u/AcanthocephalaOk2966

I am ten days into doxycicline treatment, but I feel like absolute hell. This is unreal. I was diagnosed about a week after the bite and had classic bullseye rash. My doctor did a steroid burst starting at the same time as the antibiotics, and that gave me a few days of relief, but it was fleeting and the fatigue is unbelievable. Unbelievable. I could stay in bed twenty hours a day, and on the weekends I have been staying in bed except for around a couple hours twice a day.

I have really hot flashes periodically, and had terrible joint pain the first few days, and again after the steroids wore off. Had some wicked headaches.

I didn't think I could get so sick after catching it early. But here I am, in hell, barely functioning.