Yes, sensitivities while taking ABXs are very normal. Just wait for your test results and keep taking the Doxy. Make sure you take the full course; do not skip, forget or alter the prescription...
Definitely not in the past. A couple of LLMDs in Maryland have gotten their licenses back, but the LLMDs in Virginia are actively under fire and losing licenses. I can understand both sides of the...
In my very limited personal experience its not always the same thing, but perhaps I'm splitting hairs. In the DC area specifically, the state boards are still attacking the licenses of LLMDs and so...
Fatigue is typical with Doxy and the tetracylcine class of ABXs. In my own personally experience, this fatigue subsided once I was off of it and then I felt amazing for months. Eventually, I relapsed...
My veteran LLMD team uses biofeedback (specifically Zyto) and they claim it can be useful for patients in certain situations like in determining the strain of Lyme you are infected with when its...
I have a friend who could use a more knowledgeable doctor in Tucson. It doesnt necessarily need to be a LLMD, but any veteran Lyme expert willing to treat the chronic neuro form. My friend already...
Your whole body burning and ovarian flare sounds a good old fashion Candida (yeast) infection to me. I recommend taking a probiotic called Saccharomyces boulardii to help with these symptoms and...
RW - Are you on any medication, supplements or herbs now or have been recently?...
Hi Roxie- Besides for a range of infections you would already know you had (like Chlamydia), Borellia,mycotoxins and some parasites lower the CD57. If I had to guess though, your mycoplasma alone is...
No surprise, lyme loves to hide in the digestive and urinary pathways. While your symptoms can be caused by a great many factors, have you been tested for Candida or yeast overgrowth? For me this...
Wisco woman, I cant complain. My symptoms only return when I intentionally go off my ABX to test my immune system. Over the years, these relapses take longer to come, so Im convinced that Im winning...
Do you also have itchy or inflamed skin? I had frequent and repeat sore throats after taking antibiotics for years for a persistent immuno suppressing disease. The doctor's mentioned that this was...
Im fortunate in that I have just enough energy to keep working and sometimes even exercise, so long as I continue my ABX, diet and protocol. In some ways Im stronger, because my lifestyle is now far...
Lapis is definitely correct. Dont forget fungus like Candida too...
Ive bought both my ABX and anti-parasitic medication from Mexico, Canada, Russia and India and have nothing but good things to say. The drugs from Mexico and Canada were identical to the drugs I got...
Definitely consult your doctor. You could be allergic to your drugs or the dosage, but its sounds like Candida to me. Candida is just a fungus that takes over when your good bacteria throughout your...
HI bluelyme- Im curious did you also have Giardia like me? and if so do does it keep returning for you? Im asking because Im convinced Ive never been fully cured of Giardia or that Im somehow...
+1 for being tested for Babesia. Also get tested again for Bartonella and the full range of other Lyme coinfections like mycoplasma, as well as parasites and protozoa (I also had a Giardia...
I was diagnosed with IBS and leaky gut, following years on antibiotics which is of no surprise. I was already using the classic Lyme (anti-candida) diet so this was surprising. Just about everything...
Im interested in answering this old question: Has anyone had any experience in using Alinia (may also be called nitazoxanide)? Interesting article here:...
Along with minocycline which you already mentioned, metronidazole, tinidazole (and possibly tigecycline) have good BBB penetration. https://academic.oup.com/jac/article-abstract/3/3/239/683625...
Using Tinidazole as a monotherapy is somewhat new, but is based on Dr Sapi's groundbreaking research here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132871 Figure 1C you can clearly see...
Doxycycline is a poor ABX for monotherapy. Its actually been shown in NIH studies to increase the round body forms of Lyme making recovery tougher (1). Doxy does seem to work well for joints and...
Yes, great question, because I found out it matters. Tinctures are technically more potent than extracts, most tablets and all powders, but we should all really be taking the fresh, raw, whole part...
