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Posted 9/27/2019 12:51 PM (GMT -5)
Hello,

I have been in Doxycycline for two weeks I have 2 more weeks before I am finished.

I found the tick, then forgot about it and the bullseye developed. My Dr seems to think I did get to her soon enough I had no symptoms besides the bullseye and a little tired but didn’t think anything of it.

I now have extreme fatigue after minimal exertion. Iam extremely tired all day.

My questions are:

After the 28 Days Of antibiotics should I start to feel better?

Do I need to go on the antibiotics longer?

Did I wait too long (about 2 weeks) before going on them.

Thank you for helping a clueless patient
Posted 9/27/2019 1:01 PM (GMT -5)
welcome to our forum. Please read the Topic at top of the page to start learning about this terrible disease.

At a minimum you need 400 mg per day of doxy for a few months if you have a bulls eye rash and develop symptoms. Normal rule of thumb is treat for as long as you have symptoms plus two months.

A regular GP wil only prescribe Doxy at 200 mg per day which will do nothing more than possibly putting the Lyme bacteria in a cysts or hibernation mode.

Get to see a real Lyne Literate MD as soon as possible. There are often several co-infections like Bart and Babs that you catch from the same tick bite. Test are very unreliable for Lyme and more so for co-infections.
Posted 9/27/2019 1:07 PM (GMT -5)
Thank you for the information very helpful.
Posted 9/27/2019 3:54 PM (GMT -5)
You have caught it early and if you treat it appropriately you have very good chance of it not becoming a chronic infection.

As tickbite mentioned the dose should be 200 mg twice daily of doxy. That is the dose that experienced llmd’s prescribe (lyme Literate docs) and treatment must continue until you are symptom free PLUS 4-8 weeks longer.

My advice is to find a LLMD now and schedule an appt. - it can take several weeks to get an appt - so schedule one now.

We can help you find one - start a new thread “Looking for LLMD in/near _______” and fill in the blank with your city sand state.
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