New To Bart

Relatively new to the idea of treating Bart. I was treating Lyme for 3months and got significantly better however had lingering nerve issues such as fine tremors in hands, increased anxiety intermittently, heel and arch pain, and nerve like calf and buttcheek pains as well as some residual muscle weakness. Kept feeling like my body was constantly still trying to fight something off. Another symptom was cramping and pain in the bladder area. Thought maybe a UTI so my PCP put me on Cipro. On day 3, my nerve issues went nuts! Every day since, became less and less. Went back to LLMD on Friday and he says Bart. So I'm taking 250mg of Levaquin and 100mg Doxy twice daily and using Serrapeptase. I told him I feel amazingly better but still have mild nervy issues here and there. He said, Tara... It's only been two weeks. LOL. I see him again in 6 weeks. I do the Meyers Cocktail and Glut IVs each time I see him as well. Also taking a heavy duty multi called IntraMAX. I know about the warning on the Fluoros and know what to watch for. So far. So good.
Question is I also have the Bart rash on my neck, chest, and upper abdomen. Does this go away when Bart goes away? Always so confused how to tell when to stop treating and when to keep going?

I wouldn't stop as long as you still have symptoms.

You want to treat until active symptoms are gone...plus 4-8 more weeks.

Some LLMD's will put you on a maintenance schedule for some time...where you take abx for a few days every few weeks...or one week out of 4...

Thank you everyone. I've been on the quinolones for about 3 weeks. Just started Doxy 1 week ago and yesterday started having muscle weakness, slight achiness, and tiredness. Assuming that's a Herx from Doxy. Of course I also just began the Serrapeptase 2 days ago. Don't know if that works this fast? I started having symptoms in May/June 2017 and started IV treatment early August 2017. Of course that was only for Lyme not knowing I had Bart too until the Lyme cleared. What an incredible journey.

Thank you so much!!

Doxy may be treating a different infection. It's not at all uncommon for symptoms of other infections to increase during a herx, particularly when treating more than one infection.

How's your detoxing? If you raise the amount of detoxing you are doing, it may make staying on the Doxy more tolerable.

Otherwise, herxing is hard on the body. It means that there are more toxins in the bloodstream than the body can adequately handle, and it can get quite out of hand and be very harmful for the body. So the key to healing is to not herx a lot or hard, because that means our bodies are not handling it well.

Doxy can be used for a number of infections, including Lyme, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichia and RMSF - not to mention other types of infections it could be hitting.

I would encourage you to start doing a lot more for your detoxing though. Read through this list and see what else you can add, we need to 'engage' many of our eliminatory organs - kidneys, liver, skin, intestines....

Not everyone needs to do the kind of detoxing I do, but here is my list so you can get an idea of the kinds of things that you may need:
It took a lot of diet changes as things with my body changed,
I use a foot soak,
dry skin brushing,
making sure my bowels moved at least once a day (sorry if it's TMI!)
pushing myself to drink at least 64 ounces of lemon water each and every day,
liver/gall bladder flushes (all natural), as needed,
oil pulling with tea tree oil,
taking activated charcoal, as needed,
Alpha lipoic acid,
Quercetin,
​ turmeric,
Methyl B-12 and methyl folate,
Dandelion tincture,
red root tincture,
Yogi brand detox tea (original flavor)
Have added cytokine remodulators - Chinese Skullcap and Red clover extracts
and keeping the amount of stress in my life at a bare minimum.

​ I have used apple cider vinegar to help with detoxing as well - it's really good, but started making my stomach issues worse, so I stopped using it daily and only use it occasionally when I know I need a boost in my detoxing for just a day or two.​

You can find some really good detoxing suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread that sits at the top of the forum. And this is another really good resource for detoxing ideas for Lyme patients:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

But, there is such a thing as over detoxing. This happens when we move more toxins than our body is capable of processing out effectively. Many toxins are stored in our tissues, and by detoxing, we move them to the bloodstream where we can process them out of our bodies through the lymph system, then on to the liver and kidneys as so on. We have to be sure to add in more detoxing routines slowly and carefully, or we will end up herxing just like we had never been detoxing. This article helps to explain that some: www.tiredoflyme.com/4-reasons-why-you-still-feel-bad-despite-detoxing.html