I was recently diagnosed with Lyme (about three months ago) and was placed on doxy for 21 days. I havent seen a tick since I was a kid (about 20 yrs ago), and never had the classic rash associated with the lyme. However, I have had occasional circular spots on my skin since I was a kid and the doctor always treated them as ringworm. When I was a teenager, I broke out in millions of the spots all over my body and after seeing multiple doctors, they finally decieded it was psoriasis. The breakout cleared up mostly and was back to the 2-3 spots per year until last year. I developed tonsillitis, in the summer, I was sure it was strept because it was sooo painful. I went to the doctor, got a shot of ampicillin and oral amoxil. My throat didnt feel any better for about 4 days with the antibioitic, which I thought was odd becuase I was sure it was strep and so was the MD. About 3 weeks later, i broke out with another severe rash, covering my entire back,most of my legs, my face, arms, it was awful. Psoriais again. I thought I was never gonna heal and turn into a monster! Several months later, i started having trouble concentrating, focusing, working, and could barely remember my name. I am 28 by the way. I went to a new doctor, blood was drawn, and he gave me a dx of lyme. i gave that history for this reason- My 7 yr old daughter has had problems all year at school, concentration, focusing, remembering things, she had a significant wt gain. So, last week, i had her tested for Lyme- sure enough she was positive.
She was put on 14 days on amoxicillin 500 mg tid. I wondered if that was enough? I also wondered if I could have contraced the lyme as a kid, and didnt start with neurological symtoms until the past year and possibly passed it to my daughter in utero?
I plan to have my other two children tested. My 2 brothers amy my mother also share many of the same symtoms that I did and are getting tested this week. I guess my question was, is 2 weeks long enought antibiotic for my daughter, and 21 days enough for me? Is it possible that I could have contracted in as a child and it lie dormant all this time? I live in Texas near the Abilene area, and most doctors around hear are very unknowledgable about Lyme, the right test to order and so on. In fact, my brother who was tested last week, his doctor rolled his eyes when he mentioned lyme- only wrote "lyme" on the lab slip. His test did come back Igm <0.91 which inicated negative, but due to my friends in the lab, without breaching confidentiality, the lab tech simply stated she will ask for a western blot. It is pending.
my inial lyme came back negative, but it was the western blot that confirmed. It has been about 3 months since i completed the antibiotic. l feel much better, but am starting to have the fatigue and leg aches that i had before.