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Here are symptoms listing and below that treatment and test results.
Headaches Fatigue sometimes extreme Dizziness Confusion Memory loss Hair loss Muscle and joint pain and swelling Tremors tingling in legs and arms Neuropathy in toes and fingers Forgetting where I am Heat intolerance Inability to walk and move Unexplained weight gain Double vision and dept perception issues severe anger and mood changes Heart Palpitations Shortness of breath Feeling as though I am moving when sitting still Vertigo Motion sickness weakness
Treatment so far
90 days of Doxycycline to start 4 weeks of IV rocephin 3 weeks Doxy and Flagyl Gabapentin still Naproxen still Teasel on and off Pokeberry for pain on and off off meds for 5 1/2 weeks. Relapsed three weeks ago Back on Doxycycline Gabapentin and Naproxen daily
Testing
Elisa was a .91
Western had reacted to a band significant with Lyme disease...this test was done while on Doxy the first time so 90 days of meds
MRI negative
EEG normal
ANA titer for Lupus normal negative
Antibodies testing was super high
Think I covered everything....looking for advice.
Posts: 4 | From Osceola Mills Pa | Registered: May 2015
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Keep your carbohydrates to a minimum and take probiotics hours after your ATBX. Yeast and gut problems can be as bad as lyme
Posts: 227 | From fairhaven ma | Registered: May 2015
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You should get your thyroid checked out - TSH and T3 levels - if low in thyroid, you can supplement - helps with metabolism, feeling more present. Good supplements to take are Armour thyroid and Naturethroid.
For the vision issue, I drink mangosteen juice - it's an anti-inflammatory juice that scarfs up free radicals created by all the inflammation. It stops all my Lyme eye symptoms. You can find it in healthfood stores and online. The version I like is called Mango-Xan, as it is the most tart. Just know everyone is different in how they respond to any remedy.
For muscle and joint pain, I take turmeric. I get it in bulk and dip 00 size capsules into it, take a couple a day. It works pretty fast to diminish pain.
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Posts: 13116 | From San Francisco | Registered: May 2006
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Hello there and thanks for the replies. I do keep carbs to minimum at all times per diet. I have probiotics for while on abx....have had candida...its awful!! Thyroid levels are fine. That was something that we keep eye on all the time. We stopped abx since my doc does not treat long term. I did not want to treat long term. I got better. But after having relapse and reading Burrascanos treatment protocol I see why I relapsed. Since my relapse my doc wants me to have spinal tap, not going to do that. have never spoke to anyone that has had good results with that. so looking for new doc. going to a chiropractor/wellness doc next week.
Posts: 4 | From Osceola Mills Pa | Registered: May 2015
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My word of advice...before you start investing alot of money in supplements and with doctors, get a list of good LLMD's who have a track record of getting their patients to 100%
TF, who is a member on this forum has a good list. Those LLMD's will be more expensive but ultimately in the long run you will have spent less money because they know what they are doing.
These doctors also know how to treat lyme if it is chronic or if you do not respond well to "standard" treatment.
I wish that someone had advised me that way. While I went to a good LLMD, she did not have the experience to get me well. Now my resources are limited.
Just another thought, most LLMD's will tell you that they follow Burrascano's guidelines but in practice, that is not the case. That is why it is important to get a name of an LLMD who has a HISTORY of getting his patients well.
Just my opinion.....
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I second what soccerrmama said. We wasted precious money on supplements and various things before realizing that a LLMD is what we truly needed. We felt like we couldn't afford it, but looking back now we realize we couldn't NOT afford it.
It has been a struggle and we have had to make sacrifices but it's worth it in the end.
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If you have that many symptoms you most likely have a co-infection as well and what you have taken so far has only treated lyme. With the shortness of breath symptom, you probably have babesia.
You need to get to a real LLMD and get tested for all co-infections, such as babesia and bartonella. The main reason why people relapse is because they have a co-infection and still need treatment. Go to the seeking a doctor forum and find a good LLMD in your area.
Do not waste time, get it done.
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It's a good sign that you responded to the initial round of treatment. Please find a LLMD so that you can get evaluated for co-infections and keep going.
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A lot of your symptoms sound like co-infections:
BABESIA Headaches Fatigue sometimes extreme Shortness of breath Feeling as though I am moving when sitting still Vertigo Motion sickness weakness
BARTONELLA severe anger and mood changes
Doxycycline - hits Lyme (and possibly Babesia) Rocephin - hits Lyme Teasel is good but doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier as far as I know
Treatment so far
I think you need to treat co-infections: Mycoplasma, Ehrlichia - but especially Babesia and Bartonella.
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