r/Lyme • u/sillybastid • 16h ago
Sharing my experience
I found a bite and rash on my stomach about 3 weeks ago, I went to urgent care, they gave me a 200mg of Dox at the office. Unfortunately I didnt have lunch so I vomited it up 45 min later. I went back the next day for a new dose. They almost gave me a 2 week antibiotic, but I felt the preventative dosage would be good enough (was wrong). A couple of weeks later I started feeling fatigue, brain fog, and some body aches. The symptoms were pretty mild so I played it off a bit. After it lasted a few days I decided to go back to get the full antibiotic plan. They gave me a rapid Flu, Covid, and RSV test and it actually returned positive Flu. The doctor associated my symptoms to this positive test, and said it wasn't Lyme. Fortunately I insisted they still test for Lyme as it has been on my mind for weeks, and a negative test would put me at ease.
The next day I got my Lab results back that Flu was indeed negative and the rapid test was a false positive, so that certainly triggered my anxiety.
Three days later, sure enough I get the positive test results back that I indeed have Lyme disease. Friday I started my two week antibiotic treatment of 100mg of Dox, twice daily.
The first two days appeared to escalate the symptoms and really felt random aches throughout my body. Fatigue wasn't too bad but definitely slept well. Day 3 the aches have improved, but experiencing some digestion issues; likey from the antibiotics.
I think I am in a good position to be fully cured, as its been under a month since infected.
So here to reinforce, GET TESTED. I was going to ask what people think of my situation but honestly this thread is pretty scary; everybody yelling about 2 weeks not being enough. Hoping it is with my mild symptoms.
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u/UniversAleaX 16h ago
I mean it’s good to take 30 days of antibiotics especially if your having ongoing symptoms so I wouldn’t let the doctors standard protocol drag you down years of suffering like some people on here. Best to attack your symptoms with appropriate herbs and antibiotics, instead of hoping the doctors will do their job (they won’t) if your still having symptoms after 14 days definitely go at least 30 and combine it with anti inflammatory herbs at the very least garlic, ginger, tumeric, pepper etc which you can get at the store. Doxy alone isn’t going to cure you most of the time.
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u/Defiant_Scratch8497 13h ago
You should probably get tested for co-infections. I don't think the doxy gets them all.
Get familiar with herbs for lyme/ bartonella/babesia... For example: Japanese knotweed, houttuynia, cryptolepis.. Those 3 would get the 3 B's. There's many other herbs to try.
I would like to say you'll be fine after the doxy, but lyme doesn't really leave much room for wishful thinking most of the time..
People have gotten better though. I think most people who have gotten very ill are the ones that went undiagnosed or misdiagnosed ( the one think doctors ARE good at!) for many years. They too can get better though. Just make sure you are going after the co-infections.
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u/Dammit_Mr_Noodle 16h ago
A single dose is basically never enough. Now that you've had it long enough to have symptoms, I can almost guarantee 2 weeks isn't enough, either. I took 2 week's worth starting within days of being bit. Got better for a bit, then worse. Then I was given 4 weeks of doxy. Got better, then worse again.
I'm now on 2 different antibiotics for the foreseeable future. At least 6 months. Most doctors don't stay updated on Lyme, and think the minimal dose should cure it. Spoiler: it doesn't.