Thanks for all the replies; I will encourage her to see a counselor....
I'm convinced emotional stress is a key factor in my daughter's lyme flare ups. I also believe it is impacting her ability to get better. She believes the best way to deal with the emotional stress...
cd3764, Yes, she has high reverse T3 (19.5), low T3 (2.4, 3.3) and fluctuating TSH (.9-3.6). She starting taking Irodorol last October (12.5mg) and compounded T3 at the beginning of this year. Would...
Chapelle, She is 21. Main symptoms are severe dry eyes, fatigue, constant low grade headache, ankle and knee joint paint (constant, not moving). We haven't had her MTFR gene tested. I'll look into...
jrpsf - Thank you for your response. How long did you take Alinia for and did you see results? Did you hx at all? Thanks...
She started herbs 3 months ago--cats claw, bandoral bark, and comanda; then added abx 6 weeks ago including alinia (500 mg once a day) and ceftin (500 mg twice a day); then added rifampin (300 mg...
Thanks for the replies! I also would like to continue with abx or herbs before trying LDI. Girlie, We believe she has had lyme for years, but just diagnosed at the beginning of this year. jrpsf, Yes,...
My daughter has been on two antibiotics for 6 weeks and has had basically no changes--no herx and no improvement. Her LLMD says her problem may be her immune system response to the lyme and not...
It looks like it took on my end, but I clicked Submit to make sure. Pls let me know if you can see it now....
Thanks Mister Mike! I've updated my profile....
Hi All, Can anyone recommend a great LLMD in the Salt Lake City or Park City or Heber City, Utah area? Also, do you think I should reject a LLMD if he charges 4x what I can buy a supplement for on...
cd, I'll get a thread on the MR protocol soon. we may need to rethink our plan if we need treat for bartonella as well as lyme. traveler, she has tried many of the eye drops and really likes...
sayadina, my daughter will be thrilled to hear that someones dry eyes improved with treatment! gtamom, prescription eye drops do help but not enough. its the key reason she is not in school now. good...
thanks for quick input bluelyme! we have done stool test, h pylori, cdif and genetic testing...all negative. She has EBV, as do 90+% of us, but had mono twice growing up which is unusual. We did just...
oh, I should also add she has never had known tick bite and never had a bulls-eye rash....
Hi All, Daughter told she has CLD based on the follow information: Symptoms: 1. Severe dry eyes (specifically meibomian gland disease; started age 14 and progressive worse) 2. Right knee and foot...
Thanks Traveler; I've read 'New to Lyme...start here' top to bottom...by far the best source of quality information I've found so far!...
Lyme sufferer, Sounds like there is a good chance your damaged your gut flora with all the antibiotics at this point, so leaky gut wouldn't be surprising. And leaky gut can cause significant immune...