Hi. I treated for lyme disease from 2006-2009. When I started treatment I was put on Cymbalta for pain. I stayed on it until I ended antibiotics in 2009. I tapered off Cymbalta, and finished that in Dec.2013. Since that time I have been very sick with Cymbalta discontinuation symptoms.
Awake with insomnia tonight, I went into the bathroom and happened to look into the mirror and saw a tick on my neck. I immediately pulled it off and put it in a jar. I am so freaked out. Should I get the tick tested?
Since coming off Cymbalta I am hypersensitive to all meds, and don't know if I can tolerate antibiotics. This feels like a nightmare. Any suggestions from anyone? Now I really have insomnia! I don't know what to do.
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Posted by lookup (Member # 44574) on :
Here is one option:
Per the book called, The Homeopathic Treatment of Lyme Disease
If bitten by a tick: homeopathic Ledum 30c, 2 pellets dropped in 1/2 cup water, stirred 10 times, one teaspoon a day for 3 days. The pellets do not need to dissolve so don't over stir it.
You can use the same glass for the three days or make it fresh each day if desired. Store away from strong electo-magnetic field. You can cover it and keep out of sunlight. Mark your glass so you know that it is your remedy glass in case all of your glasses look the same.
On day 6 and 12 homeopathic Aurum arsenicum 200c prepared and taken the same way.
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Posted by lundel (Member # 33924) on :
Thank you for this info lookup. I will check this out.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
It sounds like you need some nutritional help to rebalance your neurotransmitter levels.
The Japanese knotweed is one of the Buhner herbs in his lyme protocol. I think it is possible that herbal treatment might be sufficient for lyme in the early stages. Plus at this point you do not know that you have actually been reinfected.
If you were well for 3 years (from 2009 forward) then most LLMDs would say that you had beaten your previous lyme infection.
Bea Seibert
Posted by lundel (Member # 33924) on :
Thank you. I'll check into the Japanese knotweed. I'm so
confused about the whole mess. I didn't have anxiety or
depression before Cymbalta. Being on it complicated the
whole thing. I had so many side effects from it that I had no
idea if I had Lyme symptoms or not. I wish I had never taken it.
It was a nightmare getting off it. I have been so sick since
coming off it in Dec 2013. Thank you for the responses to my
post. Very much appreciated.
Posted by Judie (Member # 38323) on :
FYI, Ledum did NOTHING for me. I took it for a new tick bite (when the doc thought it was a spider bite, I was prescribed it).
I was on antibiotics a couple weeks later.
For another possible tick infection, I immediately took doxy for a week. I can't remember the dosage. I didn't get sick though.