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i have suffered ten years treatment resistant depression.i am a doctor in turkey. i have searched in internet and i had thought i suffered chronic fatigue syndrome. i have used supplementery drug . but my situation wasn t changed.then i made lyme screen test done.it was reactive.western blot was made and it was positive(igm antibody). lyme is known in turkey a little.i have used iv seftriakson 2 gr for 3 months and %30 improvement is developed.i consulted my doctor and he discontinued seftriakson and began to doxocyclin 400 mg day my compliants ;moderate depression(i use antidepressan),tired, constantly fatigue,common muscle and joint pain,unwillingness,brain fog,forgetfullness,high sound an dbright light intolerance,short memory impairment,impairment fluent speech, depression .etc) please help me.because my doctor is know a little about lyme. what should i do? i have need your experience. thanks in advance Posts: 23 | From turkey | Registered: Dec 2004
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Welcome to lymenet! I wish i could answer all your questions but I,m still learning about this disease myself. Everyone here is celebrating the holiday so please be patient.
Within the next couple of days you'll get some responses from people here who have a lot of knowledge about LD who can help you.
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Sorry to hear you are having a hard time finding information. Here are some excellent resources for you to study, with information as to details of treatment.
You may also want to check out the Yahoo group Eurolyme, which may have resources more specific to your area.
As far as to how long it takes to recover? With proper treatment, a long term infection, which it sounds like yours is, may take as long as years to treat. You should see improvement before then, but Borrelia burgdorferi is a very difficult bacteria to treat.
Once you have read some of the info provided, you will see there is no exact answer to your question about what to do next. Treating Lyme is still very experimental as to what will work for any one person. But please keep coming back to ask questions!
Since you are a doctor, you may want to join ILADS, as you would then be able to correspond with the doctors in that organization.
You've come to the right place to get lots of good and useful information. As Riversinger said already, the treatment of Lyme can take a loooong time.
I had Lyme probably all my life, I'm treating since October 2003 and I'm still far from being cured. But it is gradually getting better, but slowly. Maybe you will need a lot of patience, like many here.
What you can do is to read as much as you can and become your own expert. You can also learn from the experience of the people here on this board.
It may be hard in the beginning with a foreign language and brain fog at the same time. But it's worth it.
If you are a medical doctor then the idea of joining the ILADS is brillant. You would be at the source of all the latest information and you could help other Lyme sufferers in Turkey.
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great info, thanks! for some reason when I pull it up it I can't access all brochures.
Posts: 167 | From Ashburn, VA | Registered: Dec 2004
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I had chronic fatigue syndrom and this product helped tremendously so I thought you could use this info.
The company is www.akgnaturals.com and they are located in Los Angeles, CA. However, I heard they have distribution in Germany as well. It does not hurt contact them for info. Another website they have is www.podipatch.com
Every symptoms you described I had the same before and I'm now 80% improvement with their products. Good luck and I wish you success like I have.
Posts: 149 | From Long Beach, CA | Registered: Nov 2004
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