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Sliver of roxy (about 20mg) 1/2 bactrim 2 a day 2G Tetra 2 a day 750 Cipro 2 a day Ambien at bedtime
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Truthfinder
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orthodox drugs and medicines - 0 homeopathic remedies (drugs) - depends on what day it is.
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Occasional advil, antihistamines and ambien (separately)
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jamescase20
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I had to switch off gasser treatment because I have bart...but going back on gasser to finish off the lyme when live blood micro shows no more rapid swimming bone boring little bart *******s.
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Keebler
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With the mention of live blood, or a dark field microscope, just a general comment - for anyone new or considering that. I was surprised when I was told they could not see everything.
Still, I found it very helpful and it cost me just $35 at the time (long ago). Now it would be considerably more.
I found out the dark field guy I saw did not even believe in lyme so I'm sure he didn't even look for signs of any other TBI either, had they even shown their face - or some other clue. It showed my RBC really clumped. I went to work on that.
Live blood (dark field) slides can be helpful, very interesting but not always definitive in all investigations.
If you see it, well, it's there (if the slide was sterile).
However, the absence of a particular microbe in a live blood slide would not be a 100% guarantee that it would not be in the body, just from the drop of blood used for the slide at that particular point in time.
Some microbes may not hang around in the blood in our fingertips. For instance, Bb generally goes for burrowing, hiding out in quieter places in the body. A tube of blood taken from a vein for using repeated samples might be a better chance, but most I've seen just do the drop of blood from a finger tip.
Some microbes might be affected by the conditions of the microscope light, or a prep on the slide, temperature, etc.
Some take time to "culture" so might not show right away.
Of course, the microscope expert should know all that so you can have a realistic idea of what you could and could not find. Asking questions about their knowledge of TBI would be a good thing to do in advance of the appointment. Asking other TBI patients of their recommendations/experiences can be helpful.
Of help beyond hunting for offending creatures, the dark field can give a clue regarding other factors of health such as enzymes, clumping of cells, etc.
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disturbedme
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Doxy, Biaxin, and Rifampin. Cat's Claw and Andrographis.
As well as multivitamin and many supplements.
I have Lyme and Bart that we know of so far.
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My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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Zithromax Minocycline Mepron
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Aniek
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Synthroid Plaquenil Acylcovir Tizanidine (Brand Name Zanaflex) Ultrase Vicodin (when needed) Plavix (twice a week)
A much longer list of supplements
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CaliforniaLyme
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crack cocaine heroin klonopin
oh, wait you mean for the Lyme*)!?
just kidding*)! (I don't even do aspirin*)
I am on amoxicllin 1500 3 times a day
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All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer Posts: 5639 | From Aptos CA USA | Registered: Apr 2005
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sixgoofykids
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Minocycline Plaquenil Nystatin
Synthroid Cytomel
Full Cowden
vitamins/iron/magnesium Host Defense NT Factor various other supplements
S. boulardii Theralac Ultra Flora
daily sauna coffee enemas exercise
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David95928
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Antibiotics
Bicillin LA 1.2 MU three times a week Biaxin 500 mg. twice a day
Hormones
Sunthroid 150 mcg once a day hCG 2500 IU three times a week
Supplements
Vitamin B12 1000 mcg twice a month Vitamin B Complex 100 2 ml twice a week Magnesium Sulfate 1 gram once a week
This is a lot of stuff to take but the illness is not trivial and when I keep up with the routine I am more or less asymptomatic
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600mg Rifampin 1X day, .75mg Levothroxine 500mg Biaxon 2X day 500mg Tinimax 3X day
If needed for muscle spasms and foot pain: Baclcofen flexeril hydrocodone
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jamescase20
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Keebler good point, if you have babes they might not be seen till they crawl out of the cell. MY duck waits and looks again to see if anything crawled out of the smear then next morning. So far, they said, nothing in my blood did. So, maybe no babes.
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Doxy 100mg BID Biaxin 1000mg BID Klonopin 0.25mg BID (this is the lowest taper dose..soon to vanish)
Rhodiola Rosea at wake up and before lunch - helps brain fog for me.
Vitamins/supplements/B1/B complex etc... (still looking for the root cause of B1 (thiamine) deficiency)
Probiotics
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jamescase20
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Rhodiola Rosea that stuff totally takes the edge off...bart hangover.
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Acidophilus 3 aday Wobenzyum 2 aday Vit-c 6000mg B-12 2000mg Potassium 180mg Magnesium 500mg
The above is changed monthly. Some being dropped and some added.
Never put a pill in my mouth until starting LYME treatment in 4-25-07. Tested positive on 10 bands.
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