Before my Lyme went neuro, it was devastating my joints. Here are some tricks that really helped. First, without knowing what is really causing your inflammation or autoimmunity issues I'd recommend...
To get past this, you just need to tell yourself the sicker you are now, the better you will feel later. Since you may have been sick a long time, you are probably going to be very sick at first....
Thanks for clearing up the confusion! I've got a big 1 pound bag of cheap Cat's Claw from 1st Chinese Herbs I am dying to turn into tinctures. =-)...
I'm curious as to why your LLMD specifically asked for a morning reading. In my experience, morning readings are notoriously low and inaccurate (long before I ever even had Lyme)....
Yep, depending on who you talk to, band 18 is specific to Lyme. You may also have a moderate Mycoplasma coinfection as well. I can now officially welcome to the forum! =-) Anyway, my strep flairs...
Hi darling: You definitely have the right symptoms, but it still could be anything at this point. Do you recall being bitten by a tick, have you had any rashes or have you been tested for Lyme yet?...
Yes and Yes. In my opinion, all of the fibrin dissolving enzymes are worth their weight in gold. They not only help with inflammation, but they bust cysts and biofilm too. After taking them for just...
Greetings. My LLMD is based in Fairfax, (Northern) VA. Highly recommended and an inflammation expert to boot, but contact me only as a last resort. I say last because the Virginia Board of Nazis is...
I know, I know, this is an old thread so dont yell at me. Samento (and Banderol) from Nutramedix is just so expensive. Anyone have any recent experience with generic Cat's Claw and is the consensus...
Does anyone have a well worded essay already written with our point of view and citing research we can use? It might make sense to band together as a group and write up a formal response for these...
Thanks cd for your info about adaptogens. My whole family is plagued with autoimmune problems and its just a matter of time before I come down with something...
Can someone fix this link? I'm having trouble connecting from this old iPad. Thank you...
Hi Arib- I want you to know that you are NOT alone with this terrible disease. There are a lot of us suffering, it's an epidemic and there are without a doubt hundreds of people in just your area...
I also started taking the ADP brand on the advice of my LLMD and I haven't noticed any difference yet. I continued to dramatically up the dosage and still nothing. However, I may have been...
this might be the ABX cheat sheet you are looking for: http://www.treatlyme.net/treat-lyme-book/kills-lyme-germs-a-brief-antibiotic-guide...
Hi Elaine- There are a couple ways to pulse dose: long durations of intense dosage, with long breaks in between or lower dosages designed to trick the Lyme into thinking it's ok to come out of its...
I combine a cheap, broad-spectrum probiotic called PB8 with a more expensive but effective probiotic called Saacharomyces Boulardii from Jarrow which I can confirm significantly helped me. As far as...
My thought is it wouldn't help with inflammation. Remember, it's a natural antibiotic so it's going to potentially increase inflammation as your body surge attacks the Lyme. I personally didn't herx...
So basically nothing has changed? I agree about your comment on the early AIDS epidemic. It feels similar in terms of the controversy....
Just out of curiosity, but what dark field microscope would you recommend to buy and can you actually see the spirochets or some other infection?...
The sicker I became the less sugar my body could tolerate. I believe this actually had less to do with Lyme and more to do with the ABXs I was on and the nearly uncontrollable Candida attacks I was...
It can be hard to narrow the scope of the problem, based upon the large range of symptoms you are experiencing. However, for treating Candida or for at least ruling it out, the miracle cure for me...
I believe kimbo62 is correct, that's a positive reading for Interleuken IL-2. Can you tell me what your other test results are, like for Borrelia IF-G?...
The hard part is getting insurance to pay when your tests are inconclusive. The harder part is getting them to pay after 28 days of antibiotics even though you are still positive on all the main IgG...
I cant find the MSN link, but here is the news...... http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/health/lyme-disease/2016/02/24/lyme-disease-treatments-guidelines-ngc/80805392/ Also this week the...
If you can get licorice mixed in with your IV I highly recommended it. It's boderline addictive if you ask me....