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Posted 9/5/2018 9:34 PM (GMT -5)
I have looked over about 25 pages as well as reading the welcome post. So here we go...

A month ago I went to my PCP for a rash on my breast. about 6” in diameter, your text book bullseye rash in fact 😩 Remembering I pulled a tick off about a week and a half earlier they went ahead and treated me for Lyme. 3 weeks of doxycycline later and I still feel awful, some symptoms worse than before.. I’ve been having hot flashes with sweating. I can barely sleep at night. I’m still feeling sick.

I’m going to be making a follow up appointment once I find a new PCP (thanks crappy nurses that can’t get a message to the doctor!).

Where do I even start? Is there anything to ease the pain or flu like symptoms for the time being? Ibuprofen doesn’t seem to be cutting it and after I almost passed out from a hot flash today, I guess I’ll be making calls tomorrow.

Thank you, seriously.
Posted 9/5/2018 10:04 PM (GMT -5)
Hi Ashley, welcome!

First - if that is your real name...you should change it. Even people who don't join the forum can sometimes see posts on here.

The treatment for a bullseye rash is to treat until sign/symptom free PLUS another 4 weeks with a minimum treatment of 6 weeks.

Sounds like the doxy caused you to herx. A herx happens when the bacteria dies-off and creates toxins - that flood our system. This causes inflammation and results in an increase of current symptoms and/or additional symptoms starting.

The best thing you can do is detox. Several methods daily.

You need to find a LLMD - that is who you need to treat lyme disease.

We do encourage our new members to read through the information contained in the thread: "New to Lyme?...Start Here!' It's packed full of useful information.

Some detox ideas:

- Drink plenty of water daily
- Take warm epsom salt baths
- dry brush your skin prior to bathing/showering
- Take probiotics for your gut health (daily)


Here's a website with more ideas. You can start with a couple methods, and then every few days add in another one.

/www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

This is still an 'early' infection....the sooner you get treated...the best chance you have of irradicating it.

To find a LLMD near you, you can start a new thread: "Looking for LLMD in/near____" and fill in the blank with your location.

This is a great group of people here...lots of support and understanding.
Posted 9/6/2018 10:06 AM (GMT -5)
Welcome and sorry you have to be here!

Sounds like you need further treatment. You may need to find an LLMD to make that happen. Doctors sometimes declare a patient is cured once they have had 14 days of Doxycycline. This is absolutely ludicrous, but some doctors believe that.

For me, nothing helped except treating the infections an knocking them back. Sometimes exercise helped a bit. Ibuprofen and Tylenol to treat Lyme is like throwing gravel at a grizzly bear... pointless...
Posted 9/6/2018 2:43 PM (GMT -5)
Something that has helped me with a herx of any kind is vitamin C. You might also try looking at the list of Buhner herbs he suggests for mitigating cytokine cascades (inflammation), etc. Take a particularly close look at Japanese Knotweed. Helped me a great deal, although I have Bartonella, J.Knotweed is at the top of the list for lyme as well. Of course, this is in addition to what others have already suggested. Without controlling inflammation things can get quite unpleasant.

Post Edited (Gladioli66) : 9/7/2018 8:33:38 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/6/2018 4:58 PM (GMT -5)
Thank you Girlie, Missouri and Gladioli66. I will look into all of those things you both mentioned. This has not been a fun ride, but it’s looking like it’s going to take a lot more than what the doctor said.
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