some recover on just antibiotics
some recover on just herbs
some recover without either

its highly variable from person to person

i have been doing mainly herbs with some courses of antibiotics that helped to some degree

Stephen Buhner - one of the main herbalists designing protocol for Lyme actually promotes the use of antibiotics and herbs together.
some of the herbs are synergistic with antibiotics
Japanese knotweed and Chinese skullcap both actually improve the action of abx

People definitely use both herbs and pharma together. They work differently and can complement one another. My only caution would be to avoid overloading your system, and avoid taking too many new things at once (so if you react poorly to something, you will know what it was).