I healed after three weeks of Doxy and a year of recovery. Told my story here and got berated, even to the point where someone told me my symptoms were going to return and wreak havoc on my body. I...
Since this is a known problem, documented with doctor visits and prescriptions, if you kill someone on the road you will end up in jail. If you hurt them you will be paying their doctor bills for the...
I don't think any test can tell you how long you've had the infection. And you will always test positive after having the infection. I started doing yoga and I make fruit smoothies in the morning. I...
I felt major improvement during and after the Doxy, it felt like I was aging in reverse from about the third day of taking it. The infection started with pain in my elbows and that was the last thing...
I keep seeing in posts that people are saying 21 days of Doxycyline isn't enough to cure Lyme. I just wanted to clear up some of the doom and gloom and say that, including myself, I know four people...
I would demand the 21 days of Doxycyline. After battling this infection for over a year, if I found a rash, I would go straight to the doctor and get the ABX. I actually know someone who did that and...
Yep! My elbows hurt the worst after a month of antibiotics. I think it was a massive die off of bacteria. Then it took about 8 months for that to go away....
I did the standard 21 days of Doxy and I'm 99% better. It did take about 8 months after ABX to feel this way. Lots of time to heal soft tissue damage. I was undiagnosed for about 7 months and prayed...
I've heard really good things from several people. I'm about an hour away and if my progress takes a dive I'm going there....
I felt great after the first few days of Doxy. All my pain went away except for my elbows. My elbows and forearms actually got worse. I must have had a massive die off in those areas. But I've been...
Ice your joints after working out and maybe take Advil. If anything is going to cause damage it's the inflammation. Before I knew it was Lyme I thought I had tennis elbow. I did exercises everyday...
How much did you smoke? And how old was the pot? It may have been moldy. And since you said most of your symptoms are neuro, it may have just overloaded your brain. I had bad reactions from drinking...
The depression was by far the worst, and the term 'depression' barley begins to capture it. Of all my symptoms it was the quickest to come and go. But I remember going to bed some nights hoping to...
Joint and muscle pain have always been my number one symptom but I never had swelling or redness. Actually the pain was more in my ligaments and tendons. One thing that got me over a major plateau in...
I've been wanting to get a juicer for a while now to do straight shots of wheatgrass. It's SO easy to grow, I would love to have patches of it in my garden. I did some research too and found out that...
I started with the Green Dragon protocol and felt pretty good. I noticed that Misty Meadows also has a combination tincture so I switched to that since it seems to have a bit more herbs in it. It...
It took me a long, long time to find that this statement is 100% true......This too shall pass. Keep telling yourself this. I was down in the dumps a couple months ago but week by week I'm slowly...
Yep! I became allergic to my cat after 15 years. I could bury my face in her belly and be fine but after Lyme I sneeze like a maniac just by picking her up. It's slowly getting better though....
Pittsburgh anyone? :)...
21 days of Doxycycline has worked for a couple people I know. One had symptoms resolve within a week after treatment and one 8 months after treatment with no herbal protocols. It cleared everything...
Just so nobody gets arrested or inadvertently high , it's CBD oil (Cannabidiol). If you say Cannabis oil people will assume you're looking to get baked and may sell you the wrong thing. I guess this...
Thanks! I had to switch doctors three times before I found him :)...
I saw my GP yesterday and he said "When I can't pinpoint the sickness, I order a Lyme test". I applauded him immensely for that. My point is if odd things are happening health-wise, especially...
I've been using Chronic Tonic from Misty Meadows. I like the pre-made concoction rather than mixing a bunch of tinctures....
Traveler has good advice. I would add some of Buhner's core protocol herbs into your self treatment before going on antibiotics. Cat's Claw and Japanese Knotweed are really important. Maybe this is...
Enjoy! I hear Andrographis is deeeee-licious!!...
I was taking a tincture that contained Andrographis for about a month without realizing it was an ingredient. Oopsie cakes! Nothing bad happened. I'm going to switch back to that tincture and stay on...
I have heard a lot of stories of false negative test results. I had terrible pain in my elbows and if my legs felt like that I definitely would've been in a wheel chair....
Welcome to the forum! My symptoms started with a flu without fever too. It sounds like you have Lyme and good on you for doing your own research. Your story with the ignorant doctors sounds all too...
Great post! I always wonder what other lymie's medicine piles look like. Great idea with the pennies too. I understand why you didn't use quarters considering the cost of all this crap....
Never saw a tick and never got a bullseye. I had a glass of wine and passed out though. Like, walking to the couch, completely blacked out, woke up on the floor a few seconds later. I wish I did find...
Kind of on topic, but Yoga is really good for improving body awareness. I did yoga religiously for a summer and I remember this especially. Moving from one pose to another very slowly makes you very...
Buhner loser??? No way! Herxing means it's working and that is success. Hang in there. If you can, try to get a good sweat going on your walks. That's a really good way of detoxing....
Thanks PeteZa! They didn't ask specifically about lyme but it's in my medical history so I thought I had to tell. On to the next one........
I know there are really old posts on this topic, I just need to vent. How is it that the IDSA and CDC can claim that Lyme is successfully treated with a short course of antibiotics and that chronic...
I make smoothies once a day with the Nutribullet and it gave me almost instant results. I use Kale or spinach, yogurt, flax seed, coconut oil, milk and fruit. I figure it's better to get nutrients...
Yep! I had that for a couple weeks before I started treating Lyme. You nailed it, it's a metallic, burning, gassy smell and taste. This was before I even suspected I had Lyme and I was asking...
Very interesting. Is there any difference between an extract and eating whole leaves? I grow Stevia to throw in my iced tea during the summer and would be happy to just gnaw on a handful of leaves....
Ya gotta love doctors today. Throw some narcotics at it and it'll be fine. I wonder why we have so many accidental addictions these days. I can relate in that I knew my initial symptoms were...
I first had pain in my elbows. Then it started migrating to other joints but always stayed in my elbows. After abx the pain stopped migrating but stayed in my elbows. The pain radiates down my...
It took three doctors for me, and I had to DEMAND a Lyme test from the third. It's ridiculous. One doctor even told me "it doesn't sound like an infection". We feel your pain. This forum is a soft...
Your story sounds eerily similar to mine, even to the point of moving into a place that previously had horses. My pain started in my elbow and I thought for the longest time I had tennis elbow. Then...
My dad is an eye doctor and he's had patients with the Lyme spirochetes in their optic nerves. So you could be experiencing herxing there....
I took the Rite Aid brand of Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM. It was around $20. I felt a little better on it but hurt when I stopped. I decided to stop taking it because I'm sick of masking...
This is why I started making smoothies, to get all the nutrients I need. I toss in a banana, spinach, and flax seed among other things. Your body always prefers to get nutrients for actual food over...
"there simply is no good evidence that chronic Lyme disease is an actual medical condition". Read the dozens of forums, the FB pages, support groups, talk to someone who is suffering, look at the...
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I'm going to switch up the Kale with spinach and swiss chard. I tried adding tinctures and tablets to the smoothies but no. Oh god, no. It tasted like an old compost...
Thank you!! Funny thing, my doctor said "Three weeks of Doxy usually does the trick". Oh how little they know. I take Zedoria, three tablets three times a...
Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. I went misdiagnosed for a year then went on three weeks of Doxy. I had minor Herxing with the abx. I finished the abx three months ago. The migrating joint...