You are so young, hopefully they caught it early. Are you on abx's for the lyme? Glad you are on a medical leave, the rest will do you a world of good.

I've had lyme since the end of July...I was on and off abx until Sept, then on them again for two month, had to end them in December due to allergic reactions, I've been on nothing since...

This will get better, I am a firm beliver that you can either beat this or get it to go into remission...

Julie

welcome! I had Lyme for about 16 years, but I didn't know I had it for the first 15! For me, I had gradual onset of symptoms. It was very sneaky at first. However, my disease gained a lot of speed in 2004 and almost killed me by 2007. I wasn't even diagnosed correctly until March of 2007. I was led to a clinic in Atlanta , Georgia. The name of the clinic is Covenant Health Clinic. The doctor there is the one who tested me for Lyme plus coinfections and a few other viruses. I started treatment in March of 2007 and I'm better. I am not taking anything for pain or any other symptoms anymore. I cannot personally comment on any conventional antibiotic regimen. I never took any. I was able to put my diseases to rest with homeopathics and herbal antibiotics. We can all get better. We just have to help each other and share what works and what doesn't.

I'm sorry you feel so bad. You can get better. I did.

Are you taking any probiotics?

Lymie

I agree with Lymie - you HAVE to take probiotics anytime you are on antibiotics and especially long term! Probiotics will make sure that you replenish the good bacteria that the antibiotics have killed. Otherwise, you're in for a lot of frustration with other stuff (yeast infections, etc).

My best advice to you is to research, research, research this disease and be one step - if not more - ahead of your doctors. A lot of us can agree that if you only go the conventional route, you may not stay well. You have to add some alternative therapies to your treatment. Suplements, etc. I'm sure Jaime will log on and add to what I'm saying.

Here is a website and a book that have taught me a lot - I know Lymie has some other books she can recommend, too.

www.chroniclymedisease.com

www.lymebook.com

Good luck - we are all here for help! You are very lucky to have the right kind of doctor that actually tested you correctly! I've been misdiagnosed for over 22 years. I am choosing Lymie's route and will be attending that facility next month. I can't wait to be able to report back to everyone.

as far as what Clayton was saying, totally true, take garlic supplements, cats claw is awesome for this, B12, B complex, good multi, probiotics (local health food store, even saw them at rite aid the other day), I could go on and on, but I'm not thinking clearly right now. basically you want to build your immune system really good so it can start fighting this with you. read my story on my profile, I'm chronic, it sounds like you are possibly neuro as well.... read bruscanno's guidlines...and a good natural author is Buhner ,... "healing lyme disease naturally" "natural antibiotics" he's amazing, get the books, easy to thumb thru. Best of luck to you... any questions we are here, lots of us know lots of things all together here, we can get thru this!

So, you were tested for all these things and they all came back positive?