Good Sense Approach to Chronic Lyme Treatment

This is only for Chronic Lyme treatment. ie; People who got diagnosed after initial infection. People who have failed the first 6 weeks protocol. 3 weeks of antibiotics does not cover one Lyme bacteria life cycle and should be avoided. The Lyme bacteria lifecycle is 28 days.

Take antibiotics for 3 life cycles or 12 weeks and see how you feel. You know if you are still sick or not. If you get to the end of 12 weeks and you are still a having a Herx reaction every 28 days then you still have Lyme and you need to continue until you don't have a 'die off' or Herx reaction. Simple - end of story. No drama here.

Screen for other tick born illnesses in your area such as Babesia or Bartonella. Ticks rarely carry just one disease. Babesia or Bartonella are not treated with Doxycycline. You can get rid of the Lyme and still be sick with other tick borne infections.

Now on to getting better. You must support your body and your immune system. See a rheumatologist who diagnoses Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue regularly. Don't go on about Lyme and tick illnesses they are rhumetologists not infectious disease specialist. Even if they totally believe in long term abx therapy for Lyme they still aren't going to treat it because they are - rheumatologists. Chances are they think Lyme is weird and full of "quackery". So save your breath. You don't need there approval to get help for Lyme anyway. What you need them to help you with is "pain" and immune system building.