when i get bit). Typical 10 days of doxy was prescribed. I kept going though for roughly a month. Also...
I've been pretty much "normal" for about a year now. No weird symptoms or anything. I treated for about 2 months with various things. I still take Cat's Claw for short stretches..not sure why...i...
Just came across this...thought some would find this interesting... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151118125325.htm "A coconut oil-rich diet reduced C. albicans in the gut compared to a...
Did you treat it 5 years ago?...
I thought i'd add. I have horrible ragweed allergies (take Claritin) and never had issues with Milk Thistle...maybe the amts weren't high enough ...but i'd give it a shot...maybe start slow....
Just read this..hope it hasn't been posted yet: "Recent research has found false-positive results in people without Lyme disease at 3 of 4 commercial US laboratories (ranging from 2.5% to 25%), with...
I take the art with black walnut in it...tastes like death but i wash it down with water....
I've had floaters for as long as i can remember......
That is a long time to be on one abx. How have the results been? I would imagine pulsing would work better especially if you add in tindamax or something that hits other forms....
I took it for a month...towards the end there i started get a lot more nausea. I just took it right after a meal and i could usually get through it fine. Keep upright/lots of water/food... I was...
I was stung twice today (right in the side of my head!), my son was stung 6 times the past week, my other son was stung a few times and my daughter stung twice the past week...the kids were playing...
No one can ever truly know unless it comes back. Nothing wrong with taking a lot of these herbs/vitamins to maintain health and keep Lyme..if it is there// in check....
Why is it tough? Side effects? Good luck..hope it works out for you...how long do you suspect you will be on this combo (3 months?)??? Do you take any herbs/tinctures with this?...
Having researched this it seems very common in Lyme people... I know a month ago i was watching mine and i never did get to 98F...i think i was consistently in the low 97F range..it has seemed to...
I don't think I have bart but i'm saving it the pdf for future reference....
I hear you on the doctors... Not much help there. Dismissed a clearly positive test? My God! band 39 alone says its Lyme and Lyme only. Doxy is tough stuff...good drug for Lyme but hard to take. Do...
I take the NOW brand (10 strains) in the glass bottle. I plan on taking probiotics for the rest of my life or until i read different. Also grabbed a bottle of their Saccharomyces Bolardii which is a...
There is a story on the interwebs of a guy back in the 90s who cured lyme with Amoxicillin..high doses but if i remember right it took 7 years :) The key to cyst busting is allow them to convert back...
Make sure 2 hours away from those antibiotics you are taking a quality probiotic or you run the risk of a c diff infection. Zithromax (zpack) is a macrolide that covers a wide spectrum of bacteria...
Is it doxycycline hyclate? You could see if you switch to doxycycline monohydrate...which i believe is a little easier on the stomach. Food was key for me... I would usually eat a sandwich (without...
That 1st one is a great article. I'll have to pass this along. These guys know what is going on......
Rocky- That is a very strongly positive test IMO. I can't see how that can ever be consider a "false" positive. I mean what..they got every band wrong? The test got mixed up in the lab? You have...
I always assumed that art had to be pulsed...as in your body needs a break from it because of an enzyme or protein or something......
What about a veterinarian? Any little clinics?...
You want to add something to tindamax for killing spirochetes... http://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/im/v7n2/nota.pdf...
I took Doxy for a month but never noticed anything mental...but then again i think i have adhd (self diagnosis) so i've always had mental issues :) The thing i hated about it was the nausea...if not...
Graphic i see says its an outer surface protein.......
Former President of the United States George W Bush... while in office... treatment plan was never disclosed. FOIA request???...
In Europe ..a.t least in the past they combined Bactrim with Roxithromycin (not available USA) ..and that was said to be very effective in late stage Lyme... did the doc forget to add another abx to...
An Igenex test should rule it out ... or confirm it....
Probably cheaper just to find some cheap airfare deal and go to another country and have it done??? Wonder what the cost is in Germany? Heck..whats the ruble/usd exchange rate...does Russia have...
Drenching night sweats are a major sign of babesia. You might want to start treating that first? My guess would be Lyme is there also but not a major factor (yet?)>.... You could get an Igenex test...
sebreg- Just start eating soil like me ;) Sooner or later you'll be cured (or not). The cost to bring a new drug to the market is so much more expensive then it once was that I doubt there is much...
I've read where people have been on ivermectin for 20+ years... its a very safe drug from what i have gathered... Ivermectin was found in a soil sample in Japan many decades ago... insane to think...
Krissi- DO you take tetracycline all at once...and why tetracycline? I don't come across many people using that for Lyme...is it just more tolerable? I've used Ceftin for sinus infections...
No normal doc is going to treat Lyme (if you have it...its chronic now) correctly at this stage. If you can swing it ($) maybe get an IGENEX test just to see what shows up? Might give you some sort...
Back in the late 80s they treated with IV for 1 day and then 6 days off...for 10 weeks... it "cured" that person's infection after years of other longer courses (who knows how it worked out in the...
So you think this is a new infection or something you've had? You didn't say if you had a tick bite or rash? Might want to look into babesia... I think that is what i may have (i was having lots of...
sf- you should look into pulsing abx ...see if that can't get rid of what remains. Ive never come across a forum post that had both lyme and rectal pain in it...but i guess its possible. Lyme seems...
Can't be certain, but when you do go on abx/if you do...it will probably get worse before it gets better...although i've read of many cases where people get back to 80 or 90% over time on abx...
I believe they are very specific to a certain strain...say babesia microti is tested for, but you have babesia duncani...it would come back negative... i believe there are 100 or so strains of...
Lisa- IS this a newer infection or chronic? Are you treating it currently? Have you done abx or you plan on doing them maybe soon? Sure looks like a weak, but positive test for Lyme... I'd go based...
Just tell them you'll self medicate then......
One things about Doxy/Mino is that they seem to really have some positive side effects: These findings specifically concern to minocycline as it has recently been found to have multiple...
Why couldn't you do doxy? The sun? the stomach? Mino seems very similar but with lower dosages and different side effects. I took doxy (from 200mg-400mg depending on how my stomach felt that day) for...
I'm taking mg glycinate...doctor's best brand... good stuff. Some of that stuff is more or less a laxative....
Wouldn't a course of abx prove it right or wrong? If you start herxing like crazy.............
Treatment doesn't need to be expensive. A lot of abx are actually quite cheap (Cipro/Doxy/Amox)... They all kill spirochetes ...some better then others... I would treat... but its your body....
Looks like dosages would be harmful but we do need some non abx drugs to combat lyme....
I think the plaquenil makes the body more alkaline so the abx can penetrate better. I know i've read other posts about it somewhere......