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... have taken 3600mg/day of Neurontin (gabapentin) for about 15 years for small and large fiber neuropathy and other neuropathic pain all caused by Lyme disease. I never had any side effects…in fact, I tell people gabapentin has no side effects! “The only problem I had was when a doctor told me ...

... treatment according to the Carter scheme Rifampicin 450 mg + doxycycline 200 mg. and at the same time set the appointment in the clinic Alviasana (Lyme desease and chronic infections practice) in Germany. The appointment was scheduled for May. While waiting for the appointment, I started to notice ...

... don't think any site I've researched is looking so completely at the vascular system as well as some of the other components (nutrition, EBV, HSV, Lyme..). Please reach out to me with any questions! I'd love to answer. Christina (IronTinaMS) Hi Christina, I’ve booked the clinic in Poznań for June ...

Several conditions can mimic MS. This makes the diagnosis of MS a process of elimination. Two of these MS mimics are vitamin B12 deficiency and Lyme disease. Vitamin B12 deficiency is discussed in the following topic. https://www.thisisms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24857 I also highly recommend ...

... diagnostic work up. Of the infectious diseases that are most commonly mistaken for MS the clinician should take into account Whipple's disease, Lyme disease, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS, Brucellosis, HHV-6 infection, Hepatitis C, Mycoplasma and Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, among others. Cat scratch disease ...

... to my site through Thisisms.com has provided critical information which completes my understanding of the Vascular Connection to MS. Treated for Lyme disease which mimics MS symptoms (but which can be treated with antibiotics), venoplasty was recommended to her as necessary to clear out veins ...

Scott thank you so much for the reply. I will make sure to ask about infection and push to have more blood work done. He did a full CBC and Lyme test as well as my vitamin levels which were all WNL. At current I am feeling much better then what I was. I just hope that it never occurs again. ...

... holes. Lumbar puncture had only 2 CSF-specific O-bands, Which indicate that you have inflammation in your CNS. none in blood. Oh, and vitamins, Lyme, etc., etc., all ruled out. So, that's when I was told it was a conversion disorder, but I went a psychiatrist to rule that out which they did. ...

... The report said it was stable, but said there were black holes. Lumbar puncture had only 2 CSF-specific O-bands, none in blood. Oh, and vitamins, Lyme, etc., etc., all ruled out. So, that's when I was told it was a conversion disorder, but I went a psychiatrist to rule that out which they did. ...

Perhaps the protocol that has put my "Lyme" into remission has also been getting rid of Cpn? It seems rather similar to the Wheldon protocol, but perhaps higher doses and daily. Alina (anti-parasite and anti-viral that breaks up biofilms), ...

Just fyi

Doxycycline could be safer, avoiding this tendency of minocycline. In Lyme treatment, minocycline has recently been avoided in favor of doxycycline. Minocycline was observed to cause pseudotumor cerebri, which seems to be related to IIH.

I prefer doxy.

Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands in Neuroborreliosis are specific for Borrelia burgdorferi https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239453 Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) oligoclonal bands (OCB) occur in chronic or post-acute phase of inflammatory diseases of the...

... and a few other dr's can't find anything wrong, then am I just crazy? I know what I feel is real, but no one can diagnose me. If they ruled out Lyme's and Lupus and all these other things that mimic MS, even if the MRI's don't show lesions, isn't it still possible? I read that 5% of people don't ...

... curious how you're doing, what you've tried, and if you pursued CCSVI treatment. I also have had cognitive decline, clinical diagnosis for chronic lyme (maybe by same doc in DC who told me about CCSVI), went to ATL and had two of five parameters for CCSVI, and went to Mayo and got no answers. I'm ...

... and there was also slight expansion of the medulla. ... with no inflammatory cells or oligoclonal bands. CSF studies were also negative for lyme, cryptococcal antigens, cytomegalovirus PCR, and angiotensin converting enzyme. The patient's clinical examination deteriorated on steroids... ...