GERD, fibromyalgia, anxiety -- Lyme Disease

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3. I'm so sorry!

I've heard lots of stories like yours, unfortunately. It seems like a hard infection to get rid of. Much harder than most doctors want to admit, especially if it isn't caught right away or treated well enough initially. Since I've just been diagnosed my insurance will most likely cover several weeks to a month of antibiotics but I hear after that, if you still have symptoms, most insurance companies will label it as something else and then it's no more help from them! From all I've read it usually takes longer than that to kill a long-standing, disseminated Borrelia infection. I'm looking into herbal protocols for when my insurance decides to stop paying for my treatment. I've heard some people have had success with the Buhner herbal protocol so that's what I'm planning to try. Have you tried any herbals?

The people I know who have been helped for their Lyme Disease have treated themselves intensively with herbals or were able to go to a "Lyme-literate" doctor, or LLMD. Have you tried one of those? They seem to be hard to find. I'm lucky to be near a major metropolitan area where there are several. I found one who accepts my PPO insurance as an out-of-network provider, so I get some coverage for office visits, testing and medicine but I've had a lot of out-of-pocket expenses for some of the testing and I know they'll stop covering the antibiotics at some point, most likely before I'm well.