Found tick on back of upper leg 6 weeks ago. Exploded upon removal. Itchy uncomfortable around the bite for a while, maybe some mild red or swelling but I never saw a for sure bullseye. 3-4 weeks later I start sleeping in on a more frequent basis. Just can’t get out of bed in the morning and late to work. For the first time in my life I’m having nightsweats. When I wake up in the morning and walk up the stairs I feel like I ran a 5k. Muscles are burning sore like so tired. Dizzy and nauseous I head back to bed hoping to get more shut eye in before work starts. I cannot resist this part becaus ..read more

Thank you everyone who provided advice the other day. I talked with the woman over the phone and she told me she recently tested positive (she has been for over 10 years) for Lyme and several coinfections. She primarily has joint pain and rashes. She had recently done IV antibiotics although this wasn’t her first time with that treatment. As someone who is immune compromised, I want to understand what I should do? As a reminder, we exchanged saliva up to this point (deep kissing and hand contact with saliva as a lubricant) Are these coinfections transferable? I have symptoms of dizziness and ..read more

What i find weird is that when im herxing from anything like herbs or whatever im taking i sometimes get these episodes where i need to cry hardcore for 1-2 hours and im griefing, crying, hating all of this and well... im like what is going on? Sometimes it does not happen for a very long time... so im often confused about that. Then i get it and im suddenly super sad, dark and feel like absolute shit, my nervous system is then shot and my nerves and skin burn. Why am i so sad for no reason? The sadness continues until i cry and i also feel its like detoxing when im full of toxins from dead c ..read more

My life is crap after getting bit by fleas, just wondering if I should go waste 300 dollars of Lyme testing submitted by /u/Ok-Conference5201 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hi all, looking to share my story and get some outside opinions here. To start. 34y Male. Live in the woods of CT. Pulling ticks off my Golden retriever is almost a daily occurrence. September 2023. Woke up with an embedded "brown" tick. Removed it and thought nothing of it.. fast forward to Mid November 2023. Woke up to both of my knees burning. Felt like they were on fire as I was laying in bed. Have a ton of doxycycline on hand from dogs Lyme exposure so put myself on 2x 100mg doxy daily for 3-4 weeks. Within 2 days my knees were 80% better. 5 days I was at 100%. Starting Feb/March I would ..read more

So yesterday I saw a bug crawling around that I’d never seen before (it was black) didn’t pay any mind to it and killed it. Anyway I had a red bump on my arm which I brushed off as being a pimple (I get pimples on my arms occasionally). Today I realised there’s redness forming around it, and I woke up this morning to a mild fever, fatigue and dehydration. Searched up bug bites and realised mine looks similar to that of a ticks. Searched up what a tick looks like and realised the bug I had killed looked just like it. Now I’m scared, I have an exam tomorrow and my family are brushing it off as ..read more

LYME AB IGG BY WB: View trends Normal value: Negative Value Negative 18 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 23 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 28 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 30 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 39 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 41 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 45 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 58 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 66 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive 93 kD (IgG) Band Nonreactive Lyme Ab IgM by WB: View trends Normal value: Negative Value Negative 23 kD (IgM) Band Reactive 39 kD (IgM) Band Nonreactive 41 kD (IgM) Band Nonreactive I've been dealing with some stuff for a long time now, and if that 23kd igm means that ..read more

I've been treating lyme for 1.5 years now, and I just got a new CD57 count back and it was at 69. I can't believe it's actually being raised and I just wanted to tell someone about it. I've been on a mix of antibiotics and bee venom therapy, as well as herbal protocols for the last 1.5 years and at times it's felt like nothing is working. My heart is with all of you that are still suffering, my symptoms have not completely gone away, but if I eat healthily and exercise (i just go on some walks around my neighborhood), I feel pretty normal. It is absolutely criminal the way lyme disease is ign ..read more

I posted some of my story in another thread about CDC testing. Here's part of my history. History: *Warning and Disclaimer: Serious case of LYME: --I had 2 (deer) tick bites last summer, which were both attached about 40 hours. They were both very tiny, smaller than a sesame seed. -- I removed with tweezers, and brought to my PCP, who basically had no idea what to do. Had a 1 inch rash on one inner / upper ankle area, and a small red dot on the other outer / upper ankle. I had the samples tested at a lab, which did show positive for 'bacteria that causes lyme disease'. I eventually got the PC ..read more