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I have a friend who has found a tick bite twice, tested positively immediately, and with 4 weeks of antibiotics each time has come out to be perfectly fine. Could you be sick from a month old tick bite? Yes certainly, but unless your immune system was weak to begin with, you should be able to fight it for a while before it makes you too sick. Antibiotics should help a great deal, but there may be other factors that we don't know about. Doxy is a VERY TOUGH medication to take. You can ask the doctor for something else if it is bothering you that much. Minocycline is a thought, just get a good enough dose. Feeling rotten could be a sign that the antibiotic is working. It could be a herx reaction, which is basically the germ dying and pumping more toxins in to you. You feel worse, before you feel better. Many of us out here have been through it. Otherwise, your symptoms sound like a combination of neurological, psychological and arthritic, which is a potent combination if you've only been sick for a short while. It might be worth trying a different antibiotic to see if that helps. You may also want to ask the doctor to extend the treatment to two months. If they are following the IDSA guidelines, then they'll know that it is not unheard of to do two months instead of one. Your symptoms sure sound like Lyme, but give the medicine a little more time to work and let us know (often) how you are feeling. Tom I am not a doctor, and nothing I say here should be taken as medical advice of any kind. |
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